Wingspan Online Game Commentary #14

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Snowy Egret - low food cost and chance of caching fish, for first round end goal
• Spotted Owl - to get another bonus card
• Brewer's Blackbird - for Omnivore bonus card

Food: Worm (for Snowy Egret) and Rat (for Spotted Owl)

Bonus Card: Omnivore Expert - Birds that eat 🏳️‍🌈 (slightly better odds than tuck bonus card)

Round 1

1. Draw Bird - Mute Swan (from tray)
2. Gain Food - Wheat from bird feeder (for Mute Swan)
3. Gain Food - Wheat from bird feeder (for Mute Swan)
4. Play Bird - Mute Swan in Wetlands (for Omnivore bonus card and round end goal)
5. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
6. Draw Birds - Greylag Goose (from tray), Tucked Greylag Goose to draw Canvasback (from tray) using Mute Swan's power
7. Gain Food - Wheat from bird feeder (for Canvasback)
8. Play Bird - Canvasback in Wetlands (for Omnivore bonus card, to draw and tuck more, for round end goal)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds in Wetlands: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 2 birds) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - American Bittern (from tray) and Black-Chinned Hummingbird (from tray, for Omnivore bonus card), Carolina Wren from Canvasback's power, Tucked American Bittern and Carolina Wren to draw Greater Roadrunner (from tray, for Omnivore bonus card) using Mute Swan's power
2. Gain Food - Wheat from bird feeder (for Black-Chinned Hummingbird)
3. Play Bird - Black-Chinned Hummingbird in Woodlands (to gain more food)
4. Gain Food - Rat from bird feeder (for Spotted Owl), Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird
5. Gain Food - Worm from bird feeder (for Snowy Egret), Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird
6. Play Bird - Snowy Egret in Wetlands (for round end goal)
7. Gain Food - Rat from bird feeder (for Spotted Owl), Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds in a Row: 1 point (tied for 2nd w/ 3 birds)

Round 3

1. Play Bird - Greater Roadrunner (used 2 Berries for Worm food cost, for Omnivore bonus card)
1. 2 Wheat from other player's Common Nightingale and Northern Mockingbird (before turn)
2. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (1 on Canvasback for round end goal), Greater Roadrunner's power successful (Spotted Towhee tucked)
3. Play Bird - Spotted Owl in Woodlands (used Wheat and Berry for second rat food cost, Enclosure Builder bonus card - birds with cluster nest, had two and seemed more likely to get more points than the column with different color powers when I didn't have birds or much time to get either)
1. Wheat from other player's Common Nightingale
4. Draw Birds - American Redstart (from tray) and Roseate Spoonbill (from deck), Snowy Egret's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die, Franklin's Gull from Canvasback's power, Tucked American Redstart to draw Eleonora's Flacon (from tray, for Enclosure Builder bonus card) using Mute Swan's power
1. Wheat from other player's Common Nightingale
5. Gain Food - Worm and Rat from bird feeder (for Eleonora's Falcon), Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird
6. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (1 on Spotted Owl for round end goal), Greater Roadrunner's power successful (Short-toed Treecreeper tucked)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Hollow Nest Birds w/ Egg: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 2 birds)

Round 4

1. Gain Food - Fish and Worm from bird feeder (for Franklin's Gull), Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird
2. Play Bird - Franklin's Gull in Grasslands (for Omnivore and Enclosure Builder bonus cards)
1. Wheat from other player's Common Nightingale
3. Play Bird - Elonora's Falcon in Wetlands (for Enclosure Builder bonus card
4. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, skipped Franklin's Full's power, Greater Roadrunner's power successful (Lincoln's Sparrow tucked)
5. Play Bird - Roseate Spoonbill in Wetlands (used 2 Wheat for Fish food cost, Passerine Specialist bonus card - birds with wingspans 30 cm or less, couldn't get any points of this or the other option of birds worth less than 4 points)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Cards in Hand: 3 points (3rd w/ 1card)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 75

• Bird Points - 43
• Bonus Cards - 14
• End of Round Goals - 10
• Eggs - 1
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 7