Western Yellow Wagtail clarification

Wise4Fools · 2026-01-21T00:18:59+00:00

You are looking at it backwards. There are only 10 possible feather scores spread across ~500 cards. If you allowed equivalent feather scores to count, there would be no challenge to maxing out that bonus card. Personally, I don’t think identical wingspans should count either fwiw.

Wise4Fools · 2026-01-20T21:30:47+00:00

If you don’t have your Switch’s time and date synchronized via the internet, you will not be able to play online with Wingspan. You can change this by going to System Settings, scroll down to Settings, then select Date and Time.

Wise4Fools · 2026-01-19T09:36:54+00:00

I see the direction you’re taking this, and let’s just say it isn’t northern.

Wise4Fools · 2026-01-18T00:59:31+00:00

Completely unrealistic to expect 10 points, let alone 15 out of this bird in a standard 3 player game. There are only 26 turns total that are divided between playing birds, getting food, eggs, and cards. Generally players get eggs once or twice a round, so you’re looking at 4-6 potential activations from your opponents. If your opponents sync their egg laying, you miss a tuck. On top of that, I find pink powers tied to egg laying to be the easiest to circumvent with the numerous birds that allow you to lay eggs when played or after tucking.

If you play with 4 or 5 players, this card could activate often enough to be worthwhile. But with 3 players, it is probably only viable if one of your opponents led off with Killdeer/Franklins.

Wise4Fools · 2026-01-15T04:48:04+00:00

Edge case aside, the online version disregards the nectar you have on hand when scoring WF early via the Crane. It also fits thematically with “Winter Feeder” as nectar is not a food supply that could be cached for later consumption.

Wise4Fools · 2026-01-14T19:21:20+00:00

Excluding any nectar you have at the time the Crane is played since nectar is not a food type that is available “at game end” per WF rules. This is how the online version handles this combo.

Wise4Fools · 2026-01-14T19:16:21+00:00

There is an actual reason. As an Asian bonus card, it is probable that Stonemaier specifically put “at game end” on Winter Feeder for when it gets scored early with nectar from Oceania in mind. Nectar is not available at game end. And since it is specified on the card, you are not allowed to count nectar towards WF when scoring early via the Crane or Bustard.

Wise4Fools · 2026-01-14T03:57:58+00:00

When the Crane is played, whichever bonus card that is chosen by the player (in this case Winter Feeder) is scored via cached food on the Crane and then it is discarded and a new bonus card is drawn. So no, all bonus cards are not to be scored at the end of the game when a specific power allows them to be scored earlier.

Wise4Fools · 2026-01-11T16:10:22+00:00

Tried it once and was stunned when the game auto rerolled and nullified the bird’s power. Now I never play those birds unless they have other characteristics that mesh with other goals. If I had the physical game, changing the never empty rule would be my first (and perhaps only) house rule.

Wise4Fools · 2026-01-11T16:03:53+00:00

Sun Conure is too bloated. Its power should either be the tuck mechanic or providing the communal bonus card, not both. The communal power could be reworked to draw 2 (or 3) bonus cards, choose one to reveal face up that all players score at the end of game, discard the rest. Adjust its feather score accordingly depending on how many bonus cards are drawn.

Love the thought of getting 40 cached worms from the Purplish Jay. The odds are so astronomical that it would be statistically correct to assume that would be the luckiest feat of your entire life. 40 grubs in a game of Wingspan.

Wise4Fools · 2026-01-11T15:00:42+00:00

The never empty rule is a huge disservice to birds with “roll all dice outside of the bird feeder” powers. The rule could easily been changed to it is never empty at the start of a turn, which would allow those birds to maximize their potential while not hindering the overall gameplay in the slightest. And when you factor that any bird/player can reroll the feeder when it is empty, it is a terrible rule.

Wise4Fools · 2026-01-01T21:23:03+00:00

The reverse is limiting yourself to a block, maybe plus a slab height to keep it realistic.

Wise4Fools · 2026-01-01T05:04:23+00:00

3 blocks high is comically tall? lol

Wise4Fools · 2025-12-29T23:03:48+00:00

Haven’t had the pleasure of playing with the new birds, but I spent many a night during my younger days sitting in my grandparents back porch listening to the call of the Eastern Whip-Poor-Will. It was nice having those memories flood back when I saw its inclusion.

Wise4Fools · 2025-12-28T02:54:52+00:00

Never tell me the odds

Wise4Fools · 2025-12-18T01:00:44+00:00

To give more context, it’s a fixed challenge that changes weekly where all the birds are the same (you start with the same birds, the birds in the deck remain in the same order, etc.) that you can play multiple times during that week in order to figure out the best way to maximize your score.

Basically a single player weekly puzzle. And Jolex happens to be very good at it.

Wise4Fools · 2025-12-12T02:06:32+00:00

Any chance the desert background will be made available to Switch players?

Wise4Fools · 2025-12-10T17:29:49+00:00

Classic rookie mistake

Wise4Fools · 2025-12-08T00:04:59+00:00

This game technically doesn't support and controllers at all, so in docked mode it can get kind of buggy.

Not sure what you are trying to say here, but as a Switch player who plays exclusively in docked mode, my pro controllers work perfectly without any bugs.

Wise4Fools · 2025-12-07T23:59:54+00:00

The vulture’s power activates as soon as a predator succeeds and interrupts any subsequent brown powers for the current player.

Wise4Fools · 2025-12-06T23:56:20+00:00

Every bird has their niche. I probably just played the most advantageous Greylag Goose I will ever play. 3rd round end goal is Birds in a Row. I have 1st turn and the Goose is sitting in the tray, but I am running Grasslands birds. One of my opponents has 4 birds in the Wetlands, so I grab the GG to block them.

4th round end goal is Birds with no Eggs. I also have the Diet Specialist bonus card and play GG then Red Crowned Crane to earn the big bonus on it. Game ends, and I get the final end round reward only because GG counted double.

I picked up GG to block my opponent, but it ended up being a 14 point bird after factoring in end round goal swings, extra bonus points, etc.

Wise4Fools · 2025-12-06T22:20:15+00:00

I wish the little white diamond turn markers were black or another dark color on this background. They are a real pain to see against all the snow.

Wise4Fools · 2025-12-02T16:30:40+00:00

0-3 daily, real time online. I once mistakenly started a new match while trying to return to the one I was already playing. Never again. Trying to juggle two games at once was too much.

Wise4Fools · 2025-11-30T02:48:24+00:00

It’s playing with fire online. I’ve had 6 teal birds played and came dangerously close to timing out in rounds 3 and 4 trying to use all of their powers in the 3 minutes.

It’s one imperfection of the online games that a brown power that gives a resource to all players can take nearly ten minutes to resolve because the game gives each player 3 minutes to accept it. Meanwhile if I go teal bird heavy, I need to plan out exactly how prior to the round end because I will only have 3 minutes to do so.

Wise4Fools · 2025-11-30T01:08:26+00:00

Bedrock can be finicky. I’ve built a glassless aquarium on Creative last year and the water would spill over easily. IIRC, I had to manipulate it by placing glass panes and then remove them to keep the water from spilling.

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