Wingspan Online Game Commentary #5

 Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Yellow-Billed Cuckoo (for bonus, lay eggs between turns)
• Parrot Crossbill (for bonus, more food)
• Black-Tailed Godwit (for bonus)
• Snowy Owl (lower food cost and gain bonus and card or egg)

Food: Rat for Snowy Owl

Bonus Card: Diet Specialist - Birds with a food cost of 3 food (usually would prefer the berry one, but had no birds to go with it and had a lot of 3 food cost)

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Eurasian Sparrowhawk (for round end goal and to get further in Woodlands without food)
2. Gain Food - Rat from bird feeder (for Snowy Owl)
3. Play Bird - Snowy Owl in Grasslands (gained Enclosure Builder - Birds with cluster nest bonus card, drew Pied-Billed Grebe to use to play Eurasian Sparrowhawk)
4. Draw Birds - Eastern Phoebe (for more food and star nest for bonus card and round end goals)
5. Gain Food - Worm from bird feeder (for Eastern Phoebe)
6. Draw Bird - Black-Headed Gull (for food and bonus card)
7. Play Bird - Eurasian Sparrowhawk
8. Draw Birds - Franklin's Gull (for star nest for bonus card and round end goals)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds w/ Tucked Cards: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 1 bird) 

Round 2

1. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (on Snowy Owl for next round end)
2. Play Bird - Eastern Phoebe in Woodlands (to get further in Woodlands and gain food faster)
3. Gain Food - 2 Worms from bird feeder (for Yellow-Billed Cuckoo), Worm from Eastern Phoebe's power
4. Play Bird - Yellow-Billed Cuckoo in Woodlands (to hopefully get eggs between turns)
1. Laid Egg on Eastern Phoebe using Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
5. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Black-Tailed Godwit), Worm from Eastern Phoebe's power
6. Play Bird - Black-Tailed Godwit in Wetlands (gained Passerine Specialist - birds with wingspan of 30cm or less bonus card, drew Common Kingfisher as match for all my bonus cards)
1. Laid Egg on Eastern Phoebe using Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
7. Draw Birds - House Finch (for Passerine Specialist bonus card)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cluster Nests: 2 points (2nd w/ 2 eggs)

Round 3

1. Gain Food - Berry and Wheat from bird feeder (for House Finch), Worm from Eastern Phoebe's power
1. Laid Egg on Eastern Phoebe using Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power (before turn)
2. Other player's Eurasian Jay stole my Wheat, Gained Fish from bird feeder (no Wheat available, but needed fish for other birds)
2. Play Bird - Franklin's Gull in Grasslands (had food and no Wheat currently available)
3. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (in star nests for round end goal), discarded 1 egg to draw Cerulean Warbler and Inca Dove using Franklin's Gull's power (birds to discard to maybe be able to get some Wheat that isn't stolen...)
4. Gain Food - Fish and Wheat from bird feeder (for House Finch), Worm from Eastern Phoebe's power (didn't discard a card as no other food available that matched what I needed for birds)
5. Play Bird - House Finch in Woodlands (to gain more food and tuck)
1. Laid Egg on Eastern Phoebe using Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
6. Gain Food - Rat, Worm, and Wheat from bird feeder (for Red Crossbill mainly), Tucked Cerulean Warbler and drew Baltimore Oriole using House Finch's power, Worm from Eastern Phoebe's power
1. Laid Egg on Eastern Phoebe using Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Hollow Nests: 2 points (3rd w/ 4 eggs)

Round 4

1. Gain Food - Fish and 2 Wheat from bird feeder (for Red Crossbill maybe), Tucked Inca Dove and drew Atlantic Puffin using House Finch's power, Worm from Eastern Phoebe's power
2. Play Bird - Baltimore Oriole in Woodlands (decided star nest and higher points made more sense to convert 2 Worms, Wheat, and Rat for berries cost, match for all my bonus cards)
3. Gain Food - 2 Fish and 2 Wheat from bird feeder (for Atlantic Puffin, discarded Red Crossbill for extra Wheat), Cherry from Baltimore  Oriole's power, Tucked Black-Headed Gull and drew Northern Gannet using House Finch's power, Worm from Eastern Phoebe's power
4. Play Bird - Atlantic Puffin in Wetlands (gain Bird Counter - birds with tuck power bonus card)
1. Laid Egg on Eastern Phoebe using Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
5. Play Bird - Common Kingfisher in Wetlands
1. Laid Egg on Eastern Phoebe using Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Total Birds: 4 points (2nd w/ 9 birds)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 83

• Bird Points - 49
• Bonus Cards - 18
• End of Round Goals - 10
• Eggs - 2
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 4