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by SpaOwner
17 July 2025, 15:49
Forum: Wingspan
Topic: Awkward starting hand, difficulty with EOR goals and synergy. Thoughts?
Replies: 12
Views: 396

Re: Awkward starting hand, difficulty with EOR goals and synergy. Thoughts?

Frank, I was looking through old topics and hit on this one. Your starting hand is meh, and I agree with some of the comments that sparrow is probably the only good starter. That said, in your situation, I am tossing all my cards here and picking up either pileated or the mallard. Mallard would be p...
by SpaOwner
07 October 2024, 22:54
Forum: Wingspan
Topic: Make arena more competitive
Replies: 19
Views: 1031

Re: Make arena more competitive

I would lean towards adding an incentive to play more games that, while not giving you a penalty for sitting on a high ranking, makes it a less appealing strategy. One large issue with the rating system is Wingspan has inherent variance, and the probabilities associated with the point distribution d...
by SpaOwner
05 March 2024, 02:47
Forum: Wingspan
Topic: Watching matches from high elo player
Replies: 15
Views: 2518

Re: Watching matches from high elo player

Honestly, just go to the games in progress and watch anyone labeled “expert”. Or check out when the top 10 are playing. The big things are fairly obvious, but the little differences are what I have noticed separates players. When to take one action vs the next, when to fight for a goal vs not, when ...
by SpaOwner
10 February 2024, 02:50
Forum: Wingspan
Topic: Wood Duck
Replies: 110
Views: 21565

Re: Wood Duck

While I agree Wood Duck is very powerful, I do not think it needs to be banned in base game. It is only very powerful in the early stages of the game (then it is a paperweight) and does require some help to overwhelm the game. There is counter-play; most good grass engines can go toe-to-toe with duc...
by SpaOwner
20 January 2024, 01:06
Forum: Wingspan
Topic: High bonus cards score set
Replies: 9
Views: 2950

Re: High bonus cards score set

https://boardgamearena.com/table?table=452087037

34 on 5, no power birds.

Platform, Wetland, Rodent, Falcon, Large bird.

Very lucky set.

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