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2022-11-16T18:09:09Z

Yamaraus: /* Play */ Cleared up info on cards played.

[[Category:Card games]]
== The Deck ==

* There are 5 suits: yellow, blue, white, green, and red.
* Each suit has 12 cards: numbered cards from 2 to 10, plus three "investment" cards marked with a handshake symbol.
* The entire deck is shuffled and used in each round.

== The Board ==

* On the board is a separate discard pile for each suit.
* Cards you play go to your side of the board, below that color's discard pile. A group of one or more played cards in a suit is called an "expedition".
* To the side of the board is a shared draw pile.

== Play ==

* You hold 8 cards in your hand.
* Each turn has two steps: first, either play or discard a card. Then take a card, either from the draw pile or from the top of any discard pile.
* For each expedition of a separate color (suit): If you have an investment/handshake card, it can be played first, but is not required. Numbered cards are played in increasing order, but do not have to be in perfect sequence. Once you've played a numbered card, you may no longer play any lower-numbered card or investment card. Cards must match the expedition color.
* When the draw pile is empty, the round ends instantly.

== Scoring ==

Each of the (up to five) expeditions in front of you is scored separately and the results totaled. (Skip scoring a suit where you played no cards.) For each one:

# Add up the values of all numbered cards played.
# Subtract 20. (You might get a negative number.)
# If there were N investment cards played, now multiply that result by (N+1).
# If the expedition has eight or more total cards, add 20 points.

The basic idea is: if you start an expedition then you need to reach 20 just to break even. Investment cards magnify your winnings OR losses relative to that target.

Since BGA displays a running total as you play, this alternative (equivalent) scoring explanation might seem more fitting:

* When you begin an expedition (play your first card of a suit), lose 20 points.
* When you play an investment card, lose 20 points.
* When you play a numbered card, gain that many points, plus that many points again for each investment card present (total: number x (investmentcards + 1)).
* If that was the eighth card of the expedition, gain another 20 points.

== Rounds ==

A game may last either one or three rounds. If three, the round scores are all added. In rounds two and three, the player with the higher score plays first.

Gamehelpwingspan

2022-11-01T19:36:35Z

Yamaraus: /* Actions and Rounds */ Added number of rounds played, which isn't indicated anywhere.

==Pre-Game==
Each player begins with a selection of five bird cards, one of each food type (there are five types), and two bonus objective cards--from which they will then select what to keep as follows:

===Selecting cards to keep===
* First, each player chooses how many bird cards to keep.
* Then, however, for each bird card kept, the player then must discard one food. (So, the more birds kept, the less food the player has at the start of the game.)
* Finally, each player gets to choose to keep one of two bonus objective cards for the game.

==Playing the Game==

===Turn Actions===
On each player's turn, that player may choose to do one of the following:
* Gain Food: Collect additional food from the available options in the tray;
* Lay Eggs: Collect and distribute eggs;
* Draw Bird Cards: Collect a new bird card from the three available options; or
* Pay food cost(s) to place a bird card in its habitat (row) on the board

===Habitats and Activating Birds===
If players choose to place birds on the board, some birds have Activations (brown) that trigger from their habitat (row) being selected for action later. Note that placing a bird card in a row does not activate either its benefits nor the benefits of any other birds in that row.

Placing birds in the same habitats repeatedly has an increasing cost in 'eggs,' which must be removed from birds that have eggs placed on them already.

===Actions and Rounds===
Wingspan is played over 4 rounds. Each round ends when all players have done all of their actions. Each round has a reducing number of actions (i.e., each successive round is shorter).

==Scoring and Objectives==
Your goal is to collect the most points.

===Round Objectives===
Each round of the game has different objectives which offer points for completing certain criteria. (These are noted in the square box)
Points are also distributed according to one's rank in each round.

===End of Game Scoring===
Each player scores points from the following:
* Point values as noted on each bird they have placed on the playing board;
* One point for each card 'tucked' under a bird card;
* Each food token 'cached' on a bird card;
* Each egg placed on a bird card; and
* Completed Bonus Card Objectives

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