Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - March 27, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Spangled Drongo - for Nectar
• Forster's Tern - for first and fourth round end goals

Food

• Nectar, Berry, and Worm - for Spangled Drongo
• Fish - for Forster's Tern

Bonus Card: Diet Specialist - Birds with a food cost of 3 food

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Spangled Drongo in Woodlands (for potential between turns Nectar and Diet Specialist)
2. Play Bird - Forster's Tern in Wetlands (for round end goal and to get far enough in Wetlands to draw 2 birds)
1. Nectar from Spangled Drongo's power
3. Draw Birds - Ruff and European Honey Buzzard (both from deck), Skipped Forster's Tern's power 
4. Gain Food - Worm and Fish from bird feeder (for Ruff)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
2. Nectar from Spangled Drongo's power
5. Play Bird - Ruff in Grasslands (to get far enough in Grasslands for 2 eggs)
6. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
7. Play Bird - European Honey Buzzard in Woodlands (for round end goal and power)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
8. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (in builder/star nests for round end goal)

Round End: 3 Worms from European Honey Buzzard's power, No birds for Ruff's power

Round End Goal - Builder Nest Bird w/ Egg: 4 points (1st w/ 2 birds) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Tawny Frogmouth (from tray, for Diet Specialist) and Masked Lapwing (from tray, for round end goal and food), Skipped Forster's Tern's power 
2. Draw Birds - Chestnut-Collared Longspur (from tray, for Diet Specialist) and Anna's Hummingbird (from deck), Skipped Forster's Tern's power
1. Nectar from Spangled Drongo's power
3. Play Bird - Masked Lapwing in Wetlands (Gained Nectar, Berry, Rat, and Wheat)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
4. Draw Birds - Black-Tailed Godwit (from tray, for Diet Specialist) and Cooper's Hawk (from deck), Skipped Forster's Tern's power
1. Nectar from Spangled Drongo's power
5. Play Bird - Black-Tailed Godwit in Wetlands (for Diet Specialist, Omnivore Expert - Birds that eat 🏳️‍🌈, Blue-Winged Warbler)
1. Egg from other player's Noisy Miner
2. Nectar from Spangled Drongo's power
6. Play Bird - Tawny Frogmouth in Grasslands (for Diet Specialist)
7. Play Bird - Anna's Hummingbird in Grasslands (for Omnivore Expert and food while laying eggs)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird

Round End: Worm from European Honey Buzzard's power,  Tucked Cooper's Hawk to draw Orange-Footed Scrubfowl (from tray) using Ruff's power

Round End Goal - Birds Worth less than or equal to 3 points: 1 point (tied for 2nd w/ 3 birds)

Round 3

1. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded 2 Berries for 3rd and 4th eggs), Nectar from Anna's Hummingbird's power, Tawny Frogmouth's power successful (Worm cached)
1. Egg from other player's Noisy Miner (before turn)
2. Nectar from Spangled Drongo's power (before turn)
3. Nectar from Spangled Drongo's power
2. Play Bird - Chestnut-Collared Longspur in Grasslands (for Diet Specialist, Enclosure Builder - Birds with Cluster Nests, other option was Mechanical Engineer - Sets of 4 Nest Types)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
3. Play Bird - Orange-Footed Scrubfowl in Woodlands (for Enclosure Builder and game end power)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
4. Play Bird - Blue-Winged Warbler in Woodlands (used 2 Berries for 2nd Worm in food cost, for round end goal)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Berry 4th egg), Nectar from Anna's Hummingbird's power, Tawny Frogmouth's power successful (Worm cached)
6. Draw Birds - Purple Martin, Mistletoebird, and Red-Capped Robin (discarded Nectar for 3rd bird, all from tray), Drew Malleefowl (from deck) using  Forster's Tern's power (discarded Purple Martin)

Round End: Worm from European Honey Buzzard's power, Tucked Mistletoebird and Red-Capped Robin to draw Bobolink and Kelp Gull (from deck) using Ruff's power

Round End Goal - Beak Pointing Right: 2 points (3rd w/ 5 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Kelp Gull in Wetlands (for Omnivore Expert and round end goal and Bobolink's, Malleefowl's, and Orange-Footed Scubfowl's powers)
1. Nectar from Spangled Drongo's power (before turn)
2. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
2. Play Bird - Bobolink in Grasslands (8 eggs, for Malleefowl's and Orange-Footed Scubfowl's powers)
1. Egg from other player's Noisy Miner
2. Nectar from Spangled Drongo's power
3. Play Bird - Malleefowl in Woodlands (for Omnivore Expert and game end power)
4. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Berry 4th egg), Nectar from Anna's Hummingbird's power, Tawny Frogmouth's power successful (Worm cached)
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, Skipped Anna's Hummingbird's power, Tawny Frogmouth's power successful (Worm cached)
6. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, Skipped Anna's Hummingbird's power, Tawny Frogmouth's power successful (Worm cached)

Round End: No Worm's from European Honey Buzzard's power, No birds for Ruff's power

Round End Goal - Rat and Fish in Food Cost of your Birds: 4 points (2nd w/ 3 food cost)

Game End: 9 Eggs from Orange-Footed Scrubfowl's power, 7 eggs from Malleefowl's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 2)

Grasslands - 5 points (1st w/ 7)

Wetlands - 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 4)

Game End - Won

Final Score - 135

• Bird Points - 53
• Bonus Cards - 25
• End of Round Goals - 11
• Eggs - 31
• Food on Cards - 4
• Tucked Cards - 3
• Nectar - 10