Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - February 26, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• American Redstart - for more food
• Mississippi Kite - low food cost for Mechanical Engineer
• Eurasian Golden Oriole - for Mechanical Engineer and between turns food

Food

• Nectar, Berry, and Worm - for Eurasian Golden Oriole

Bonus Card: Mechanical Engineer - Sets of the 4 nest types

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Common Swift (from tray, for Mechanical Engineer and round end power)
2. Play Bird - Eurasian Golden Oriole in Woodlands (for Mechanical Engineer and potential between turns food)
1. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
3. Draw Birds - Common Starling (from tray, Wetlands bird, for Mechanical Engineer and round end power)
4. Play Bird - Common Swift in Grasslands (for Mechanical Engineer and to get far enough in Grasslands to lay 2 eggs)
5. Draw Birds - Whooping Crane (from tray, for Mechanical Engineer and another bonus card)
6. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
7. Gain Food - Rat and Berry from bird feeder (for Whooping Crane and American Redstart)
1. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
8. Play Bird - Whooping Crane in Wetlands (Falconer - Birds with a Predator power, other option was Wetland Scientist - Birds that can only live in Wetlands)

Round End: No Worms for Common Swift's power

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cup Nest: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 2 eggs) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Masked Lapwing (from tray, for Mechanical Engineer and more food) and Ruff (from deck)
1. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power (before turn)
2. Draw Birds - Common Buzzard (from tray, for Mechanical Engineer and Falconer) and Ruff (from deck)
1. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
3. Play Bird - Masked Lapwing in Grasslands (for Mechanical Engineer, Gained Nectar, Berry, Worm, and Rat)
4. Play Bird - Mississippi Kite in Grasslands (for Mechanical Engineer and Falconer)
1. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Ruff and Rat for 3rd and 4th eggs), Mississippi Kite's power unsuccessful w/ 2 dice
6. Draw Birds - Kakapo (from tray, for game end power) and Hooded Merganser (from deck)
7. Play Bird - American Redstart in Woodlands (for Mechanical Engineer and more food)

Round End: Discarded Worm to Tuck 1 under Common Swift's power

Round End Goal - Total Birds: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 6 birds)

Round 3

1. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Kakapo), Fish from American Redstart's power
2. Play Bird - Kakapo in Woodlands (for game end power)
1. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
3. Play Bird - Common Starling in Grasslands (for Mechanical Engineer and to get far enough in Grasslands for 3 eggs)
1. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
2. Egg from other player's Pileated Woodpecker
4. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Eurasian Nutcracker), Wheat from American Redstart's power
1. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
5. Play Bird - Common Buzzard in Grasslands (on top of Masked Lapwing, for Falconer and Mechanical Engineer)
6. Play Bird - Hooded Merganser in Wetlands

Round End: Discarded 3 Worms to tuck 3 under Common Swift, Discarded Fish to tuck 1 under Common Starling

Round End Goal - No Goal

Round 4

1. Draw Birds - California Condor (from tray, for another bonus card) and Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (from deck)
2. Draw Birds - Bluethroat (from tray, high points and food) and Black-Tailed Godwit (from deck)
3. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo for 4th egg), Mississippi Kite's power unsuccessful w/ 4 dice
4. Play Bird - Black-Tailed Godwit in Wetlands (Behaviorist - For each column that contains birds with 3 different power colors, drew Swainson's Hawk)
5. Play Bird - California Condor in Wetlands (Site Selection Expert - Columns with a matching pair or trio of nests, other option was Oologist - Birds that have at least 1 egg laid on them)
1. Nectar from other player's Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
6. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Swainson's Hawk for 4th egg), Mississippi Kite's power successful w/ 1 die (Rat cached)

Round End: No Worms for Common Swift's power, Discarded Nectar to tuck 1 under Common Starling

Round End Goal - Builder Nest Bird w/ Egg: 3 points (3rd w/ 3 birds)

Game End: Enclosure Builder from Kakapo's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 3 points (tied for 1st w/ 3)

Grasslands - 0 points (3rd w/ 2)

Wetlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 2)

Game End - Won

Final Score - 95

• Bird Points - 46
• Bonus Cards - 24
• End of Round Goals - 7
• Eggs - 5
• Food on Cards - 1
• Tucked Cards - 7
• Nectar - 5