In my experience, this comes down to three main approaches. You need to work out what is going to give you the most points on your final few turns. In the final round, it’s all about maths. Maximise final round points Wingspan eggs With some cards, you can get rid of a bird card and pick up a new one, yet still get a point for the bird you don’t want! 6. Secondly, this strategy works really nicely with the card cycling tactic (see Tip 11).
I like this strategy for a couple of reasons.įirstly, when you tuck cards behind a bird it’s quite hard for other players to see how many cards are there! You can build up a decent stash and they won’t realize until it’s too late! Plus, with bird cards like the Common Grackle you also get an egg too! WHEN ACTIVATED: Tuck a bird card from your hand behind this bird. Something that works out really well for me is playing the birds like the Common Grackle where you can tuck cards behind them. They can be great after you’ve figured out another player’s strategy! But by that point in the game, you may be better off playing other cards whose abilities are directly under your control, rather than being dependent on someone else’s actions. That’s not to say that you should never play any of the other pink cards. If you have a card with the ability that means you gain an egg every time another player uses the lay eggs action, then they are going to do that at some point for sure! Plus, you’ll only gain 1 egg, while they stand to gain many more! So they still end up better off than you. However, this is not a hard and fast rule… No! They’ll take a different strategy so that you don’t benefit from their actions! Do you think they will want to play birds will help you when they activate their ability? However, be careful with which pink cards you play and when you play them!Īfter you’ve put that pink card in play, other players will see it. Pink abilities are great at getting bonuses between turns. They are like the ravens but only allow you to take 1 food from the supply per egg rather than 2. With the right kind of food, you can get the birds into play that you really want!Ĭrows like the American Crow and the Fish Crow can also help with this. Now, that’s a pretty good deal if you ask me! The Ravens are two of the best cards in Wingspan. WHEN ACTIVATED: Discard 1 egg from any of your other birds to gain any 2 food from the supply. The Common Raven and the Chihuahuan Raven say: Well, according to me and several people I’ve played with, they are! Ravens get you a good deal Chihuahuan Raven and Common Raven cards in grass in my garden Or, you can send the bird to the habitat you aren’t focusing on in preparation for your next turn where you can also take advantage of a higher-level ability. This means that you can send the bird back and forth between your habitats and effectively play as though you were one more bird card along in each track for the higher-level abilities. WHEN ACTIVATED: If this bird is to the right of all other birds in its habitat, move it to another habitat. If you’re focusing on a couple of habitats at a time, it can really help to have birds like the Chimney Swift and Berwick’s Wren. Birds usually cost fish and worms to play.
Platform (sticks) nests are the most common closely followed by ground (eggs) nests.Birds usually cost wheat and worms to play.Ground (eggs) nests are the most common followed by bowl (cup) nests.Birds usually cost worms, wheat, and berries to play.Cavity (tree) nests are the most common, followed by bowl (cup) nests.As a guide, here are some notes about the nest types and food costs for each habitat. To help you choose which habitats to focus on, it can help to think about which ones match the round objectives and your personal bonuses. You want to get a decent engine going on your tableau and it can help to focus on one or two locations to get this going rather than spreading your bird cards evenly between all three.