Wingspan Online Game Commentary #13

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Coal Tit (for wheat to use or points from caching)
• Common Swift (for bonus card)
• Mourning Dove (to lay egg while gaining food or drawing cards)

Food: Worm and Wheat (for Coal Tit)

Bonus Card: Bird Counter - Birds with a Tuck Power (tend to do better than trying too hard to do the columns and end up with less other points)

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - European Honey Buzzard (for potential Worms to use or discard to tuck under Common Swift)
2. Play Bird - Coal Tit in Woodlands (to cache wheat while gaining food for points or using)
3. Gain Food - Worm from Bird Feeder, Wheat cached on Coal Tit
4. Play Bird - Mourning Dove in Wetlands (used Wheat on Coal Tit, to lay egg while drawing cards)
5. Draw Birds - Bald Eagle (from tray, high points), Lay Egg on Mourning Dove
6. Gain Food - Worm from Bird Feeder, Wheat cached on Coal Tit
7. Play Bird - European Honey Buzzard in Woodlands (used Wheat from Coal Tit, potential Worms at round end)
8. Play Bird - Common Swift in Grasslands (to cache Worms if gained from European Honey Buzzard at round end)

Round End: 1 Worm from European Honey Buzzard, Discarded Worm to Tuck under Common Swift

Round End Goal - Cards in Hand: 0 point (3rd w/ 1 card)

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Eastern Phoebe (from tray, for Worms to tuck under Common Swift, for nest for round end goal), Lay Egg on Mourning Dove
2. Gain Food - Fish (for Bald Eagle) and Worm (for Eastern Phoebe) from Bird Feeder, Wheat cached on Coal Tit
3. Play Bird - Eastern Phoebe in Wetlands (to draw more birds, to gain Worm while drawing birds)
4. Draw Birds - Double-Breasted Cormorant and Black Vulture (both from deck), Worm from Eastern Phoebe's power, Lay Egg on Mourning Dove
5. Gain Food - Fish and Rat from Bird Feeder (for Bald Eagle), Wheat cached on Coal Tit
6. Play Bird - Bald Eagle in Wetlands (gained 1 Fish from Bird Feeder)
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (1 on Eastern Phoebe for round end, 1 in Woodlands for next round end)

Round End: 1 Worm from European Honey Buzzard, Discarded 2 Worms to Tuck 2 under Common Swift

Round End Goal - Birds with Cup Nest w/ Egg: 3 points (tied for 1st w/ 1 birds)

Round 3

1. Play Bird - Double-Breasted Cormorant in Wetlands (to draw more birds, for bonus card)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
2. Draw Birds - Common Merganser, California Quail, and Black-Tailed Godwit (all from deck), Skipped Double-Breasted Cormorant's power, Worm from Eastern Phoebe's power, Lay Egg on Mourning Dove
3. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Berry to lay 3rd egg, in Woodlands for round end goal)
1. Black-Necked Stilt from other player's Wilson's Snipe
4. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from Bird Feeder (for Black-Tailed Godwit), Wheat cached on Coal Tit
5. Play Bird - Black-Tailed Godwit in Wetlands (Falconer - birds with predator power bonus card, Hooded Crow for Bird Counter bonus card)
6. Gain Food - 2 Worms from Bird Feeder (for Hooded Crow and tucking under Common Swift), Wheat cached on Coal Tit

Round End: 2 Worms from European Honey Buzzard, Discarded 3 Worms to Tuck 3 under Common Swift

Round End Goal - Eggs in Woodlands: 2 points (3rd w/ 1 egg)

Round 4

1. Draw Birds - House Finch (from tray), Lincoln's Sparrow (from deck), and Red Knot (from deck), Skipped Double-Breasted Cormorant's power, Worm from Eastern Phoebe's power, Lay Egg on Mourning Dove
1. Eurasian Tree Sparrow from other player's Wilson's Snipe
2. Play Bird - Hooded Crow in Grasslands (used 2 Wheat from Coal Tit)
3. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (in Wetlands for round end goal)
4. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (in Wetlands for round end goal)
5. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (in Wetlands for round end goal)

Round End: 2 Worms from European Honey Buzzard, Discarded 3 Worms to Tuck 3 under Common Swift, Tucked 3 under Hooded Crow

Round End Goal - Eggs in Wetlands: 7 points (1st w/ 11 eggs)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 76

• Bird Points - 35
• Bonus Cards - 6
• End of Round Goals - 12
• Eggs - 11
• Food on Cards - 1
• Tucked Cards - 11