Welcome back to Full Tuck: The Wingspan Podcast! This week we focus on the new fan made mini expansions which are going to be released in mid-October. These came as a complete surprise to us so we decided to give them a proper look with a bumper episode!

As always we also discuss our opening hand, and our friend's predeliction to one particularly friendly water bird.

*We are aware that UK users can no longer use Imgur, so we are switching our means of accessing the weekly opening hand challenge*

Episode 6 opening hand - 4 player game, you are going first

Images: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mHUYHj75gYKvnpCqjqcTxaPLY9crNAbS/view?usp=sharing

Opening hand:

• Rose-breasted Grosbeak. When activated: Gain one wheat or one cherry from the birdfeeder, if there is one.
• Rainbow Lorikeet. When activated: Discard one nectar to the “spent nectar” space for your forest. If you do, gain two food from the birdfeeder.
• Violet-Green Swallow. When activated: Tuck one card from your hand behind this bird. If you do, gain one card.
• Bell’s Vireo. When played: Draw two bonus cards and keep one.
• Burrowing Owl. When activated: Roll all dice not in the birdfeeder. If any are rats, gain one rat and cache it on this card.

Bonus cards:

• Forest Ranger. Consecutive birds in the forest with ascending or descending scores. 3 consecutive birds = 3 points, 4 consecutive birds = 5 points, 5 consecutive birds = 8 birds.
• Wetland Population Monitor. Different nest types in the wetlands. 2-3 types = 3 points, 4 types = 5 points, 5 types = 8 points.

In the tray:

• Spotted Towhee. When activated: Gain one wheat from the supply.
• Southern Cassowary. When played: Discard a bird from your forest and put this bird in its place (no not pay an egg cost). If you do, lay 4 eggs on this bird and gain 2 cherries from the supply.
• Trumpeter Swan. No powers. 9 points.

Episode 7 opening hand

Images: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PS1BJnpjvTSuy0epali_958_Qf7BdF0v/view?usp=sharing

Opening hand:

• Red-Backed Shrike. When activated: Steal 1 grub from another player’s supply and cache it on this bird. They gain 1 food from the birdfeeder
• Small Minivet. When played: Play 1 additional bird in your forest. You may ignore 1 grub or egg in its cost.
• Little Penguin. When activated: Draw and discard 5 cards from the deck. For each fish in their food costs, cache 1 fish from the supply on this bird.
• White-Crested Laughingthrush. When activated: Tuck 1 card from your hand behind this bird. If you do, gain 1 grub, wheat or cherry from the birdfeeder.
• Scaled Quail. When activated: Lay 1 egg on this bird.

Bonus cards:

• Nest Box Builder. Birds with cavity nests. 4-5 birds = 4 points, 6+ birds = 7 points
• Enclosure Builder. Birds with pebble nests. 4-5 birds = 4 points, 6+ birds = 7 points

In the tray:

• Tawny Frogmouth. When activated: Reset the birdfeeder. Cache 1 grub or rat from the birdfeeder (if available) on this bird.
• Australian Magpie. Game end: Discard 1 egg from each bird in this row and column that has an egg on it, excluding this bird. For each discarded egg, cache 2 wheat from the supply on this bird.
• Common Nighthawk. When activated: If this bird is to the right of all other birds in its habitat, move it to another habitat.