Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - September 25, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Forester's Tern - Star nest for round end goals
• Common Chaffinch - Cup nest for first round end goal, tuck unwanted birds
• Wood Stork - for another bonus card

Food: Worm and Wheat 

Bonus Card: Forester - Birds that can only live in Woodlands

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Red-Breasted Nuthatch (from tray, for Forester)
2. Draw Birds - Wilson's Snipe (from tray, for more birds)
3. Draw Birds - White Stork (from tray, for birds while laying eggs)
4. Play Bird - Red-Breasted Nuthatch in Woodlands (for Forester and cache Wheat)
5. Play Bird - Wilson's Snipe in Wetlands (for more birds)
6. Draw Birds - Painted Bunting (from tray, for bonus and next round end goal), Northern Cardinal from Wilson's Snipe's power
7. Draw Birds - Black Woodpecker (from tray, for Forester), Baird's Sparrow from Wilson's Snipe's power
8. Draw Birds - Hawfinch (from tray, for Forester), Killdeer from Wilson's Snipe's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cup Nest: 0 points (0 eggs) 

Round 2

1. Gain Food - 2 Wheat from bird feeder (discarded Baird's Sparrow for 2nd Wheat, Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
2. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
3. Play Bird - Hawfinch in Woodlands (for Forester and more food)
4. Gain Food - Fish and Rat from bird feeder (for White Stork), Wheat from Hawfinch's power, Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
5. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Painted Bunting), Wheat from Hawfinch's power, Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
6. Play Bird - Painted Bunting in Grasslands (for round end goal, Fishery Manager - Birds that eat Fish, other option was Citizen Scientist - Birds with tucked cards)
7. Play Bird - Wood Stork in Wetlands (for round end goal and Fishery Manager, Omnivore Expert - ?, other option was birds that only live in Grasslands)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - White & No Powers: 5 point (1st w/ 2 birds)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Short-Toed Treecreeper (from tray, for Forester) and Fish Crow (for Fishery Manager and Omnivore Expert), House Sparrow from Wilson's Snipe's power
2. Gain Food - Worm and Fish from bird feeder (for Fish Crow), Wheat from Hawfinch's power, Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
3. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
4. Play Bird - Fish Crow in Grasslands (for Fishery Manager and Omnivore Expert)
5. Gain Food - Worm and Berry from bird feeder (for Black Woodpecker), Wheat from Hawfinch's power, Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
6. Play Bird - Black Woodpecker in Woodlands (for Forester)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Total Birds: 2 points (tied for 2nd w/ 7 birds)

Round 4

1. Gain Food - Worm and 2 Fish from bird feeder (discarded Killdeer for 2nd Fish), Worm from Black Woodpecker's power, Wheat from Hawfinch's power, Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
1. Egg from other player's Western Meadowlark
2. Play Bird - Common Chaffinch in Grasslands (to tuck excess birds, no longer worth trying to finish Forester bonus)
3. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Tucked House Sparrow, Short-Toed Treecreeper, and Northern Cardinal using Common Chaffinch's power, Skipped Fish Crow's power
4. Play Bird - Black Tern in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager)
5. Play Bird - White Stork in Grasslands (for Fishery Manager and Omnivore bonus)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cluster Nest: 3 points (3rd w/ 1 eggs)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 86

• Bird Points - 48
• Bonus Cards - 18
• End of Round Goals - 10
• Eggs - 1
• Food on Cards - 6
• Tucked Cards - 3