Hayley Gordon, one of the designers of the original Good Society, had some lovely things to say about Bird Society over on the official Storybrewers blog:

Bird Society is indeed what it sounds like – a Good Society expansion where you play as birds, with their own culture, clothing, furnished homes, and most importantly, pecking order. Beautifully presented and laid out, the expansion contains many a detail about bird society along with seven different kinds of birds to play.

This expansion makes the interesting choice of collapsing character roles and family backgrounds into one sheet, giving each bird its own unique set of values that determine how its reputation changes. This is a really clever interpretation and use of the “this character is…” section of the normal Good Society character role sheet (e.g. the Hedonist is…, or the Careerist is.. become Songbirds are… or Corvids are… and act as reputation criteria for the game.) It’s also a nice simplification for when you want to focus on more important things, like playing birds.

Naturally this expansion lends itself well to farce or even romantic comedy, and it’s fun to think of the various birds in the game (depicted with impeccable illustrations) filled with deep longing for desires such as reuniting with an old flame (perhaps a flame bowerbird?) and aiming to impress their patron.

This is part of an ongoing writeup on Storybrewers of all the entries in the Itch Good Society Jam. Definitely click through to learn about all the other entries & read the original designers' thoughts. Thanks Hayley!