Wingspan Strategy | Avoid these early game mistakes!

Improve your starting hand decision making with these simple tips and tricks!

[rexcow]

Great job! How did you get two identical boards?

Things I’ve learned the hard way.

Avoid keeping three food birds unless they are truly OP.

Double check the feeder if keeping a bird with two of same food type. It doesn’t matter how strong wood duck is if no wheat in tray. You can lose the game turn one.

Really think hard about your resource production if keeping a Bonelli’s or Eastern Imperial Eagle. They turn into Albatrosses if not careful.

When drawing cards and nothing obvious developing, keep cards of different food types so not at the mercy of the feeder.

[simonedward]

Regardless of how experienced you are this kind of content is great. Always enjoy it. Song Sparrow for it's food cost is a good last resort if you have nothing else.

[Master_Wing]

classic. great comparison. technically more points with second scenario but in the long run much farther behind.

[danny]

I got my first 100+ point game with double migratory bird + moltoni's. So you cant stop me from playing them. (Although I think only 2-3 of the 8 are actually decent). Also I think these birds got a big buff with the Oceania board.

[joek]

Thanks for the tips. I mostly play the automa.

[ManorClassics]

Thanks for the video! I'd love to see how the rest of both games went. Maybe some tips on mid to late game things to avoid?

[NaturalTvventy]

Great stuff. I would have considered the Eurasian Hobby given the low food cost + Carrion Crow. No point generation unlike the owl but it saves the turn of single card draw. Maybe there’s still be time to grab the Barred Owl round 1.

[CouchPotatoWizard]

Just played a game with two migrators at the start of R2. It felt underwhelming because despite them accelerating your resource gathering thus saving you a turn, they also slow you down because you have to shift them in other habits before you want to play new birds. The net effect feels neutral. On top of that, they are very expensive and have low point total given their cost. I tried it once, and I think I've tried enough.

[Mislav]

Nice video as usual! Do you play on BoardGameArena and if so what’s your nickname? Thx

[magicmerl]

I like your first two tips but I can't agree on the migrators. You get a real power boost with two birds in a row so playing your first four birds without needing to pay eggs for any of them plus having every row on two birds is really powerful.