Bird Notebook: Field Cards

Your great-aunt Margaret set out to see every bird John James Audubon painted, in one year. She never finished. Her field notebook comes to you with a train ticket and one line on the first page: "Go where he went. Look where he looked. Find Clara."

Bird Notebook is a solo card game for people who love birds, beautiful old books and a good strategy puzzle. Every card is a real plate from Audubon's The Birds of America, 1827 to 1838: 112 birds, from the Blue Jay and the Baltimore Oriole to the Great Blue Heron and the Carolina Parakeet.

HOW IT PLAYS
• Each turn, do one thing: play a bird into the forest, wetland or grassland, or use a habitat.
• The forest gathers food, the wetland draws cards, the grassland lays eggs.
• The more birds in a row, the more you get, and every bird there uses its power: draw a card, lay an egg, tuck a card, bring food.
• Four rounds, each a little shorter, each ending on a goal.
• Birds, eggs, tucked cards, goals and your bonus card all score.

A BIG YEAR IN TWELVE MONTHS
From the Florida Keys to the Labrador coast, follow Margaret's notes across 96 counts. Race three rival birders, and uncover the story of Clara Beck, a painter whose name was scraped off the plates she helped create.

A LIFE LIST TO FILL
Every bird you play goes into your notebook. Fill the life list, collect card frames from gold leaf to emerald, and come back for a new Daily Count every day.

THOUGHTFUL, NEVER RUSHED
• No timers. Plan every turn.
• Approachable rules, deep engine-building.
• Calm music and real birdsong sounds.
• Plays offline.
• English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.

Bird Notebook is free to play with optional rewarded videos (extra food, two extra cards, three more turns, double coins) and occasional ads between counts. No purchases.

Audubon's plates are in the public domain. Clara Beck, Margaret and the rival birders are fictional.

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