🕊️ Episode 5 is live! 🎙️
Listened to all 4 episodes? It's time to play another bird as we dive into:

• the fan-made mini expansions
• the bird with the lowest win %
• and we tackle the zero point opening hand conundrum.

Bird of the week: The Spotted Dove.

https://imgur.com/gallery/episode-5-bird-of-week-spotted-dove-rizbxG0

Episode 5 opening hand - 3 player game, going 2nd.

⁠https://imgur.com/gallery/episode-5-opening-hand-i2OpURm⁠

• Ruddy Duck. When activated: draw 2 cards. If you do, discard 1 card from your hand at the end of your turn.
• Budgerigar. When activated: tuck the smallest bird in the tray behind this bird.
• Rock Pigeon. When activated: all players lay 1 egg. You lay 1 additional egg.
• Oriental Magpie-Robin. Round end power: for every 3 eggs in your grasslands, gain one wheat or worm from the supply. You may cache up to 2 of them on this bird.
• Black Redstart. Round end: Choose a habitat with no eggs. Lay 1 egg on each bird in that habitat.

Bonus cards:

• Backyard Birder: birds worth less than 4 points. 7 or more birds: 6 points.
• Oologist: birds that have at least 1 egg laid on them. 9 or more birds: 6 points.

Opening tray:

• Grey Butcherbird. When activated: look at a card from the deck. If its wingspan is less than 40cm, tuck it behind this bird and cache 1 rat from the supply on this bird. If not, discard it.
• Wild Turkey. No power. 8 points.
• Audouin's Gull. When activated: draw two cards from the deck. Tuck 1 behind this bird and keep the other.

Episode 6 opening hand - 4 player game, you are going first

https://imgur.com/gallery/episode-6-opening-hand-full-tuck-wingspan-podcast-jIkNyWW

Opening hand:

• Rose-breasted Grosbeak. When activated: Gain 1wheat or 1 cherry from the birdfeeder, if there is one.
• Rainbow Lorikeet. When activated: Discard 1nectar to the “spent nectar” space for your forest. If you do, gain 2 food from the birdfeeder.
• Violet-Green Swallow. When activated: Tuck onecard from your hand behind this bird. If you do, gain 1 card.
• Bell’s Vireo. When played: Draw 2 bonus cardsand keep 1.
• Burrowing Owl. When activated: Roll all dice notin the birdfeeder. If any are rats, gain 1 rat and cache it on this card.

Bonus cards:

• Forest Ranger. Consecutive birds in the forestwith ascending or descending scores. 3 consecutive birds = 3 points, 4 consecutive birds = 5 points, 5 consecutive birds = 8 birds.
• Wetland Population Monitor. Different nest typesin the wetlands. 2-3 types = 3 points, 4 types = 5 points, 5 types = 8 points.

In the tray:

• Spotted Towhee. When activated: Gain 1 wheatfrom the supply.
• Southern Cassowary. When played: Discard a birdfrom your forest and put this bird in its place (no not pay an egg cost). If you do, lay 4 eggs on this bird and gain 2 cherries from the supply.
• Trumpeter Swan. No powers. 9 points.

Surprise! Didnt expect us so soon? Well, we’ve got news! Episodes are now dropping on Thursdays so we thought we'd treat you with a bonus episode this week.

On the theme of surprises, Aidan is shocked at Adam's bird of the week, we get into the world of friendly birds 🐦 and break down our largest stats database yet, packed with over half a million plays 🔥

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Episode 4 notes:

White-browed tit warbler: https://imgur.com/a/2gapTgX

Link to monstercouch report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16_KnNjuV1xdBTRWc-Ld6rG7Q9Y9LOQk2/view

Episode 4 opening hand:

⁠https://imgur.com/a/49SdLET⁠

Opening hand:

• Inca Dove. When played: Lay 1 egg on each ofyour birds with a platform/stick nest.
• Gray Catbird: When activated: Repeat a brownpower on one other bird in this habitat.
• Red Avadavat: When activated: Give one card fromyour hand to another player. If you do, draw 2 cards.
• Carolina Chickadee. When activated: Gain 1 wheatfrom the supply and cache it on this card.
• Australasian Shoveller. When activated: Choose 1other player. You both draw 1 card from the deck.

Bonus cards:

• Winter Feeder. Food remaining in your supply atgame end. 4-6 food = 4 points, 7+ food = 7 points.
• Bird Bander. Birds that can live in multiple habitats. 4-5 birds = 4 points, 6+ birds = 7 points.

In the tray:

• Clark’s Grebe. When activated: Draw 1 card. If you do, discard 1 card from your hand at the end of your turn.
• Black Stork. Round end: Lay 1 egg on each of thebirds immediately to the left and right of this bird
• Pesquet’s Parrot. When activated: If the previous player has a nectar in their personal supply, gain 1 nectar from the general supply.

Episode 5 opening hand - 3 player game, going 2nd.

https://imgur.com/gallery/episode-5-opening-hand-i2OpURm

• Ruddy Duck. When activated: draw 2 cards. If you do, discard 1 card from your hand at the end of your turn.
• Budgerigar. When activated: tuck the smallest bird in the tray behind this bird.
• Rock Pigeon. When activated: all players lay 1 egg. You lay 1 additional egg.
• Oriental Magpie-Robin. Round end power: for every 3 eggs in your grasslands, gain one wheat or worm from the supply. You may cache up to 2 of them on this bird.
• Black Redstart. Round end: Choose a habitat with no eggs. Lay 1 egg on each bird in that habitat.

Bonus cards:

• Backyard Birder: birds worth less than 4 points. 7 or more birds: 6 points.
• Oologist: birds that have at least 1 egg laid on them. 9 or more birds: 6 points.

Opening tray:

• Grey Butcherbird. When activated: look at a card from the deck. If its wingspan is less than 40cm, tuck it behind this bird and cache 1 rat from the supply on this bird. If not, discard it.
• Wild Turkey. No power. 8 points.
• Audouin's Gull. When activated: draw two cards from the deck. Tuck 1 behind this bird and keep the other.

This week on Full Tuck: Adam's choice to remove a bird proves controversial, we chat about the highs and lows of bonus cards , and explore the expansions we can't live without.

Send your pictures of your favourite wingspan locations to [email protected]. As promised, here is Adam's favourite ever wingspan location (complete with chilled out dog 🐶): https://imgur.com/gallery/full-tuck-ep-3-U6Ovmzx

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Episode 3 opening hand:

⁠https://imgur.com/a/opening-hand-review-ep-3-CVmX6cP⁠

Opening hand:

• Great Spotted Woodpecker. When activated: gain one worm or wheat from the birdfeeder, if there is one.
• Gould’s Finch. Game end: play a bird. Pay its normal food and egg cost. If it has a when played or game end power, you may use it.
• Chimney Swift. When activated: if this bird is to the right of all other birds in its habitat, move it to another habitat.
• Brolga. When activated: choose one other player. They lay 1 egg, you draw 2 cards.
• Little Pied Cormorant. Game end: lay one egg on each of your birds with a sticks nest, including this one.

Bonus cards:

• Breeding Manager. Birds with at least 4 eggs laid on them. 1 point per bird.
• Prairie Manager. Birds that can only live in the grasslands. 4+ birds = 8 points

In the tray:

• Baird’s Sparrow. When activated: lay 1 egg on any bird.
• Olive-backed Sunbird. When activated: each player may roll any one die and gain that food from the supply.
• Savi’s Warbler. When activated: draw 2 cards. All other players draw one card from the deck.

Episode 4 opening hand

https://imgur.com/a/49SdLET

Opening hand:

• Inca Dove. When played: Lay 1 egg on each ofyour birds with a platform/stick nest.
• Gray Catbird: When activated: Repeat a brownpower on one other bird in this habitat.
• Red Avadavat: When activated: Give one card fromyour hand to another player. If you do, draw 2 cards.
• Carolina Chickadee. When activated: Gain 1 wheatfrom the supply and cache it on this card.
• Australasian Shoveller. When activated: Choose 1other player. You both draw 1 card from the deck.

Bonus cards:

• Winter Feeder. Food remaining in your supply atgame end. 4-6 food = 4 points, 7+ food = 7 points.
• Bird Bander. Birds that can live in multiplehabitats. 4-5 birds = 4 points, 6+ birds = 7 points.

In the tray:

• Clark’s Grebe. When activated: Draw 1 card. Ifyou do, discard 1 card from your hand at the end of your turn.
• Black Stork. Round end: Lay 1 egg on each of thebirds immediately to the left and right of this bird
• Pesquet’s Parrot. When activated: If the previous player has a nectar in their personal supply, gain 1 nectar from the general supply.

Adam and Aidan are back!

This week they discuss their bird of the week , the most powerful card types , and they are visited by a surprise chicken 🐔 listen now to find out more!

We've loved hearing your responses to the opening hand 🙌 – as well as the episode comments you can also email us at [email protected] 📧 If you like this and don’t want to miss out on any episodes, then hit like and dont forget to subscribe.

Bird notes below

Episode two opening hand:

https://imgur.com/a/opening-hand-review-ep-2-JvnQXJK

Opening hand:

• Common Sandpiper. When activated: draw 1 card for each bird in your wetlands with an egg on it. Keep 1 and discard the rest.
• Sri Lanka Blue-Magpie. Round end: you may cache 1 food from your supply on each of your other birds.
• Greylag Goose. Round end: this bird counts double towards the end-of-round goal, if it qualifies.
• Desert Finch. When played: lay 1 egg on this bird for each other bird in your grasslands.
• Wrybill. When played: look through all discarded bonus cards. Keep 1 of them.

Bonus cards:

• Grassland ranger: consecutive birds in the grasslands with ascending or descending scores. 3 birds = 3 points, 4 birds = 5 points, 5 birds = 8 points.
• Forester: birds that can only live in the forest. 3-4 birds = 4 points, 5 birds = 8 points

In the tray:

• Green Heron. When activated: trade one food for any other food from the supply.
• Desert Wheatear. When activated: for each bird in your grasslands with an egg on it, roll any one dice. Choose 1 type of food that you rolled and gain 1 of that food from the supply.
• Yellow Bellied Sapsucker. When activated: gain 1 worm from the supply.

Lookahead to episode three:

https://imgur.com/a/opening-hand-review-ep-3-CVmX6cP

Opening hand:

• Great Spotted Woodpecker. When activated: gain one worm or wheat from the birdfeeder, if there is one.
• Gould’s Finch. Game end: play a bird. Pay its normal food and egg cost. If it has a when played or game end power, you may use it.
• Chimney Swift. When activated: if this bird is to the right of all other birds in its habitat, move it to another habitat.
• Brolga. When activated: choose one other player. They lay 1 egg, you draw 2 cards.
• Little Pied Cormorant. Game end: lay one egg on each of your birds with a sticks nest, including this one.

Bonus cards:

• Breeding Manager. Birds with at least 4 eggs laid on them. 1 point per bird.
• Prairie Manager. Birds that can only live in the grasslands. 4+ birds = 8 points

In the tray:

• Baird’s Sparrow. When activated: lay 1 egg on any bird.
• Olive-backed Sunbird. When activated: each player may roll any one die and gain that food from the supply.
• Savi’s Warbler. When activated: draw 2 cards. All other players draw one card from the deck.

Welcome to Full Tuck: The Wingspan Podcast! In Episode 1 the boys kick things off with their opening hand review, take flight with predator powers, and Adam debuts his brand-new stats segment.

As always, we would love to hear your feedback, please send it to [email protected]

Episode 1 starting hand review images: https://imgur.com/a/opening-hand-review-ep-1-D4E8kbU

Take a look at your starting hand for episode 2, let us know what you would do and see if you would play it differently to Adam and Aidan: https://imgur.com/a/opening-hand-review-ep-2-JvnQXJK

Starting hand bird summary, episode 1:

Opening hand

• Gould's Finch. Game end: play a bird, pay its normal food and egg cost.
• Cedar Waxwing. When activated: Tuck a card from your hand behind this bird. If you do, gain a cherry from the supply.
• Red Winged Blackbird. When activated: tuck a card from your hand behind this bird. If you do, lay 1 egg on this bird.
• Canada Goose. When activated: Discard 1 wheat to tuck 2 cards from the deck behind this bird.
• Baya Weaver. When activated: Tuck up to 3 cards from your hand behind this bird. If you tuck at least one card, lay 1 egg on this bird.

Bonus cards:

• Breeding Manager: birds with at least 4 eggs laid on them (1 point per bird)
• Prairie Manager: birds that can only live in the grasslands (2-3 birds = 3 points, 4+ birds = 8 points)

In the tray:

• Common Goldeneye. Round end: Lay 1 egg on this bird for each other bird with a cavity nest that you have.
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow. Once between turns: when another player takes the "gain food" action, gain 1 wheat from the birdfeeder at the end of their turn.
• Osprey. When activated: all players gain 1 fish from the supply.

Episode 2 lookahead starting hand

Opening hand:

• Common Sandpiper. When activated: draw 1 card for each bird in your wetlands with an egg on it. Keep 1 and discard the rest.
• Sri Lanka Blue-Magpie. Round end: you may cache 1 food from your supply on each of your other birds.
• Greylag Goose. Round end: this bird counts double towards the end-of-round goal, if it qualifies.
• Desert Finch. When played: lay 1 egg on this bird for each other bird in your grasslands.
• Wrybill. When played: look through all discarded bonus cards. Keep 1 of them.

Bonus cards:

• Grassland ranger: consecutive birds in the grasslands with ascending or descending scores. 3 birds = 3 points, 4 birds = 5 points, 5 birds = 8 points.
• Forester: birds that can only live in the forest. 3-4 birds = 4 points, 5 birds = 8 points

In the tray:

• Green Heron. When activated: trade one food for any other food from the supply.
• Desert Wheatear. When activated: for each bird in your grasslands with an egg on it, roll any one dice. Choose 1 type of food that you rolled and gain 1 of that food from the supply.
• Yellow Bellied Sapsucker. When activated: gain 1 worm from the supply.