Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - April 12, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Many-Colored Fruit-Dove - for Platform Builder and more food
• Pink-Eared Duck - for more birds

Food

• Nectar
• Berry - for Many-Colored Fruit-Dove

Bonus Card: Platform Builder - Birds with Builder nests

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Pink-Eared Duck in Wetlands (for more birds)
1. Fish from other player's Osprey
2. Draw Birds - Red-Backed Fairywren and Common Buzzard (both from tray for Platform Builder), Kept Blyth's Hornbill from Pink-Eared Duck's power (gave Horsfield's Bushlark to another player)
3. Play Bird - Many-Colored Fruit-Dove in Woodlands (for Platform Builder and more food)
1. Worm from other player's Regent Bowerbird
4. Play Bird - Red-Backed Fairywren in Grasslands (for Platform Builder and round end goal)
5. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
6. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for resetting bird tray and Common Buzzard), 2 Berries from Many-Colored Fruit-Dove's power
1. Fish from other player's Osprey
7. Draw Birds - Broad-Winged Hawk and White-Faced Ibis (both from tray for Platform Builder), Kept Northern Bobwhite from Pink-Eared Duck's power (gave Pacific Black Duck to another player)
1. Fish from other player's Osprey
8. Play Bird - Northern Bobwhite in Grasslands (used 2 Fish for 3rd Wheat, for round end goal and more eggs)

Round End: none

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

Round 2

1. Gain Food - 2 Worms from bird feeder (for White-Faced Ibis), 2 Berries from Many-Colored Fruit-Dove's power
1. Fish from other player's Osprey (before turn)
2. Worm from other player's Regent Bowerbird
2. Play Bird - White-Faced Ibis in Wetlands (for Platform Builder and round end goal)
3. Draw Birds - Noisy Miner (from tray) and Northern Flicker (from deck), White-Faced Ibis' power unsuccessful w/ 2 dice, Kept Blue-Winged Warbler from Pink-Eared Duck's power (gave Scaled Quail to another player)
4. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Berry for 3rd egg), Egg on Northern Bobwhite
5. Play Bird - Noisy Miner in Woodlands (used 2 Berries for Nectar, for eggs while gaining food and round end goal)
6. Gain Food - Rat and Nectar from bird feeder (for Common Buzzard and Broad-Winged Hawk), Tucked Northern Flicker for 2 eggs on Noisy Miner, 2 Berries from Many-Colored Fruit-Dove's power
1. Fish from other player's Osprey
7. Play Bird - Common Buzzard in Woodlands (for Platform Builder and round goal)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Beaks Pointing Left: 1 point (1stw/ 5 birds)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Eurasian Golden Oriole (from tray for Platform Builder) and Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo (from deck), White-Faced Ibis' power unsuccessful w/ 2 dice, Kept Bluethroat from Pink-Eared Duck's power (gave Hooded Warbler to another player)
2. Gain Food - Nectar and Worm from bird feeder (for Eurasian Golden Oriole and Bluethroat), Tucked Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo 2 eggs on Noisy Miner, 2 Berries from Many-Colored Fruit-Dove's power
3. Play Bird - Eurasian-Golden Oriole in Grasslands (for Platform Builder and potential worms)
1. Fish from other player's Osprey
4. Play Bird - Broad-Winged Hawk in Woodlands (for Platform Builder and round end goal)
5. Draw Birds - Whooping Crane (from tray for another bonus card) and Wrybill (from deck), White-Faced Ibis' power successful w/ 4 dice (Fish cached), Kept Spotted Sandpiper from Pink-Eared Duck's power (gave Black Redstart to another player)
1. Worm from other player's Regent Bowerbird
2. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
6. Play Bird - Bluethroat in Grasslands (for food while laying eggs)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Rat and Fish in Food Cost of Your Birds: 2 points (tied for 3rd w/ 3 food cost)

Round 4

1. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Fish for 4th egg), Nectar from Bluethroat's power, Egg on Northern Bobwhite
1. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power (before turn)
2. Fish from other player's Osprey (before turn)
2. Play Bird - Blyth's Hornbill in Woodlands (discarded 3 eggs from Pink-Eared Duck to tuck 6)
3. Play Bird - Whooping Crane in Wetlands (Nest Box Builder - Birds with Hollow nests, other option was Wetland Scientist - Birds that can only live in Wetlands)
1. Fish from other player's Osprey
4. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Spotted Sandpiper for 4th egg), Nectar from Bluethroat's power, Egg on Northern Bobwhite
5. Play Bird - Wrybill in Wetlands (Bird Bander - Birds that can live in multiple habitats)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds Worth 3 or fewer points: 3 points (3rd w/ 2 birds)

Game End: 2 eggs from Red-Backed Fairywren's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 0 points (3rd w/ 2)

Grasslands - 2 points (2nd w/ 4)

Wetlands - 0 points (3rd w/ 1)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 104

• Bird Points - 62
• Bonus Cards - 15
• End of Round Goals - 11
• Eggs - 5
• Food on Cards - 1
• Tucked Cards - 8
• Nectar - 2