Wingspan Online Game Commentary #19

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Long-Tailed Tit - for Nest Box Builder, to gain more food faster
• Bonelli's Eagle - high points, tuck birds for food cost
• Barn Owl - for Nest Box Builder bonus

Food: Worm and Wheat (for Eurasian Tree Sparrow)

Bonus Card: Nest Box Builder - Birds with Hollow Nest

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Eurasian Tree Sparrow (for Nest Box Builder bonus card, for potential wheat)
2. Play Bird - Eurasian Tree Sparrow in Grasslands (to lay eggs for round end and potential wheat between turns)
3. Draw Birds - Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker (from tray, for Nest Box Builder bonus)
4. Draw Birds - Snow Bunting (for Nest Box Builder bonus)
5. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (in Grasslands for round end)
1. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
6. Gain Food - Worm from bird feeder (for Long-Tailed Tit)
7. Play Bird - Long-Tailed Tit in Woodlands
8. Draw Birds - White-Throated Swift (for Nest Box Builder bonus)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Grasslands: 1 point (2nd w/ 2 eggs) 

Round 2

1. Gain Food - Berry and Worm from bird feeder (for Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker)
1. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
2. Play Bird - Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker (for Nest Box Builder bonus, gain more food)
3. Gain Food - Wheat and Worm from bird feeder (for Snow Bunting), Worm from Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker's power
1. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
4. Play Bird - Snow Bunting in Wetlands (for Nest Box Builder bonus)
1. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
5. Draw Bird - Canvasback (from tray, for Nest Box Builder bonus, gain more birds)
6. Play Bird - Canvasback in Wetlands
1. Tucked White-Throated Swift to draw Greater Flamingo (from tray) using Snow Bunting's power
2. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
3. Other player stole Wheat, Gained Berry from bird feeder
7. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Berry to lay 3rd)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Brown Powers: 1 point (3rd w/ 2 bird)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Common Chaffinch (from tray) and Common Yellowthroat (from deck), Wilson's Snipe from Canvasback's power
1. Other player stole Wheat, Gained Wheat from bird feeder (before turn)
2. Play Bird - Common Chaffinch in Woodlands (to gain more food, tuck birds for round end)
1. Tucked Common Yellowthroat to draw Dark-Eyed Junco (from deck) using Snow Bunting's power
2. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
3. Gain Food - Berry, Worm, and Rat from bird feeder (for Barn Owl and Greater Flamingo), Tucked Dark-Eyed Junco using Common Chaffinch's power, Worm from Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker's power
1. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
4. Play Bird - Greater Flamingo in Wetlands (for round end tucked cards)
1. Other player stole Wheat, Gained Berry from bird feeder
5. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Berry to lay 3rd)
6. Draw Birds - Common Moorhen, Pine Siskin, and Downy Woodpecker (from tray, discarded egg for 3rd bird), Tucked Common Moorhen, Pine Siskin, and Downy Woodpecker and drew Black-Chinned Hummingbird, American Kestrel, and Clark's Grebe using Greater Flamingo's power, Painted Whitestart from Canvasback's power
1. TuckedPainted Whitestart to draw American Bittern (from tray) using Snow Bunting's power
2. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds with Tucked Cards: 6 points (1st w/ 3 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Bonelli's Eagle in Grasslands (used Black-Chinned Hummingbird, American Kestrel, and Barn Owl for food cost)
1. Tucked Wilson's Snipe and drew Black-Tailed Godwit using Snow Bunting's power
2. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs
3. Play Bird - Black-Tailed Godwit in Wetlands (used Berry and Rat for second Worm in food cost, Bird Feeder bonus card - Birds that eat Wheat, kept Carolina Chickadee)
1. Tucked American Bittern and drew Cerulean Warbler (from deck) using Snow Bunting's power
4. Gain Food - Worm, Rat, Fish from bird feeder (for Cerulean Warbler), Tucked  Clark's Grebe using Common Chaffinch's power, Worm from Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker's power
1. Tucked American Bittern and drew Lazuli Bunting (from deck) using Snow Bunting's power
2. Egg from other player's Western Meadowlark
5. Play Bird - Cerulean Warbler in Woodlands (used Fish and Worm for Wheat in food cost, Breeding Manager bonus card - Bird with at least 4 eggs laid on them, couldn't score any points with this or birds in hand bonus card)
1. Egg from other player's Western Meadowlark

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Wetlands: 3 points (3rd w/ 4 birds )

Game End - Won

Final Score - 78

• Bird Points - 40
• Bonus Cards - 11
• End of Round Goals - 11
• Eggs - 2
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 14