Wingspan Online Game Commentary #22

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Great Egret - for Rodentologist bonus card
• Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher - high points, Worms while laying eggs

Food: Berry, Worm, and Rat

Bonus Card: Rodentologist - Birds that eat Rats

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Red Knot (from tray, for another bonus card)
2. Gain Food - Worm from bird feeder (for Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher)
3. Play Bird - Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher in Grasslands (for Worms while laying eggs)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
4. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Worm from Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher's power
5. Gain Food - Worm from bird feeder (for Red Knot)
6. Play Bird - Red Knot in Wetlands (used Berry and Rat for third Worm in food cost, Ethologist bonus card - different power colors in any one habitiat, Kept Dunnock)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (on Red Knot for round end), Worm from Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher's power
8. Draw Birds - Wood Stork (from tray, for Rodentologist bonus card)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Cluster Nest Bird w/ Egg: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 1 bird) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Wood Stork (from tray, for Rodentologist and Ethologist bonus)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
2. Play Bird - Mississippi Kite in Woodlands (for Rodentologist and Ethologist bonus card)
3. Gain Food - Fish from bird feeder, Mississippi Kite's power unsuccessful w/ 3 dice
4. Gain Food - Rat from bird feeder, Mississippi Kite's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die
5. Lay Eggs - 1 eggs (no room for more, but needed guaranteed Worm for Dunnock), Worm from Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher's power
6. Play Bird - Dunnock in Woodlands (used 2 Berries for Wheat in food cost, for Ethologist bonus, for eggs at round end)
7. Gain Food - 2 Fish from bird feeder, Mississippi Kite's power unsuccessful w/ 3 dice

Round End: 1 egg on Dunnock

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

Round 3

1. Gain Food - 2 Rats from bird feeder, Mississippi Kite's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die
2. Play Bird - Great Egret and Wood Stork in Wetlands (both for Rodentologist bonus, Omnivore Expert bonus card - Birds that eat 🏳️‍🌈)
1. Black Tern from other player's Purple Gallinule
3. Draw Birds - Common Loon and Clark's Nutcracker (both from tray, both for Omnivore Expert bonus)
4. Gain Food - Fish and Worm from bird feeder, Mississippi Kite's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die
5. Gain Food - Wheat and Worm from bird feeder, Mississippi Kite's power successful w/ 2 dice (Rat cached)
6. Gain Food - Fish and Worm from bird feeder, Mississippi Kite's power successful w/ 4 dice (Rat cached)

Round End: 2 eggs on Dunnock

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cup Nests: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 5 eggs)

Round 4

1. Draw Birds - Montagu's Harrier (for Rodentologist bonus) and White Stork (for Omnivore Expert bonus, both from tray)
1. Spotted Towhee from other player's Canvasback
2. Downy Woodpecker  from other player's Purple Gallinule
2. Play Bird - Spotted Towhee in Grasslands (to play Montagu's Harrier on top for round end)
1. Savannah Sparrow from other player's Canvasback
2. American Robin  from other player's Purple Gallinule
3. Play Bird - Montagu's Harrier on Spotted Towhee in Grasslands (for Rodentologist and round end)
1. Double-Breasted Cormorant from other player's Canvasback
2. Little Owl from other player's Purple Gallinule
4. Play Bird - White Stork in Grasslands (for Omnivore Expert bonus)
   
1. Mountain Bluebird from other player's Canvasback
2. Barred Owl from other player's Purple Gallinule
5. Play Bird - Common Loon in Wetlands (for Omnivore Expert bonus)
1. Elonora's Falcon from other player's Canvasback
2. Common Kingfisher from other player's Purple Gallinule

Round End: 1 egg on Dunnock

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

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 84

• Bird Points - 51
• Bonus Cards - 18
• End of Round Goals - 10
• Eggs - 2
• Food on Cards - 2
• Tucked Cards - 1