Wingspan Online Game Commentary #25

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Common Grackle - for Omnivore Expert bonus
• Black-Crowned Night Heron - high points, discard egg for food while drawing cards works well with the Common Grackle in Wetlands
• Pileated Woodpecker - to lay eggs while gaining food

Food: 

Bonus Card: Omnivore Expert - Birds that eat 🏳️‍🌈

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Common Goldeneye (from tray, for round end goal and eggs paired with the Pileated Woodpecker)
2. Play Bird - Pileated Woodpecker in Woodlands (for eggs while gaining food)
3. Gain Food - Worm from bird feeder (for Common Goldeneye), Egg on Pileated Woodpecker (no bird for 2nd egg)
4. Draw Bird - Spotted Owl (from tray, for bonus card, for eggs with Common Goldeneye and Pileated Woodpecker)
5. Gain Food - Rat from bird feeder (for Spotted Owl), Egg on Pileated Woodpecker (no bird for 2nd egg)
1. Fish from other player's Bluethroat
6. Play Bird - Common Goldeneye in Woodlands (for more eggs and round end)
1. Fish from other player's Bluethroat
7. Gain Food - Rat and Worm from bird feeder (for Spotted Owl and Black-Night Crowned Heron), 2 eggs using Pileated Woodpecker's power
8. Play Bird - Spotted Owl in Woodland (for more eggs at round end on Common Goldeneye, Bird Counter bonus - Birds with Tuck Power, other option was Diet Specialist - Birds with food cost of 3, which seemed harder to get more on)

Round End: 2 eggs on Common Goldeneye

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

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - House Sparrow (for Bird Counter bonus, more eggs on Common Goldeneye at round end)
1. Worm from other player's Bluethroat (before turn)
2. Berry from other player's Bluethroat
2. Gain Food - Rat and Wheat from bird feeder (for Common Grackle and Black-Night Crowned Heron), 2 eggs using Pileated Woodpecker's power
3. Play Bird - Black-Crowned Night Heron in Wetlands (for food while drawing birds)
4. Play Bird - Common Grackle in Wetlands (for Omnivore Expert and Bird Counter bonuses, tuck for eggs while drawing birds)
5. Draw Birds - Common Nightingale (from tray, for more food) and Dunnock (from tray, to tuck), Tucked Dunnock to lay egg on Common Grackle, Discarded Egg from Common Grackle for Wheat using Black-Crowned Night Heron's power
6. Play Bird - Common Nightingale in Wetlands (for more food while drawing birds)
7. Draw Birds - Red-Backed Shrike (from tray, for Omnivore bonus) and Bronzed Cowbird (from tray, to tuck), Rat from Common Nightingale, Tucked Bronzed Cowbird to lay egg on Common Grackle, Discarded Egg from Common Grackle for Wheat using Black-Crowned Night Heron's power

Round End: 2 eggs on Common Goldeneye

Round End Goal - Eggs in Woodlands: 5 point (1st w/ 6 eggs)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - European Honey Buzzard (from tray, for Omnivore bonus) and Rose-Breasted Grosbeak (from tray, to tuck), Rat from Common Nightingale, Tucked Rose-Breasted Grosbeak to lay egg on Common Grackle, Discarded Egg from Common Goldeneye for Wheat using Black-Crowned Night Heron's power
1. Fish from other player's Bluethroat
2. Draw Birds - Carrion Crow (from tray, for Omnivore bonus) and Common Merganser (from tray, to tuck), Worm from Common Nightingale, Tucked Common Merganser to lay egg on Common Grackle, Discarded Egg from Common Grackle for Wheat using Black-Crowned Night Heron's power
3. Play Bird - European Honey Buzzard in Woodlands (for Omnivore Expert bonus and round end goal and potential worms)
4. Play Bird - Carrion Crow in Grasslands (for Omnivore Expert bonus and round end goal and caching rats)
5. Draw Birds - Purple Gallinule (from tray, for Omnivore bonus) and Hooded Merganser (from tray, to tuck), Berry from Common Nightingale, Tucked Hooded Merganser to lay egg on Common Grackle, Discarded Egg from Common Grackle for Worm using Black-Crowned Night Heron's power
6. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (in builder nests for round end goal, discarded Worm for 3rd egg)

Round End: 2 eggs on Common Goldeneye, No Worms from European Honey Buzzard, 2 Rats cached on Carrion Crow

Round End Goal - Brown Powers: 2 points (tied for 2nd w/ 3 eggs)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Purple Gallinule in Wetlands (for Omnivore Expert bonus and round end goal)
1. Fish from other player's Osprey (before turn)
2. Fish from other player's Bluethroat (before turn)
3. Atlantic Puffin from other player's Wilson's Snipe
2. Draw Birds - Canada Goose, Hooded Warbler, and Red-Winged Blackbbird (all from deck), Stellar's Jay from Purple Gallinule's power, Berry from Common Nightingale, Tucked Red-Winged Blackbird to lay egg on Common Grackle, Discarded Egg from Common Grackle for Fish using Black-Crowned Night Heron's power
3. Play Bird - Atlantic Puffin in Wetlands (for round end goal, Rodentologist bonus card - Birds that eat Rats, had 2 and couldn't score on the Passerine Specialist at this point)
4. Play Bird - House Sparrow in Grasslands (for Bird Counter bonus and another egg on Common Goldeneye at round end)
5. Gain Food - 3 Wheat from bird feeder (to tuck w/ House Sparrow round end), 2 eggs using Pileated Woodpecker's power

Round End: 4 eggs on Common Goldeneye, 3 Worms from European Honey Buzzard, 3 Rats cached on Carrion Crow, Discarded 3 Wheat to tuck 3 under House Sparrow

Round End Goal - Birds in Wetlands: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 5 birds)

Game End - Won

Final Score - 109

• Bird Points - 54
• Bonus Cards -16 
• End of Round Goals - 15
• Eggs - 10
• Food on Cards - 5
• Tucked Cards - 9