Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - October 13, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Wood Duck - for birds while gaining food
• Northern Bobwhite - for first round end goal and more eggs
• Atlantic Puffin - for star nest for round end goals and another bonus card

Food

• Berry and Wheat (for Wood Duck)

Bonus Card: Oologist - Birds that have at least 1 egg laid on them (since started with no birds with tuck power, this one seemed better, especially with having only high food cost bird options at start)

Round 1

1. Gain Food - Wheat from bird feeder (for Wood Duck)
2. Play Bird - Wood Duck in Woodlands (for bird while gaining food)
3. Gain Food - Rat from bird feeder, Drew Bullfinch and Common Loon (both from deck) using Wood Duck's power (discarded Common Loon)
4. Gain Food - Berry from bird feeder (for Bullfinch), Drew Forester's Tern and Goldcrest (both from deck) using Wood Duck's power (discarded Goldcrest)
5. Gain Food - Fish from bird feeder (for Forester's Tern, Drew European Turtle Dove and Common Merganser using Wood Duck's power (discarded Common Merganser)
6. Play Bird - Forster's Tern in Wetlands (star nest for round end goal)
7. Gain Food - Fish from bird feeder (for Forster's Tern, Drew Roseate Spoonbill (from tray) and Prothonotary Warbler (form deck) using Wood Duck's power (discarded Prothonotary Warbler)
8. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (1 on Forster's Tern for round end goal)

Round End: none

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

Round 2

1. Play Bird - Bullfinch in Woodlands (for more food and nest type for round end goal)
2. Gain Food - 2 Fish from bird feeder (for Atlantic Puffin), Wheat from Bullfinch's power, Drew King Rail and Common Buzzard (both from tray) using Wood Duck's power (discarded Common Buzzard)
3. Gain Food - Fish and Wheat from bird feeder (for Atlantic Puffin and European Turtle Dove), Wheat from Bullfinch's power, Drew ? and ? using Wood Duck's power (discarded White-Throated Dipper)
4. Play Bird - European Turtle Dove in Grasslands (Nest Box Builder - Birds with Hollow Nests, drew Common Goldeneye from tray for round end eggs and Nest Box Builder)
5. Gain Food - Fish and Worm from bird feeder (for Common Goldeneye), Wheat from Bullfinch's power, Drew ? and Brown Pelican (both from tray) using Wood Duck's power (discarded Brown Pelican)
6. Play Bird - Common Goldeneye in Woodlands (for round end eggs)
1. Wheat from other player's Bluethroat
7. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Rat for 3rd egg, on Bullfinch and Forster's Tern for round end goal)

Round End: 2 eggs on Common Goldeneye

Round End Goal - Cup Nest Bird w/ Egg: 2 point (2nd w/ 2 birds)

Round 3

1. Gain Food - 2 Worms from bird feeder (for Yellow-Billed Cuckoo), Wheat from Bullfinch's power, Drew Tufted Titmouse (for Nest Box Builder) and Lincoln's Sparrow (both from tray) using Wood Duck's power (discarded Lincoln's Sparrow)
1. Berry from other player's Bluethroat
2. Play Bird - Tufted Titmouse and Yellow-Billed Cuckoo in Woodlands (to fill Woodlands for more food, Tufted Titmouse for Nest Box Builder, and Yellow-Billed Cuckoo for between turn eggs)
3. Gain Food - Fish and 2 Worms from bird feeder (for House Wren and Roseate Spoonbill), Wheat from Bullfinch's power, Drew House Wren and Bewick's Wren (both from tray) using Wood Duck's power (discarded Bewick's Wren)
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
2. Berry from other player's Bluethroat
4. Play Bird - House Wren and Northern Bobwhite in Grasslands (for Nest Box builder and more eggs)
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Berry for 4th egg, 3 in builder/star nests), Egg on Northern Bobwhite
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
2. Worm from other player's Bluethroat
6. Play Bird - Atlantic Puffin in Wetlands (maxes Nest Box Builder, Visionary Leader - Birds in hand at end of game as it goes with the final round end goal, other option was Breeding Manager - Birds with at least 4 eggs laid on them)

Round End: 4 eggs on Common Goldeneye

Round End Goal - Builder Nest Bird w/ Egg: 2 points (tied for 2nd w/ 3 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Roseate Spoonbill in Wetlands (Food Web Expert - Birds that eat only Worms which I had one played and another to play, other option was Behaviorist, which I had 1 column, but wasn't likely to get another)
2. Gain Food - Fish, Rat, and Worm from bird feeder (for King Rail and Blue-Winged Warbler), Berry from Bullfinch's power, Drew Greater Roadrunner and Wild Turkey (both from deck) using Wood Duck's power (discarded Greater Roadrunner)
1. Other player took too long and I decided to finish against AI
2. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
3. Play Bird - Blue-Winged Warbler in Grasslands (for Food Web Expert)
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
4. Draw Birds - Eurasian Green Woodpecker, Cassin's Sparrow, and Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (discarded egg on Common Goldeneye, all from deck), Drew Spotted Owl using Forster's Tern's power (discarded Spotted Owl)
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (on different birds for Oologist), Egg on Northern Bobwhite
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power

Round End: 4 eggs on Common Goldeneye

Round End Goal - Cards in Hands: 7 points (1st w/ 5 cards)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 104

• Bird Points - 52
• Bonus Cards - 21
• End of Round Goals - 13
• Eggs - 18
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 0