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Gather flocks of birds into your hand so you can gain points for flying them home.

The game begins with 12 bird cards in the center of the table and 1 random bird species already in your collection. Everyone has 8 cards in their hand. On your turn you will exchange cards in hand for cards on the table (or take 2 cards from the draw deck) as you attempt to complete sets.

Turn

Lay birds

On your turn, you MUST lay all birds of one species onto the table from your hand. Place them all at the end of the row of your choice.

If a matching species is in that row, take all the cards sandwiched between the card you just layed and the matching species. For example, if a player added the two Parrots to the left of this row, they would take the Owl and Flamingo:

If all the birds remaining in that row are of the same species, cards are added to the row from the draw deck until there are two different species in the row.

If you didn't take any cards from the row, you may take 2 cards from the draw deck.

Complete a flock or "Fly Home" (optional)

A set of birds of the same species is called a flock. Each card has 2 "set completion" numbers on it, representing a small flock and a big flock. When you have enough matching cards in hand to complete a flock, small or big, you may "fly the flock home."

- The Small Flock: Add ONE of the cards to your personal collection and discard the rest of the flock.

- The Big Flock: Add TWO of the cards to your personal collection and discard the rest of the flock.

You can only complete one Flock per turn.

(Note that the BGA implementation gives a few seconds of "thinking time" for this decision even if you cannot play a flock, so that your opponent cannot tell whether you have an unclaimed flock in hand.)

End of a round

As soon as a player has no cards left in their hand, the round ends. Everyone discards their entire hand and draws 8 new cards. The cards in the center of the table remain as they are. The player who ended the round becomes the start player.

End of the game

A player wins immediately if they collect:

- at least 1 card from 7 different species, or

- at least 3 cards from 2 different species

If it is impossible to deal 8 cards to each player (even with the discard pile), the game ends immediately, and the player with the most bird cards in their collection wins the game.

Flock Size of Different Birds

Pink Flamingo: small 2 / big 3 (7 total in the deck)
Owl and Toucan: small 3 / big 4 (10 total in the deck)
Duck and Parrot: small 4 / big 6 (13 total in the deck)
Magpie: small 5 / big 7 (17 total in the deck)
Reed Warbler and Robin: small 6 / big 9 (20 total in the deck)

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+[[Category:Card games]]
 __NOTOC__
-The objective of the game is to build a collection that either contains 7 different species, or contains 3 birds of one species and 3 of another.
-A game plays in several rounds. At the beginning of each round, each player starts with 8 cards in their hand and there are 4 rows with three cards faceup at the center of the table. The game starts with the dealer and go clockwise. Also, each player starts with a bird card, faceup, in front of them, which represents the first Bird in their collection.
+Gather flocks of birds into your hand so you can gain points for flying them home.
+The game begins with 12 bird cards in the center of the table and 1 random bird species already in your collection. Everyone has 8 cards in their hand. On your turn you will exchange cards in hand for cards on the table (or take 2 cards from the draw deck) as you attempt to complete sets.
 ==Turn==
-===Lay birds===
+=== Lay birds===
-On their turn, a player must lay one or more birds from their hand. '''All the birds of the chosen species''' that player has in their hand must be played. The player lays these birds (next to each other) on the left or the right side of one of the 4 rows at the center of the table. When a player places a bird in a row that already has one or more Birds of that species, the player must take all the cards between these birds into their hand.
+On your turn, you MUST lay all birds of one species onto the table from your hand. Place them all at the end of the row of your choice.
-For example, if a player added the two Parrots to the left of this row, they would take the Owl and Flamingo:
-[[File:Cubirds illustration.png]]
+If a matching species is in that row, take all the cards sandwiched between the card you just layed and the matching species. For example, if a player added the two Parrots to the left of this row, they would take the Owl and Flamingo:
-After taking the surrounded cards, the remaining birds are moved together and new cards are added (placed on the left or the right) from the draw pile to this row until there are two different species in it.
+[[File: Cubirds illustration.png]]
-If no cards were taken, the player may choose to draw two cards from the draw pile.
+If all the birds remaining in that row are of the same species, cards are added to the row from the draw deck until there are two different species in the row.
-===Complete a flock or "Fly Home" (optional)===
+If you didn't take any cards from the row, you may take 2 cards from the draw deck.
-A set of birds of the same species (a flock) that the player hold in their hand may be revealed to add one or two of this cards to their collection.
+=== Complete a flock or "Fly Home" (optional)===
-Each card has two numbers, the lower representing the number stated for the small flock and the higher representing the number stated for the big Flock. When the number of revealed cards is higher or equal to:
+A set of birds of the same species is called a flock. Each card has 2 "set completion" numbers on it, representing a small flock and a big flock. When you have enough matching cards in hand to complete a flock, small or big, you may "fly the flock home."
--    '''The Small Flock''': the player ''adds one'' of the revealed cards to their collection;
+- '''The Small Flock''': Add ''ONE'' of the cards to your personal collection and discard the rest of the flock.
--    '''The Big Flock''': the player ''adds two'' of the revealed cards to their collection.
+- '''The Big Flock''': A''dd TWO'' of the cards to your personal collection and discard the rest of the flock.
-The remaining cards are placed into the discard pile. On their turn, a player can only complete a single Flock.
+You can only complete one Flock per turn.
 ''(Note that the BGA implementation gives a few seconds of "thinking time" for this decision even if you cannot play a flock, so that your opponent cannot tell whether you have an unclaimed flock in hand.)''
-==End of a round==
+== End of a round==
-A round ends when one of the players has no cards left in their hand. The remaining cards that players have in their hand go to the discard pile. The cards laid in rows at the center of the table remain in place. The player who ended the round becomes the new dealer.
+As soon as a player has no cards left in their hand, the round ends. Everyone discards their entire hand and draws 8 new cards. The cards in the center of the table remain as they are. The player who ended the round becomes the start player.
 ==End of the game==
-If a player collects 7 different species, or 3 birds of one species and 3 of another, they win.
+A player wins immediately if they collect:
+- at least 1 card from 7 different species, or
+- at least 3 cards from 2 different species
-If it is impossible to deal 8 cards to each player (even with the discard pile), the game ends immediately. In this case, the player with the most bird cards in their collection wins the game.
+If it is impossible to deal 8 cards to each player (even with the discard pile), the game ends immediately, and the player with the most bird cards in their collection wins the game.
 ==Flock Size of Different Birds==
-* Pink Flamingo: small 2, big 3
+*Pink Flamingo: small 2 / big 3 (7 total in the deck)
-* Owl/Toucan: small 3, big 4
+*Owl and Toucan: small 3 / big 4 (10 total in the deck)
-* Duck/Parrot: small 4, big 6
+*Duck and Parrot: small 4 / big 6 (13 total in the deck)
-* Magpie: small 5, big 7
+*Magpie: small 5 / big 7 (17 total in the deck)
-* Reed Warbler/Robin: small 6, big 9
+*Reed Warbler and Robin: small 6 / big 9 (20 total in the deck)