Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - March 3, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Painted Bunting - for another bonus card
• Wedge-Tailed Eagle - for Platform Builder
• White-Bellied Sea-Eagle - for Platform Builder

Food

• Nectar, Fish, and Rat for White-Bellied Sea-Eagle

Bonus Card: Platform Builder - Birds with Builder nests

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - White Stork (from tray, for Platform Builder)
2. Play Bird - White-Bellied Sea Eagle in Woodlands (for Platform Builder and to get far enough in Woodlands for 2 food)
3. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for White Stork), White-Bellied Sea-Eagle's power successful (Fish cached)
4. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for White Stork and Painted Bunting), White-Bellied Sea-Eagle's power successful (Rat cached)
5. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Wedge-Tailed Eagle), White-Bellied Sea-Eagle's power successful (Fish cached)
6. Play Bird - White Stork in Grasslands (for Platform Builder, round end goal, and for birds while laying eggs)
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Double-Crested Cormorant from White Stork's power
8. Play Bird - Wedge-Tailed Eagle in Woodlands (for Platform Builder and round end goal)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Brown Powers: 4 points (1st w/ 3 birds) 

Round 2

1. Gain Food - Fish and Wheat from bird feeder (for Double-Crested Cormorant and Painted Bunting), Wedge-Tailed Eagle's power unsuccessful, White-Bellied Sea-Eagle's power successful (Rat cached)
2. Gain Food - Fish and Wheat from bird feeder (for Double-Crested Cormorant and Painted Bunting), Wedge-Tailed Eagle's power unsuccessful (Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo), White-Bellied Sea-Eagle's power successful (Rat cached)
3. Play Bird - Painted Bunting in Grasslands (Diet Specialist - Birds with a food cost of 3 food, which I already had maxed, other option was Food Web Expert - Birds that only eat Worms)
4. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Mourning Dove from White Stork's power
5. Gain Food - Nectar and Wheat from bird feeder (for Double-Crested Cormorant and Mourning Dove), Wedge-Tailed Eagle's power unsuccessful (American Robin), White-Bellied Sea-Eagle's power unsuccessful
6. Play Bird - Mourning Dove in Wetlands
7. Play Bird - Double-Crested Cormorant in Wetlands

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Filled Columns: 5 point (1st w/ 2 columns)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Australasian Pipit and Eurasian Hobby (both from tray), Skipped Double-Crested Cormorant's power, Egg on Mourning Dove
2. Gain Food - Nectar and Wheat from bird feeder (for Australasian Pipit), Wedge-Tailed Eagle's power unsuccessful (White-Throated Swift), White-Bellied Sea-Eagle's power successful (Rat cached)
3. Play Bird - Australasian Pipit in Grasslands (for round end goal and game end power)
4. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Count Raggi's Bird-of-Paradise from White Stork's power
5. Gain Food - Worm and 2 Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Eurasian Hobby for 3rd food, for Count Raggi's Bird-of-Paradise), Wedge-Tailed Eagle's power successful (Northern Harrier Tucked, Rat cached), White-Bellied Sea-Eagle's power successful (Rat cached)
6. Play Bird - Count Raggi's Bird-of-Paradise in Woodlands (for round end goal)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Berries and Wheat in Food Cost: 3 points (tied for 1st w/ 6 food cost)

Round 4

1. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Little Penguin from White Stork's power
2. Gain Food - Fish and Rat from bird feeder (for Little Penguin), Berry from Count Raggi's Bird-of-Paradise's power, Wedge-Tailed Eagle's power successful (Cerulean Warbler), White-Bellied Sea-Eagle's power successful (Rat cached)
3. Gain Food - ? from bird feeder (for Little Penguin), Berry from Count Raggi's Bird-of-Paradise's power, Wedge-Tailed Eagle's power successful (Australasian Shoveler Tucked, Rat cached), White-Bellied Sea-Eagle's power successful (Rat cached)
4. Play Bird - Little Penguin in Wetlands (for Platform Builder)
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded 2 Berries for 3rd and 4th eggs, on cup/star nests for round end goal, ? from White Stork's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cup Nest: 7 points (1st w/ 7 eggs)

Game End: 3 cards tucked using Australasian Pipit's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 5 points (1st w/ 6)

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

Wetlands - 1 points (tied for 2nd w/ 3)

Game End - Won

Final Score - 110

• Bird Points - 47
• Bonus Cards - 13
• End of Round Goals - 19
• Eggs - 7
• Food on Cards - 11
• Tucked Cards - 5
• Nectar - 8