Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - April 21, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Atlantic Puffin - for another bonus card
• Wood Stork - for another bonus card and Rodentologist

Food

• Nectar - plan to use for another bird first turn
• Worm - for Masked Lapwing (plan to draw first turn)
• Fish and Rat - for Wood Stork

Bonus Card: Rodentologist - Birds that eat Rats

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Ruby-Throated Hummingbird and Masked Lapwing (used Nectar to draw 2nd bird, both from tray for more food)
2. Play Bird - Masked Lapwing in Grasslands (Gained Nectar, Fish, Worm, Rat, and Wheat)
3. Play Bird - Wood Stork in Wetlands (for Rodentologist and round end goal, Visionary Leader - Birds in your hand at end of game, other option was Behaviorist - Columns with different power colors)
4. Play Birds - Anna's Humminbird in Woodlands (for more food)
5. Gain Food - Fish and Rat from bird feeder (for Atlantic Puffin), Nectar from bird feeder using Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power
6. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
7. Play Bird - Atlantic Puffin in Wetlands (Wetland Data Analyst - Consecutive birds in Wetlands with Ascending or descending wingspans, other option was Backyard Birder - Birds worth less than 4 points)
8. Draw Birds - Common Kingfisher (from tray, for Wetland Data Analyst) and Mourning Dove (from deck)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Wetlands: 1 point (2nd w/ 1 egg) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Blue Grosbeak (from tray, for Wetland Data Analyst) and White-Bellied Sea Eagle (from tray for Rodentologist)
2. Gain Food - 2 Wheat from bird feeder (for Mourning Dove and Blue Grosbeak), Nectar from bird feeder using Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power
3. Play Bird - Mourning Dove in Wetlands (for Wetland Data Analyst and eggs while drawing birds)
4. Draw Birds - Red-Winged Parrot (from tray, for more food or eggs) and Painted Redstart (from deck), Egg on Mourning Dove
5. Play Bird - Red-Winged Parrot in Woodlands (used 2 rats for Berry in food cost, for eggs or more food while gaining food)
6. Gain Food - 2 Fish and Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Painted Whitestart for 3rd food to get the Nectar on the reroll for Red-Winged Parrot's power, for White-Bellied Sea Eagle and Common Kingfisher), Gave away Nectar to lay 2 eggs using Red-Winged Parrots' power, Rat from bird feeder using Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power
7. Gain Food - Worm and Rat from bird feeder (for White-Bellied Sea Eagle and Common Kingfisher), No Nectar for Red-Winged Parrots' power, Wheat from bird feeder using Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Food in Personal Supply: 5 points (1st w/ 7 food)

Round 3

1. Play Bird - White-Bellied Sea Eagle in Woodlands (for Rodentologist)
2. Gain Food - Rat and Nectar from bird feeder (for Blue Grosbeak), White-Bellied Sea-Eagle's power successful (Fish cached), Gave away Nectar to gain Nectar and Worm using Red-Winged Parrots' power, Nectar from bird feeder using Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power
3. Play Bird - Blue Grosbeak in Grasslands (to get far enough in Grasslands to lay 2 eggs and use only 1 egg instead of paying 2 to play directly as last bird in Wetlands for Wetlands Data Analyst)
4. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Rat for 3rd egg, across habitats for round end goal), Moved Blue Grosbeak to Woodlands (to get more food)
5. Gain Food - 2 Rat and Nectar from bird feeder (for eggs and maybe more Rodentologist birds), Moved Blue Grosbeak to Grasslands (to lay more eggs), White-Bellied Sea-Eagle's power successful (Rat cached), Gave away Nectar to gain Nectar and Worm using Red-Winged Parrots' power, Worm from bird feeder using Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power
6. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Nectar for 3rd egg, across habitats for round end goal), Skipped Blue Grosbeak's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Sets of Eggs in All Habitats: 2 points (2nd w/ 2 sets)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Common Kingfisher in Wetlands (for Wetland Data Analyst...I messed this up and realized after I played that the Grosbeak was bigger and thus should have moved it last round before playing the Common Kingfisher)
2. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Worm for 3rd egg, across habitats for round end goal), Moved Blue Grosbeak to Wetlands (for Wetland Data Analyst)
3. Draw Birds - Green Pygmy-Goose, Ash-Throated Flycatcher, White-Backed Woodpecker, and Montague's Harrier (all from deck), Skipped Blue Grosbeak's power, Common Kingfisher's power successful (Fish cached), Egg on Mourning Dove
4. Draw Birds - Bushtit, ?, ?, and ? (all from deck), Skipped Blue Grosbeak's power (probably should have moved to the Grasslands to get an extra egg with a Rat), Common Kingfisher's power unsuccessful, Egg on Mourning Dove
5. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Cup Nest Bird w/ Egg: 4 points (2nd w/ 4 birds)

Game End Power: none

Nectar

Woodlands - 1 points (tied for 2nd w/ 1)

Grasslands - 0 points (3rd w/ 2)

Wetlands - 5 points (1st w/ 3)

My Score - 90 (Lost)

• Bird Points - 40
• Bonus Cards - 16
• End of Round Goals - 12
• Eggs - 13
• Food on Cards - 3
• Tucked Cards - 0
• Nectar - 6