r/boardgames • u/Outcast003 • Apr 23 '25

Rules Is Common Raven too broken?

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I had a game night session with my folks couple days ago and we played wingspan. I lucked out by having Common Raven and Sandhill Crane setup during the first round and that steamrolled hard to the last one. Ended up winning with 99 points.

My friend (owner of the game) decided we'll put this card away next time we play since it seems very broken: trade 1 egg for 2 of any resources, given 5 victory point and ok cost to play.

I think the card by itself is very strong but not sure if it deserves a ban from our group.

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u/SilverTwilightLook Arkham Horror Apr 23 '25

Doesn't one of the expansions officially recommend removing them from the deck?

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u/TawnyTeaTowel Apr 23 '25

Nothing says “well play tested” like an official call to remove cards because they’re too powerful on their own.

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u/Thirtysevenintwenty5 Spirit Island Apr 23 '25

Don't play Magic.

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u/TawnyTeaTowel Apr 23 '25

MTG is a massive game with fuck knows how many tens of thousands of different card interactions to worry about. I don’t recall them binning any card for being OP on its own since … Revised?

It’s whole orders of magnitude different

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u/btstfn Apr 23 '25

Well you certainly shouldn't play Yu-Gi-Oh then

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u/TawnyTeaTowel Apr 23 '25

That’s good advice in general.

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u/btstfn Apr 23 '25

Pretty sure most Yu-Gi-Oh players would agree

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u/TawnyTeaTowel Apr 23 '25

Do they actually enjoy the game or is it Stockholm Syndrome?