Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - October 22, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Audouin's Gull - for Omnivore Expert
• House Sparrow - to cache excess Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Black-Headed Gull - for Omnivore Expert
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow - for between turns Wheat

Food

• Worm - for Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Bonus Card: Omnivore Expert - Birds that eat 🏳️‍🌈

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Black-Billed Magpie (from tray, for Omnivore Expert)
2. Gain Food - Wheat from bird feeder (for Eurasian Tree Sparrow)
3. Play Bird - Eurasian Tree Sparrow in Grasslands (for between turns Wheat)
1. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
4. Gain Food - Fish from bird feeder (for Black-Billed Magpie)
1. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
5. Play Bird - Black-Billed Magpie (for between turns food and round end goal)
6. Gain Food - Fish from bird feeder (for Black-Headed Gull)
7. Play Bird - Black-Headed Gull in Wetlands (for food while drawing birds)
8. Draw Birds - Common Starling (from tray, for caching excess food and 2nd round end goal), Stole Wheat using Black-Headed Gull's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Builder Nest Bird w/ Egg: 0 points (0 birds) 

Round 2

1. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Wheat for 3rd egg)
1. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power (before turn)
2. Play Bird - Common Starling in Wetlands (for tucking excess food and round end goal nest type)
1. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power 
3. Draw Birds - Great Heron and Barred Owl (both from deck), Stole Fish using Black-Headed Gull's power
1. Rat from other player's Common Nightingale
4. Play Bird - Barred Owl in Woodlands (for round end goal and to get far enough in Woodlands for 2 food)
1. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power 
5. Gain Food - Berry and Worm from bird feeder (for House Sparrow and Great Blue Heron), Barred Owl's power successful (Red Knot tucked)
6. Play Bird - House Sparrow in Grasslands (for tucking with excess Wheat, to get far enough in Grasslands for 3 eggs)
1. Rat from Black-Billed Magpie's power
7. Lay eggs - 3 eggs (on Hollow nest birds for round end goal)

Round End: Skipped House Sparrow's power, Discarded Rat to tuck 1 under Common Starling

Round End Goal - Hollow Nest Bird w/ Egg: 5 point (1st w/ 3 birds)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Hermit Thrush and Common Chiffchaff (both from tray), Stole Fish using Black-Headed Gull's power
1. Berry from other player's Common Nightingale
2. Play Bird - Great Blue Heron and Audouin's Gull in Wetlands (for Omnivore Expert)
3. Draw Birds - Ring-Billed Gull (from tray, for Omnivore Expert), Blue Jay (from tray, for Omnivore Expert), and Purple Martin (from deck), Kept Common Cuckoo and Tucked Barn Owl using Audouin's Gull's power, Stole Worm using Black-Headed Gull's power
4. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs
1. Rat from other player's Common Nightingale
5. Play Bird - Common Chiffchaff in Woodlands (for round end goal)
6. Gain Food - Berry and Worm from bird feeder (for Hermit Thrust and Common Cuckoo), Tucked Purple Martin, Blue Jay, and Ring-Billed Gull using Common Chiffchaff's power, Barred Owl's power unsuccessful (Snowy Egret)

Round End: No Wheat for House Sparrow's power, Discarded Rat to tuck 1 under Common Starling

Round End Goal - Birds in Woodlands: 3 points (2nd w/ 3 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Common Cuckoo in Grasslands (for round end goal and between turns eggs)
1. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power 
2. Draw Birds - Baird's Sparrow, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, and Juniper Titmouse (from deck), Kept Long-Tailed Tit and Tucked Squacco Heron using Audouin's Gull's power, Stole Worm using Black-Headed Gull's power
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
3. Gain Food - Berry and Worm from bird feeder (for Hermit Thrust and Common Cuckoo), Tucked Long-Tailed Tit, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, and Juniper Titmouse using Common Chiffchaff's power, Barred Owl's power successful (Pileated Woodpecker tucked)
1. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power 
4. Play Bird - Hermit Thrust in Woodlands (high points bird, to get far enough in Woodlands for 3 food)
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
5. Gain Food - Rat, Worm, and Wheat from bird feeder (for discarding to tuck at round end), Skipped Hermit Thrush's power, Tucked Baird's Sparrow using Common Chiffchaff's power, Barred Owl's power successful (Inca Dove tucked)
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power

Round End: Discarded 3 Wheat to tuck 3 under House Sparrow, Discarded 2 Worms and Rat to tuck 3 under Common Starling

Round End Goal - Filled Columns: 5 points (tied for 1st w/ 3 columns)

Game End - Won

Final Score - 82

• Bird Points - 41
• Bonus Cards - 6
• End of Round Goals - 13
• Eggs - 2
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 20