Can we get a variant where you get 6 random starting food instead of 5 of each type before you have to discard?
This would add real variety to the game rather than a contest of who gets dealt the best birds at the start. If you start with chipping sparrow and ruddy duck and the other guy gets the trash birds it's game over at turn zero.
With 6 random food of course there will be some games that still play out the same, but I'm sure there will be more games where birds that cost 2 food of 1 type would be playable at the start rather than being almost unplayable.
Too many Wingspan games are just contests of who draws the best starting birds. I know I'm right too because I've beaten top level players and lost helplessly to beginner players and reviewed the game to confirm there's not much that could really be done. Forcing players to make more decisions would add variety and new levels of skill to the game.
This would add real variety to the game rather than a contest of who gets dealt the best birds at the start. If you start with chipping sparrow and ruddy duck and the other guy gets the trash birds it's game over at turn zero.
With 6 random food of course there will be some games that still play out the same, but I'm sure there will be more games where birds that cost 2 food of 1 type would be playable at the start rather than being almost unplayable.
Too many Wingspan games are just contests of who draws the best starting birds. I know I'm right too because I've beaten top level players and lost helplessly to beginner players and reviewed the game to confirm there's not much that could really be done. Forcing players to make more decisions would add variety and new levels of skill to the game.