Thanks for making this content, it's good! One suggestion: it would be nice if you took 5-10 seconds at the start to cycle through the starting birds, the bonus cards, and the tray before making any commentary on it. That way we have the full context on what we'd do to compare to you before hearing anything.
I started playing Wingspan a few months ago and just watching your gameplay was super helpful! I refused to get Oceania until I could consistently score 88+. Felt the barrens/grasslands was always quite strong. Finally got Oceania, first game was like 126, and I immediately felt that the forest is the way to go. At least for my style. Winning nectar is 15 points, and of course big point birds 🤷♂️.
I'm always glad to see a new video from you. I hadn't thought about keeping the Wren in game 3. It's usually not that strong a play but you're right it works very well in that case. Game 1 - I would have kept the Blackbird and Martin too. I'm not sure if it would have worked better but I normally draw cards 3 times to fill the blackbird unless there's an extremely strong brown power I want to get down sooner. That lets me see more options. I might not have had time to play the Honey Eater with my plan though.
For the third starting hand ~9:40 ish, I'd actually keep the Cerulean Warbler. It's a bonus card bird which is good in and of itself, but it also synergizes especially with the last two rounds. I'd give up the fish as starting food, play Carolina Wren asap (prob w/ nectar) and grab Forster's Tern and Whooping Crane. Play TBD following cards that come out and what P2 does his turn.
ooh this is a great video series! I just watched your first Oceania-board opening strategy video as well, & I wonder what your thoughts are on hedging your bets in your starting hand by keeping a bird for each habitat. for example, in the first hand here, you kept two excellent wetland birds (with potential for Martin to go grassland if necessary) but passed on a high-scoring forest bird in the Great Horned Owl. that's understandable given that there are two decently-scoring forest options in the tray with better food access, but in general, do you follow a certain rationale/rule of thumb (e.g. "I aim to take actions in a zero-bird row no more than once") that makes you more comfortable with forgoing an entire habitat in the opening hand? in online 3-player with the Oceania boards, I feel more skittish about starting without at least one forest bird & one wetland bird in hand (grassland can often wait a bit).
Possible future video content? Strategies for 3 player game - I've been playing for a while but I'm too lazy to get matches, I use the 3 person auto-match system. DIfferences - don't bother participating in EoR's if you won't win, pink powers activating more - and I often win with less than 100pts - maybe it's harder to get a high score in 3 player?
Really like it when you do this, but can you please show the tray before you start picking the birds - was really hard to come up with my own choices before seeing the tray and you picked the birds already, making me biased
Maybe I've watched too many of your videos--I'm starting to think like you--but I would have taken the Owl in game 1 also to save for later. Otherwise, in total agreement. 😊
@@chicosbailbonds9764Tempting but I think too expensive especially since it generates only points not resources. Don’t forget it costs 4 food because you have to give up a food to keep it. It also costs a turn getting the food for it.
Thanks for making this content, it's good! One suggestion: it would be nice if you took 5-10 seconds at the start to cycle through the starting birds, the bonus cards, and the tray before making any commentary on it. That way we have the full context on what we'd do to compare to you before hearing anything.
I started playing Wingspan a few months ago and just watching your gameplay was super helpful! I refused to get Oceania until I could consistently score 88+. Felt the barrens/grasslands was always quite strong. Finally got Oceania, first game was like 126, and I immediately felt that the forest is the way to go. At least for my style. Winning nectar is 15 points, and of course big point birds 🤷♂️.
Great to see that you’re still doing this kind of content as well, aside from tournament games.
I'm always glad to see a new video from you. I hadn't thought about keeping the Wren in game 3. It's usually not that strong a play but you're right it works very well in that case.
Game 1 - I would have kept the Blackbird and Martin too. I'm not sure if it would have worked better but I normally draw cards 3 times to fill the blackbird unless there's an extremely strong brown power I want to get down sooner. That lets me see more options. I might not have had time to play the Honey Eater with my plan though.
For the third starting hand ~9:40 ish, I'd actually keep the Cerulean Warbler. It's a bonus card bird which is good in and of itself, but it also synergizes especially with the last two rounds. I'd give up the fish as starting food, play Carolina Wren asap (prob w/ nectar) and grab Forster's Tern and Whooping Crane. Play TBD following cards that come out and what P2 does his turn.
ooh this is a great video series! I just watched your first Oceania-board opening strategy video as well, & I wonder what your thoughts are on hedging your bets in your starting hand by keeping a bird for each habitat. for example, in the first hand here, you kept two excellent wetland birds (with potential for Martin to go grassland if necessary) but passed on a high-scoring forest bird in the Great Horned Owl. that's understandable given that there are two decently-scoring forest options in the tray with better food access, but in general, do you follow a certain rationale/rule of thumb (e.g. "I aim to take actions in a zero-bird row no more than once") that makes you more comfortable with forgoing an entire habitat in the opening hand? in online 3-player with the Oceania boards, I feel more skittish about starting without at least one forest bird & one wetland bird in hand (grassland can often wait a bit).
Possible future video content? Strategies for 3 player game - I've been playing for a while but I'm too lazy to get matches, I use the 3 person auto-match system. DIfferences - don't bother participating in EoR's if you won't win, pink powers activating more - and I often win with less than 100pts - maybe it's harder to get a high score in 3 player?
Really like it when you do this, but can you please show the tray before you start picking the birds - was really hard to come up with my own choices before seeing the tray and you picked the birds already, making me biased
I actually think you should play the first 1-3 rounds of the every starting hand so its easier to picture what exactly your plan is
As might as well play the 4th round too then! But the video would be quite long. I liked this.
Maybe I've watched too many of your videos--I'm starting to think like you--but I would have taken the Owl in game 1 also to save for later. Otherwise, in total agreement. 😊
@@chicosbailbonds9764Tempting but I think too expensive especially since it generates only points not resources. Don’t forget it costs 4 food because you have to give up a food to keep it. It also costs a turn getting the food for it.