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greenblueninja wrote: ↑06 November 2026, 04:03 One thought I had was to make the ravens cost three rats instead of a rat and 2 wilds. One of the major limiters for the ravens early game is that you have to play both them and another bird for the power to work. Having to spend extra turns to get the initial food to play raven with another bird would probably limit it's potential greatly.

It would limit them somewhat, but you have to remember that a single raven activation is worth like 1.5 - 2 actions at the very least. With just a raven on the second row and another bird with egg slots anywhere else, you are getting an egg and 2 food with one activation, which is nowhere near comparable to anything else you can do with a single action and a single bird in the row. If anything, a solid nerf to the ravens and gulls is to make playing them in the second row forbidden. At least make the player spend actions to lay eggs and then (ab)use these birds to turn these eggs into extra resources. Doing both with one action breaks the fundamentals of the game in a far too efficient manner.