Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - April 2, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Red-Tailed Hawk - for Bird Bander
• Gould's Finch - for Bird Bander and game end power

Food

• Nectar and Berry - for maybe getting Lewin's Honeyeater on first turn
• Rat - for Red-Tailed Hawk
• Wheat - for Gould's Finch

Bonus Card: Bird Bander - Birds that can live in multiple habitats

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Lewin's Honeyeater (from tray, for more food)
2. Draw Birds - Kakapo (from tray for another bonus card)
3. Play Bird - Lewin's Honeyeater in Woodlands (for more food)
4. Gain Food - Wheat and Rat (for Kakapo and Red-Tailed Hawk), Nectar from Lewin's Honeyeater's power
5. Play Bird - Red-Tailed Hawk in Grasslands (for Bird Bander and to get far enough in Grasslands for 2 eggs)
   
6. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Red-Tailed Hawk's power unsuccessful (Royal Spoonbill)
7. Play Bird - Kakapo in Woodlands (for round end goal and game end power)
8. Play Bird- Gould's Finch in Woodlands (for round end goal, Bird Bander, and game end power)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds in Woodlands: 4 points (1st w/ 3 birds) 

Round 2

1. Gain Food - Worm and Fish, Nectar from Lewin's Honeyeater's power
2. Draw Birds - Mississippi Kite (from tray, for Bird Bander and American Bittern (discarded Nectar for 2nd bird, from tray for more birds)
3. Gain Food - 2 Nectar (for American Bittern and Mississippi Kite, Nectar from Lewin's Honeyeater's power
4. Play Bird - American Bittern in Wetlands (for more birds)
5. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Red-Tailed Hawk's power successful (Tui tucked)
6. Draw Birds - Wilson's Storm Petrel and Eastern Kingbird (both from deck), Yellow-Billed Cuckoo (from deck) using American Bittern's power
7. Play Bird - Eastern Kingbird in Wetlands (for Bird Bander and between turns power)

Round End: nona

Round End Goal - Birds w/ Tucked Cards 1 point (3rd w/ 1 bird)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Spotted Owl (from tray, for another bonus card) and Common Nightingale (from deck), Skipped American Bittern's power
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar and Worm (discarded Wilson's Storm Petrel for 3rd food, for Yellow-Billed Cuckoo and Common Nightingale), Nectar from Lewin's Honeyeater's power
3. Play Bird - Common Nightingale in Grasslands (for food while laying eggs and round end goal)
4. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Rat from Common Nightingale's power, Red-Tailed Hawk's power successful (Indigo Bunting tucked)
5. Play Bird - Yellow-Billed Cuckoo in Woodlands (for between turns eggs)
6. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Fish for 3rd egg), Rat from Common Nightingale's power, Red-Tailed Hawk's power successful (Bushtit tucked)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Berry and Wheat in Food Cost of Your Birds: 6 points (1st w/ 6 food cost)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Spotted Owl in Woodlands (Behaviorist - For each column that has birds with 3 different power colors, other option was Wetland Scientist - Birds that can only live in Wetlands)
1. Egg from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power (before turn)
2. Draw Birds - Hooded Merganser and Red-Breasted Nuthatch (both from deck), Silvereye (from tray for Bird Bander) using American Bittern's power
3. Gain Food - 3 Nectar and Worm from bird feeder (for Mississippi Kite and Silvereye), Nectar from Lewin's Honeyeater's power
4. Play Bird - Silvereye in Grasslands (for Bird Bander)
1. Worm from Eastern Kingbird's power
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded 2 Nectar for 3rd and 4th eggs), Skipped Silvereye and Common Nightingale powers, Red-Tailed Hawk's power successful (Moltoni's Warbler tucked)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds in One Row: 3 points (tied for 2nd w/ 5 birds)

Game End: Passerine Specialist bonus card from Kakapo's power, Played Mississippi Kite in Grasslands using Gould's Finch's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 5 points (1st w/ 5)

Grasslands - 0 points (3rd w/ 4)

Wetlands - 0 points (3rd w/ 4)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 86

• Bird Points - 47
• Bonus Cards - 13
• End of Round Goals - 14
• Eggs - 3
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 4
• Nectar - 5