Chilier

Wingspan with European Expansion

Initial Setup

Christopher discards seeds, fish, and rodent and keeps 3 birds.

Chris discards invertebrate, fish, and rodent and keeps 3 birds.

Dave discards berries and rodent and keeps 2 birds

Kevin discards invertebrate and rodent and keeps 2 birds.

Bill discards berries and rodent and keeps 2 birds.

Round 1

Actions

Christopher draws a bird card, taking the Anduin's Gull.

Chris spends 1 seeds and 1 berries to play the Bullfinch in the forest habitat.

Dave draws a bird card, taking the Red-Bellied Woodpecker.

Kevin takes food, gaining a fish.

Bill draws a bird  card, taking the Red Crossbill.

Christopher draws a bird card, taking the Ruff.

Chris takes food, gaining an invertebrate, activates the Bullfinch, resetting the feeder, and taking seeds using a seeds/invertebrate die.

Dave spends 1 invertebrate to play the Red-Bellied Woodpecker in the forest habitat.

Kevin spends 2 fish to play the American White Pelican in the wetlands habitat.

Bill takes food, gaining seeds.

Christopher draws a bird card, taking the Snow Bunting.

Chris takes food, gaining a rodent, activates the Bullfinch, resetting the feeder, and taking seeds using a seeds/invertebrate die.

Dave takes food, gaining berries, then activates the Red-Bellied Woodpecker to gain seeds, caching it on the card.

Kevin draws a bird card, taking the Painted Whitestart.

Bill spends 1 seeds and 1 invertebrate to play the Blue Jay in the forest habitat.

Christopher spends 1 berries to play the Common Nightingale in the forest habitat.

Chris lays 2 eggs on the Bullfinch.

Dave lays 2 eggs on the Red-Bellied Woodpecker.

Kevin takes food, gaining an invertebrate.

Bill draws a bird card, taking the Forster's Tern.

Christopher spends 1 invertebrate to play the Common Swift in the grassland habitat.

Chris spends 1 invertebrate and an egg from the Bullfinch to play the House Wren in the forsest habitat, which allows him to spend 1 rodent and 1 egg from the Bullfinch to play the Mississippi Kite in the forest habitat.

Dave spends 1 seed, 1 berry, and 1 egg from the Red-Bellied Woodpecker to play the Common Grackle in the forest habitat.
Kevin spends 1 invertebrate to play the Painted Whitestart in the forest habitat.
Bill lays 2 eggs on the Blue Jay.
Christopher takes food, rerolls the food dice, takes an invertebrate, and activates the Common Nightingale, giving all players seeds.
Chris draws a bird card, taking the Peregrin Falcon.
Dave spends a fish to play the Clarke's Grebe in the wetlands habitat.
Kevin draws a bird card, taking the Eastern Screech Owl.
Bill spends 2 seeds and 1 egg from the Blue Jay to play the Red Crossbill in the forest habitat.
Christopher spends 1 seeds and 1 invertebrate to play the Snow Bunting in the wetlands habitat.
Chris draws a bird card, taking the Wood Stork.
Dave draws a bird card, taking the Spotted Owl and discarding an egg from the Red-Bellied Woodpecker to draw a card from the deck, activates the Clark's Grebe to draw another card from the deck and discards a card.
Kevin lays eggs, placing 2 on the Painted Whitestart.
Bill takes food, taking seeds and an invertebrate, gains seeds from the Red Crossbill, activates the Blue Jay, rerolling the dice and taking seeds with a seeds/invertebrate die and caching them on the card.
Christopher draws a bird card, taking the Common Nighthawk.
Chris draws a bird card, taking the Killdeer.
Dave takes food, taking invertebrates and fish, activates the Common Grackle to tuck a card behind it and lay an egg on it, activates the Red-Bellied Woodpecker, taking seeds from the feeder and caching them on the card.  Christopher activates the Snow Bunting, tucking a card behind it and drawing a card.
Kevin takes food, rerolls the dice, takes an invertebrate using a seeds/invertebrate die, and activates the Painted Whitestart, taking another invertebrate.
Bill takes food, taking 2 fish, activates the Red Crossbill, taking 1 seeds, and activating the Blue Jay, taking 1 seeds and caching it on the card.

Round End

Christopher is unable to activate the Common Swift.  All players gain Round 1 bonuses.  Face up bird cards are discarded and replaced.

Round 2

Actions

Chris takes food, taking an invertebrate, resetting the feeder, taking a rodent, activating the Mississippi Kite, rolling the one die and getting seeds, and activating the Bullfinch, resetting the feeder and taking berries.

Dave draws bird cards, taking the Purple Martin, discarding an egg from the Common Grackle to take the Coal Tit, and activating the Clark's Grebe to draw a card and discard a card.

Kevin spends 1 invertebrate and an egg from the Painted Whitestart to play the Eastern Screech Owl in the forest habitat.

Bill spends 1 seeds and 1 fish to play the Common Merganser in the wetlands habitat.

Christopher takes food, gaining an invertebrate, then activates the Common Nightingale, giving all players an invertebrate.

Chris spends 1 seed to play the Killdeer in the wetlands habitat.

Dave spends 1 invertebrate and 1 seed to play the Littls Bustard in the grasslands habitat, gaining a bonus card, a bird card, and laying an egg on the Red-Bellied Woodpecker.

Kevin draws a bird card, taking the Black-Headed Gull.

Bill takes bird cards, taking the Prothonotary Warbler and spends an egg from the Blue Jay to draw a card from the deck.

Christopher takes food, gaining an invertebrate, then activates the Common Nightingale, giving all players an invertebrate.

Chris spends 1 rodent and 2 invertebrates to play the Peregrin Falcon in the grasslands habitat.

Dave spends 1 invertebrate and an egg from the Red-Bellied Woodpecker to play the Purple Martin in the grasslands habitat.

Kevin spends 1 invertebrate and 2 seeds to play the Dickcissel in the grasslands habitat.

Bill lays 2 eggs on the Common Merganser.

Christopher lays 2 eggs on the Common Nightingale.

Chris lays eggs, spending 1 berry to place 1 egg on the Killdeer and 2 on the House Wren.

Dave lays eggs, placing 1 on the Purple Martin and 2 on the Red-Bellied Woodpecker, activates the Purple Martin, tucking a card behind it and drawing a card.  Christopher activates the Snow Bunting, tucking a card behind it and drawing a new card.

Kevin takes bird cards, taking the Northern Goshawk.

Bill spends 1 fish and 1 egg from the Common Merganser to play the Forster's Tern in the wetlands habitat.

Christopher spends 2 invertebrates and an egg from the Common Nightingale to place the Common Nighthawk in the forest habitat.

Chris draws bird cards, taking the Double-Crested Cormorant, activates the Killdeer, discarding an egg from it and drawing the Great Crested Grebe and a card from the deck.

Dave draws bird cards, drawing from the deck, discarding an egg from the Red-Bellied Woodpecker to draw another card from the deck, and activating the Clark's Grebe to draw a card and discard a card.
Kevin lays eggs, placing 2 on the Eastern Screech-Owl and activates the Dicksissel, tucking a bird under it and laying an egg on it.  Christopher tucks a bird under the Snow Bunting and draws a card.
Bill spends 2 invertebrates and 1 seed to play the Prothonotary Warbler in the wetlands habitat.
Christopher takes food, taking berries, rerollilng the dice and taking a rodent, activating the Common Nighthawk, moving it to the grasslands habitat, and activating the Common Nightingale, giving all players an invertebrate.
Chris takes food, taking an invertebrate and berries, activating the Mississippi Kite, rolling 3 dice, and not getting any rodents, and activating the Bullfinch, resetting the feeder and taking a berry.
Dave takes food, gaining 2 berries, activates the Common Grackle to tuck a card behind it and lay an egg on it, and activates the Red-Bellied Woodpecker, caching seeds from the feeder on it.  Christopher activates the Snow Bunting, tucking a bird behind it and drawing a bird card.
Kevin draws bird cards, taking the Goldcrest, and discarding an egg from the Painted Whitestart to take the Barrow's Goldeneye.
Bill lays one egg each on the Common Merganser and Protonotary Warbler.
Christopher lays eggs, placing 2 on the Common Swift and 1 on the Snow Bunting, and activates the Common Nighthawk, moving it to the forest habitat.
Chris spends 1 egg from the House Wren, 1 invertebrate, and 2 berries to play the Yellow-Breasted Chat in the grasslands habitat.
Dave spends 1 egg from the Common Grackle, 1 seed, and 1 berry to play the Eurasian Collared Dove in the grasslands habitat.
Kevin spends 1 egg from the Dickcissel and 1 invertebrate to play the Goldcrest in the forest habitat, activates the Eastern Screech-Owl, rolling seeds/invertebrate, seeds, berries, and fish, but not getting any rodents, and activates the Painted Whitestart, gaining an invertebrate.
Bill lays eggs, placing 2 on the Forster's Tern.
Christopher takes food, rerolling the dice and taking a seed and a berry, activates the Common Nighthawk, moving it to the grasslands habitat, and activates the Common Nightingale, giving everyone an invertebrate.

Round End

Dave discards 4 food items to tuck 4 cards beneath the Eurasian Collared-Dove.  Christopher discards 4 invertebrates to tuck 4 cards beneath the Common Swift.  All players gain Round 2 bonuses.  Face up bird cards are discarded and replaced.

Round 3

Actions

Dave takes food, taking 2 invertebrates, activates the Common Grackle, tucking a card behind it and laying an egg on it, and activates the Red-Bellied Woodpecker, caching seeds from the bird feeder on it.  Christopher tucks a bird behind the Snow Bunting and draws a card.

Kevin spends 2 invertebrates and an egg from the Eastern Screech-Owl to play the Black-Headed Gull in the wetlands habitat.

Bill draws bird cards, spending an egg from the Forster's Tern to take the White-Faced Ibis and 2 cards from the deck.

Christopher spends an egg from the Common Swift, 1 seed, 1 berry, and 1 rodent to play the Ruff in the wetlands habitat.

Chris lays eggs, place one each on the House Wren, Bullfinch, and Killdeer, moves the Yellow-Breasted Chat to the forest habitat, and draws the Dunnock with the Peregrin Falcon, tucking it behind the Falcon.

Dave spends 2 invertebrates and an egg from the Common Grackle to play the White Wagtail in the wetlands habitat.

Kevin lays eggs, placing one each on the Painted Whitestart and Goldcrest, and tucks a bird behind the Dicksissel, laying an egg on it.  Christopher tucks a card behind the Snow Bunting and draws a card.

Bill spends 1 invertebrate and an egg from the Prothonotary Warbler to play the Red-Breasted Nuthatch in the forest habitat.

Christopher lays eggs, placing one each on the Ruff, Common Nighthawk, and Common Nightingale, and moves the Common Nighthawk to the forest habitat.

Chris takes food, rerolling the feeder dice, and taking an invertebrate, fish, and rodent, moves the Yellow-Breasted Chat to the grasslands habitat, rolls the 3 available dice with the Mississippi Kite, rolling a invertebrate, fish, and rodent and caching the rodent on the card, rerolling the dice with the Bullfinch and taking berries.

Dave draws bird cards, drawing from the deck and taking the Spotted Towhee, and activates the Clark's Grebe, drawing a card and discarding a card.

Kevin draws bird cards, taking the Stellar's Jay and Hermit Thrush, steals fish from Bill with the Black-Headed Gull (bill takes an invertebrate using a split die from the Feeder), and discards a fish to tuck 2 cards from the deck behind the American White Pelican.  Christopher tucks a bird behind the Snow Bunting and draws a card.

Bill draws bird cards, taking the Blue Grossbeak and Eastern Blueburd, discards and egg from the Forster's Tern to draw a card from the deck, draws a card and discards a card with the Forster's Tern, and rolls 2 dice with the Common Merganser, failing to get a fish.

Christopher gains food, taking 2 invertebrates, moving the Common Nighthawk to the wetlands habitat, and giving everyone an invertebrate with the Common Nightingale.

Chris spends an egg from the House Wren, an invertebrate, a fish, and a rodent to play the Woodstork in the wetlands habitat, drawing 2 bonus cards and keeping 1.

Dave lays 3 eggs on the White Wagtaile and tucks a card behind the Purple Martin, drawing a card.  Christopher tucks a card behind the Snow Bunting and draws a card.
Kevin spends an egg each from the Eastern Screech-Owl and Goldcrest, 1 berry, and 3 invertebrates to play the Hermit Thrush in the forest habitat.
Bill gains food, taking seeds, rerolling the dice, taking a seed, discarding a bird card, and taking a fish, caching seeds on the Red-Breasted Nuthatch, and giving everyone seeds with the Red Crossbill.
Christopher draws bird cards, discarding an egg from the Common Nighthawk to draw 3 from the deck, and moving the Common Nighthawk to the forest habitat.
Chris spends an egg from the Killdeer, 3 invertebrates, and 1 seed to play the Great Crested Grebe in the wetlands habitat.
Dave takes food, taking a berry, rerolling the dice, takes a fish, tucks a card behind the Common Grackle, laying an egg on it, and caches a seed from the feeder on the Red-Bellied Woodpecker.  Christopher tucks a card behind the Snow Bunting, drawing a card.
Kevin draws bird cards, taking the American Crow and American Redstart, uses the Black-Headed Gull to take fish from Dave.  Dave takes a fish from the Feeder.  Kevin uses the American White Pelican to discard fish and tuck 2 cards from the deck behind it.
Bill spends 3 invertebrates to play the Eastern Bluebird in the grasslands habitat, then spends 3 seeds and an egg from the Common Merganser to play the Northern Bobwhite in the grasslands habitat.
Christopher takes food, rerolling the dice and taking 2 berries.  The Common Nighthawk is moved to the wetlands habitat, and all players gain seeds.
Chris lays eggs, placing 1 each on the Mississippi Kite, Peregrin Falcon, and Killdeer, moves the Yellow-Breasted Chat to the wetlands habitat, draws the Franklin's Gull with the Peregrin Falcon, which has a wingspan of less than 100cm so is tucked.
Dave draws bird cards, taking the Loggerhead Shrike and a card from the deck, and drawing and discarding a card with the Clark's Grebe.
Kevin lays one egg each on the Eastern Screech-Owl and Goldcrest and tucks a card behind the Dickcissel, laying an egg on it.  Christopher tucks a card behind the Snow Bunting and draws a card.
Bill draws bird cards, taking the European Roller and a card from the deck, draws a card with the Forster's Tern, discarding a card, and rolls successfully, caching a fish on the Common Merganser.
Christopher spends an egg from the Common Nightingale, 2 seeds, and 1 berries to play the European Goldfinch in the forest habitat.
Chris draws bird cards, taking 3 from the deck, moves the Yellow-Breasted Chat to the grasslands habitat, draws 2 cards with the Great Crested Grebe, discards an egg from the Killdeer and draw 2 more cards, then discards a card.

Round End

Dave uses the White Wagtail to spend 1 egg from the White Wagtail, a fish, and an invertebrate to play the Common Goldeneye in the forest habitat, uses the Common Goldeneye to gain 2 eggs, and discards 2 seeds and 1 berries to tuck 3 cards from the deck behind the Eurasian Collared-Dove.  Christopher discards 3 invertebrates to tuck 3 cards beneath the Common Swift, and tucks 3 cards from his hand behind the Ruff, drawing 3 cards.  All players gain Round 3 bonuses.  Face up bird cards are discarded and replaced.

Round 4

Actions

Kevin draws bird cards, taking the Lazuli Bunting and Great Tit, uses the Black-Headed Gull to steal fish from Bill.  Bill takes a rodent from the feeder.  Kevin discards the fish to tuck 2 cards from the deck behind the American White Pelican.  Christopher tucks a card from the deck behind the European Goldfinch, and tucks a card from his hand behind the Snow Bunting, drawing a new card.

Bill lays eggs, placing 3 on the Eastern Bluebird and 1 on the Northern Bobwhite.

Christopher takes food, takes a berry, rerolls the dice, takes another berry and gives everyone an invertebrate.

Chris spends an egg from the Peregrin Falcon, 2 invertebrates, and a seed to play the American Woodcock in the grasslands habitat.

Dave takes food, taking an invertebrate and berry, tucks a card behind the Common Grackle, laying an egg on it, and caches seeds on the Red-Bellied Woodpecker.  Christopher tucks a card from the deck behind the European Goldfinch, and tucks a card from his hand behind the Snow Bunting, drawing a new card.

Kevin takes food, rerolling the dice, taking berries, a rodent, and invertebrate, activates the Hermit Thrush.  Christopher rerolls the dice and takes an invertebrate from the feeder.  Kevin discards a card with the Goldcrest and spending 2 eggs, 1 invertebrate, and 1 berry to play the American Redstart in the forest habitat, activates the Eastern Screech Owl, and rolls 1 die, failing to get a rodent, and gains an invertebrate from the Painted Whitestart.

Bill spends an egg from the Eastern Bluebird, an invertebrate, and a rodent to play the European Roller in the grasslands habitat.

Christopher takes cards, drawing 2 from the deck, and moves the Common Nighthawk to the forest habitat.

Chris takes food, discarding a card to take an invertebrate, fish, and rodent, roll 4 dice and caches a fish with the Mississippi Kite, rerolls the food dice and takes berries with the Bullfinch.

Dave spends 2 eggs from the Common Goldeneye and 2 invertebrates to play the Common Cuckoo in the grassland habitat.

Kevin draws cards, taking the Grey Heron and Honey Buzzard, uses the Black-Headed Gull to steal fish from Chris, who takes an invertebrate from the feeder, and discards the fish to tuck 2 cards from the deck behind the American White Pelican.  Christopher tucks a card behind the Snow Bunting and draws a card, and tucks a card behind the deck behind the European Goldfinch.

Bill lays eggs, placing 4 on the the Prothonotary Warbler and 1 on the Northern Bobwhite.  Dave lays an egg on the Little Bustard.

Christopher takes food, taking an invertebrate, rerolling the dice, taking 2 more invertebrates, discarding a card, moves the Common Nighthawk to the wetlands habitat, and gives everyone an invertebrate.

Chris lays eggs, discarding a card to lay one each on the Peregrin Falcon, Yellow-Breasted Chat, American Woodcock, and Killdeer, and draws the Common Yellowthroat with the Peregrin Falcon, tucking it behind the card.  Christopher tucks a card from his hand behind the Snow Bunting and draws a card, and tucks a card from the deck behind the European Goldfinch.
Dave lays eggs, placing 2 each on the Clark's Grebe and Purple Martin.
Kevin lays eggs, discarding a seed to lay one each on the Eastern Screech-Owl, Goldcrest, and Hemit Thrush, and tucks a card behind the Dickcissel, laying an egg on it.  Dave lays an egg on the White Wagtail.
Bill lays eggs, placing 4 on the Common Merganser and 1 on the Northern Bobwhite.
Christopher spends 1 egg from the Common Nightingale, 1 invertebrate, and 2 berries to play the Baltimore Oriole in the forest habitat.
Chris spends an egg each from the Mississippi Kite and House Wren, 1 rodent, 2 seeds, and 2 berries to play the Great Egret in the wetlands habitat, then spends an egg each from the Bullfinch and American Woodcock and an invertebrate to play the Green Heron in the wetlands habitat.
Dave lays eggs, placing 2 each on the Red-Bellied Woodpecker and Eurasian Collared-Dove.
Kevin lays eggs, discarding an invertebrate and placing 3 on the Goldcrest and tucking a card behing the Dickcissel and laying an egg on it.  Christopher tucks a card behind the Snow Bunting and draws a card, and tucks a card behind the deck behind the European Goldfinch.  Dave lays an egg on the Common Grackle.
Bill lays eggs, placing one each on the Blue Jay, Red Crossbill, Red-Breasted Nuthatch, and European Roller, then placing one on the Northern Bobwhite.
Christopher spends an egg each from the Common Swift and Ruff and a berry to play the Yellow-Rumped Warbler in the forest habitat.
Chris lays eggs, discarding an invertebrate to lay one egg each on the Bullfinch, House Wren, Mississippi Kite, and American Woodcock, draws the Hooded Crow with the Peregrin Falcon, which is tucked under the falcon.  Christopher tucks a card behind the Snow Bunting and draws a card, and tucks a card behind the deck behind the European Goldfinch.
Dave lays eggs, placing 2 each on the Common Goldeneye and White Wagtail.

Round End

Dave uses the Common Goldeneye to gain 2 eggs, and discards 1 invertebrate and 1 berries to tuck 2 cards from the deck behind the Eurasian Collared-Dove.  Christopher discards 5 invertebrates to tuck 5 cards beneath the Common Swift, and tucks 2 cards from his hand behind the Ruff, drawing 2 cards.  All players gain Round 4 bonuses. 

Final Scoring

Goals

Christopher has the Bird Counter goal, and gains 10VP from having 5 birds in play with tuck powers.

Chris has the Bird Bander goal, and gains 7VP from having 6 birds that can live in multiple habitats, and the Wildlife Gardener goal, gaining 0VP for having only 3 birds in play with bowl nests.

Dave has the Ethologist goal and gains 8VP from having 4 different color powers in the grasslands habitat, and the Viticulturalist goal, gaining 0VP for having only 1 bird in play that eats berries.

Kevin has the Photographer goal, gaining 3VP from having 5 birds with colors in their names.

Bill has the Next Box Builder goal, gaining 7VP for having 6 birds in play with cavity nests.

Final Score


Christopher
Chris
Dave
Kevin
Bill
Birds
34
48
28
29
40
Bonus Cards
10
7
8
3
7
End of Round Goals
8
10
7
8
14
Eggs
1
7
23
11
18
Cached Food
0
2
6
0
4
Tucked Cards
39
4
16
13
0
Total
92
78
88
64
83
Congratulation to Christopher Hunt on his victory!

End of Game Statements

Dave Hooton:  Congratulations to Christopher on his win. Playing the Snow Bunting early really helped him. Thanks to Chris for running the game.

Christopher Hunt:  First of all thanks to Chris for keeping me on track.  Wow 39 tucked cards.  Best bonus.  Last or near last in everything else.  I keep on forgetting how short this game is.  Started with a number of cards giving me my bonus but had problems building them, the early game is slow.  Some synergy, card with bonus for invertebrates, card giving extra invertebrates.  Did not get my engine going until late.  Used moving the Common Nighthawk a lot.  In all good cards, everyone else tucking cards for me, bad play.

Chris Geggus:  Tucking hell! Never seen a tuck score like that before. Well done Christopher. Always enjoyable as I rather like the randomness of the bird cards and the extra scoring cards. Always good to get a combo out early, although the start seems to catch me out every time. Best laid plans etc. Perhaps I should be less greedy and more pragmatic. Next time can we have the combative round scoring chart in play for that extra bit of competition and devilment please. Thanks all and thanks Chris H. Looking forward to the next one. I actually bought the game anew a couple of weeks back, which is probably the first time I have paid full whack for a game for at least a couple of years.

BTW. I am about to depart on my son's stag weekend, so I won't be doing turns until Sunday evening at the earliest.

Bill Scharf:  Another fun game I’m still learning. Cowbirds don’t build nests, who knew? Congratulations to Christopher on his win, and thanks to Chris for running it.

Kevin Wilson:  Well, my first play and I wasn’t really sure where to focus. I paid too much attention to the bonus card early and not enough attention to later turn scoring opportunities.  I also kept making some simple errors that Chris had to correct me but the mechanics did settle in with this play.  By the end the errors were fewer.  I’m not sure yet whether I like the game or not but I can (I think) see the appeal.  I think I need to focus just a little bit more on getting birds in play, less on how they hit my bonus and more on how they run the engine.

Still, seems like eggs and birds were the shortfall.  More attention there, less on the bonus.  Maybe the end of round scores weren’t so critical as those were all fairly tight.  Still learning and certainly willing to give it another go to learn more.

Congrats to Christopher on the win.  I’ll take Chris G’s comment as an indication that 39 points from tucked cards is pretty good!  Thanks to the others for playing and to Chris for running the game, fixing my mistakes and answering my questions.

Players

Name
Color
Cards in Hand
Bonus Cards
Seeds
Invertebrates Berries
Fish
Rodents
Christopher Hunt Green
2
1

5
1


Chris Geggus
Yellow
2
2

1



Dave Hooton
Red
0
2

1
1


Kevin Wilson
Blue
2
1
1
2


1
Bill Scharf
Purple
4
1
2
2



Player in bold is first player for the round.

Round Goals
Bird Feeder
Birds

Christopher

Christopher

Chris

Chris

Dave

Dave

Kevin

Kevin

Bill

Bill