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enbycass wrote: ↑27 August 2023, 06:40 The publisher has never said there are overpowered birds and the designer has never sanctioned any specific house rules as far as I've seen. This is a BGA thing only.

JohnnyCyclops wrote: ↑26 August 2023, 00:37 It's funny coming to BGA in the last couple of months and reading about a game I've played for years physically (not digitally) and never once checked the birds to the level of data analysis that goes on here. I kinda figured some birds might be better in certain situations but was never sure if a 9 feather bird was 'better' than a Forest bird for one food item you can get on the board early.

We each play the games we want to, but I just enjoy this particular game for itself, and not trying to min-max bird combinations or calling out over-powerful birds. Before reading this thread I didn't even know the publishers thought there were over-powered birds. I played a couple of games here, but it's not as fun as playing the physical game, so I switched to other games in BGA and will leave Wingspan for the fun of an in-person game at home. Each to their own, and for those who love compiling stats per-bird - you go for it - I just find it all slightly curious.

enbycass wrote: ↑27 August 2023, 06:40 The publisher has never said there are overpowered birds and the designer has never sanctioned any specific house rules as far as I've seen. This is a BGA thing only.

detlefchef11 wrote: ↑27 August 2023, 13:42 This reads a little smug.

Madlaine wrote: ↑28 August 2023, 11:06 Slightly.

On table Wingspan feels different. We chat, have fun, spill coffee on the board and try altogether To make the best out of every turns, and we rarely played more than 2 games on a row...while BGA offers the possibility of playing four to five games pretty fast and experimenting a lot of things, keeping an eye on the score a all time.

But even on a merry table play, we've been grumping about ravens and killdeer being stupidly strong since the very first game (and I kicked them out the box myself because the Oceania expansion).

I know some people play only for fun and it's good, but trying to win IS part of a fun game, I don't think randomly playing stuff count as "fun"

JohnnyCyclops wrote: ↑28 August 2023, 17:24

Madlaine wrote: ↑28 August 2023, 11:06 Slightly.

On table Wingspan feels different. We chat, have fun, spill coffee on the board and try altogether To make the best out of every turns, and we rarely played more than 2 games on a row...while BGA offers the possibility of playing four to five games pretty fast and experimenting a lot of things, keeping an eye on the score a all time.

But even on a merry table play, we've been grumping about ravens and killdeer being stupidly strong since the very first game (and I kicked them out the box myself because the Oceania expansion).

I know some people play only for fun and it's good, but trying to win IS part of a fun game, I don't think randomly playing stuff count as "fun"

Thank you! You expressed it better than I could. Another game I've played on BGA is Obsession where the developer posted on the forum and made some changes because the way the game is played online on BGA removes some of the social interactions that an in-person game has and which provide a natural throttle on in-person players using that particular move in a way that in online play is a lot more prevalent. Hence, it's a game option. As is removing the four birds here in Wingspan.