When do we choose the first player? Before or after players choose cards and food? But remember, activating a particular bird power is optional, so you can avoid a cost associated with a bird power by skipping that power entirely. This applies to the basic actions as well as bird powers. Yes, you can always decline a benefit (though you can never decline a cost). No, once you play a bird, it’s permanent.Ĭan I choose to lay fewer eggs, gain fewer food, or draw fewer eggs?

Yes, your pink power can activate once after your last turn.Ĭan you discard birds from your player mat? Yes, when drawing multiple cards, you can draw a card from the deck, look at it, and then decide to continue drawing from the deck or draw from the face-up cards.Ĭan I activate pink (“Once Between Turns”) powers after my final turn? What about when drawing multiple cards? Can I draw a card from the deck, look at it, and then decide where to continue drawing birds? This creates the potential for you to reroll in between dice selections. When I gain food from the birdfeeder, do I choose all of the dice at once, or one by one?Ĭhoose dice one at a time. A more advanced list of clarifications for each bird or power can be found here, compiled and maintained by Travis Willse. Be sure to also look at the Appendices for more detail on each bird and bonus card. Between shifts at the diner, legendary Su Special sandwiches, late-night drag brunch fundraisers, and the queer community at the heart of it all, this novel keeps food at the center of a stunning love story.These “frequently asked questions” only contain answers to general questions. McQuiston romanticizes the subway, a feat in and of itself, and brings to life Pancake Billy’s House of Pancakes, the diner that serves as a character as well as a location.

The beauty of this book is in the quietly intricate plot and the lovely dialogue, but also in how real the settings are. In it, two women meet on the NYC subway and fall for each other, and, of course, high jinks ensue (as in, real high jinks: there’s a heist scene, some literal time travel, and a main character who simply cannot get off the Q train). For the person wondering why they ever left New York City:įrom the very first minute-there’s a meet-cute involving a spilled coffee and a girl who smells like pancakes-Casey McQuiston had me hooked on One Last Stop, her truly excellent sophomore novel.

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