Wingspan Online Game Commentary #4

 Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• White Wagtail (for bonus card)
• Purple Gallinule (high points, draw more birds)
• Baltimore Oriole (high points, gain more food, for bonus card)

Food: Berry and Worm for Baltimore Oriole

Bonus Card: Wildlife Gardener - Birds with Cup Nests (seems easier to get more points than the worms only)

Round 1

1. Gain Food - Worm from bird feeder (for White Wagtail, no berry available for the Baltimore Oriole or birds I want to draw)
2. Gain Food - Worm from bird feeder (for White Wagtail, still no berry available for the Baltimore Oriole or birds I want to draw)
3. Play Bird - White Wagtail in Grasslands
4. Draw Birds - Mountain Chickadee (other players had not done any gain food, yet, so just went with this bird as with low food cost for getting further in Woodlands)
5. Gain Food - Berry from bird feeder (finally!)
6. Play Bird - Baltimore Oriole in Woodlands
7. Gain Food - Wheat from bird feeder (for Mountain Chickadee), Berry from Baltimore Oriole's power
8. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (one on the Baltimore Oriole for round end goal)

Round End: Played Mountain Chickadee in Woodlands using White Wagtail's power

Round End Goal - Cluster Nest Bird w/ Egg: 4 points (1st w/ 1 bird)

Round 2

1. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Purple Gallinule), Cached Wheat from supply on Mountain Chickadee, Berry from Baltimore Oriole's power
2. Play Bird - Purple Gallinule in Wetlands
3. Draw Birds - American Coot (to get further in Wetlands), Eurasian Collared-Dove from Purple Gallinule's power
4. Gain Food - Wheat and Rat from bird feeder (for Eurasian Collared-Dove), Cached Wheat from supply on Mountain Chickadee, Berry from Baltimore Oriole's power
5. Gain Food - 2 Wheat from bird feeder (for American Coot), Cached Wheat from supply on Mountain Chickadee, Berry from Baltimore Oriole's power
6. Play Bird - Eurasian Collared-Dove in Grasslands
7. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (in Woodlands for round end goal)

Round End: Played American Coot in Wetlands using White Wagtail's power, Discarded remaining food to tuck 3 under Eurasian Collared-Dove

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

Round 3

1. Draw Birds: White-Crowned Sparrow and Red Knot, Tucked White-Crowned Sparrow under American Coot and drew White Stork, Eurasian Golden Oriole from Purple Gallinule's power
2. Gain Food - Wheat and Fish from bird feeder (for White Stork, no Worm available for it or the Eurasian Golden Oriole), Cached Wheat from supply on Mountain Chickadee, Berry from Baltimore Oriole's power
3. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Eurasian Golden Oriole, no second Worm available for White Stork or Red Knot), Cached Wheat from supply on Mountain Chickadee, Berry from Baltimore Oriole's power
4. Play Bird - Eurasian Golden Oriole in Woodlands (for bonus card and hope for some Worms for White Stork and Red Knot)
1. Between Turns - Gained Worm from Bird Feeder from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
5. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs in Wetlands (to be able to use White Wagtail at Round End, in Wetlands for next round end goal)
6. Gain Food - Berry and Worm from bird feeder (Worm for Red Knot), Cached Wheat from supply on Mountain Chickadee, Berry from Baltimore Oriole's power

Round End: White Stork in Grasslands using White Wagtail's power, Discarded 1 Berry and 2 Wheat to tuck 3 under Eurasian Collared-Dove (saved Worm for Red Knot)

Round End Goal - Total Birds: 3 points (tied for 1st w/ 8 birds)

Round 4

1. Draw Birds: Bushtit and Squacco Heron, Tucked Squacco Heron under American Coot and drew Wilson's Storm-Petrel, Common Nightingale from Purple Gallinule's power
1. Between Turns - Gained Worm from Bird Feeder from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
2. Gain Food - Wheat and 2 Worms from bird feeder (discarded Wilson's Storm-Petrel for 3rd food, for Red Knot and Bushtit), Cached Wheat from supply on Mountain Chickadee, Berry from Baltimore Oriole's power
3. Play Bird - Bushtit in Grasslands
4. Lay Eggs - 4 Eggs (in Wetlands for round end goal), Tucked Common Nightingale to lay egg on Bushtit, Sprague's Pipit from White Stork's power
5. Lay Eggs - 4 Eggs (in Wetlands for round end goal), Tucked Sprague's Pipit to lay egg on Bushtit, Northern Shoveler from White Stork's power

Round End: Discarded 1 Berry and 3 Worms to tuck 4 under Eurasian Collared-Dove

• Round End Glitch: Should have been able to play Red Knot in Wetlands using White Wagtail's power and got another bonus card, but game didn't put cube for my first turn of Draw Birds and thus did not allow me to use the White Wagtail's power 

Round End Goal - Eggs in Wetlands: 7 points (1st w/ 9 eggs)

Game End - Won

Final Score - 93

• Bird Points - 42
• Bonus Cards - 4
• End of Round Goals - 15
• Eggs - 11
• Food on Cards - 7
• Tucked Cards - 14