Wingspan Online Game Commentary #8

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Painted Bunting - for Prairie Manager bonus card, to gain another bonus card
• Yellow-Billed Cuckoo - lay eggs between turns
• Red-Breasted Nuthatch - low food cost, to cache wheat while gaining food

Food: Worm and Wheat (for Eurasian Tree Sparrow)

Bonus Card: Prairie Manager - Birds that only live in Grasslands (less birds for same points as the Grasslands one)

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Eurasian Tree Sparrow (to hopefully gain Wheat between turns)
2. Play Bird - Eurasian Tree Sparrow in Woodlands
3. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (hope for Wheat between turns to then play the Red-Breasted Nuthatch and get more food when gaining food)
4. Draw Birds - European Bee-Eater (for Priarie Manager bonus card, potential to gain food while laying eggs)
1. Wheat from Bird Feeder from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
5. Play Bird - Red-Breasted Nuthatch in Woodlands (for round end goal and gain more food)
1. No Wheat available when Eurasian Tree Sparrow activated
6. Gain Food - 2 Worms from Bird Feeder (for Yellow-Billed Cuckoo or European Bee-Eater), Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
1. No Wheat available when Eurasian Tree Sparrow activated
7. Worm and Fish from Bird Feeder (for Yellow-Billed Cuckoo and European Bee-Eater), Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
1. Wheat from Bird Feeder from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
8. Play Bird - Yellow-Billed Cuckoo in Woodlands (for round end goal)

Round End: none

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

Round 2

1. Gain Food - Wheat and Fish from Bird Feeder (for Painted Bunting), Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
1. Wheat from Bird Feeder from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
2. Play Bird - Painted Bunting in Grasslands (Nest Box Builder - Birds with hollow nest bonus card, to be able to use Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's between turns power for round end goal)
1. Egg on Painted Bunting from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
3. Draw Birds - House Sparrow (for both bonus cards, tuck cards with any excess wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power)
1. No Wheat available when Eurasian Tree Sparrow activated
4. Gain Food - Berry and Worm from Bird Feeder (for European Bee-Eater and House Sparrow), Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
1. Wheat from Bird Feeder from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
5. Play Bird - House Sparrow in Grasslands (for bonus card, to lay more eggs for round end goal, to cache excess wheat at round end)
6. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from Bird Feeder (for European Bee-Eater, Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
1. Egg on Painted Bunting from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
2. Egg on Painted Bunting from other player's Lazuli Bunting
7. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (on House Sparrow for round end goal and to leave Painted Bunting with more room for between turn activation)

Round End: 2 Wheat discarded to tuck 2 under House Sparrow

Round End Goal - Eggs in Grasslands: 2 points (2nd w/ 5 eggs)

Round 3

1. Draw Bird - Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher (for Prairie Manager bonus card)
1. No Wheat available when Eurasian Tree Sparrow activated (before and after turn)
2. Draw Bird - Canvasback (for Nest Box Builder bonus card, for last round end goal)
1. Wheat from Bird Feeder from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
3. Play Bird - Canvasback (for Nest Builder bonus card, to get more when drawing birds, more room to use between turns eggs)
1. Wheat from Bird Feeder from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
4. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from Bird Feeder (for Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher), Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
1. Egg on Canvasback from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
2. Egg on Canvasback from other player's Lazuli Bunting
5. Gain Food - 2 Wheat from Bird Feeder (was hoping for Berry for Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher, at least there was Wheat for tucking), Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
1. Wheat from Bird Feeder from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
6. Play Bird - European Bee-Eater in Grasslands (for bonus cards, for round end goal, chance for food while laying eggs)

Round End: 5 Wheat discarded to tuck 5 under House Sparrow

Round End Goal - Total Birds: 3 points (2nd w/ 7 birds)

Round 4

1. Draw Birds - Red-Eyed Vireo (for Nest Builder bonus card, star nest for between turn eggs), Horned Lark from Canvasback's power
2. Play Bird - Red-Eyed Vireo in Grasslands (seems kind of waste to not use it's when played power, but still finish the Nest Builder power, room for between turn eggs, and be able get more food to get last food needed for Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher)
1. Wheat from Bird Feeder from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
3. Gain Food - Berry and 2 Worms from Bird Feeder (for Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher), Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
1. Wheat from Bird Feeder from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
4. Play Bird - Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher in Grasslands (for Prairie Manager bonus card)
1. Egg on Canvasback from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (on builder and star nests for round end goal), skipped Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher's power as no need for Worm at this point, European Bee-Eater's power unsuccessful
1. Egg on Canvasback from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
2. Egg on Painted Bunting from other player's Lazuli Bunting

Round End: 2 Wheat discarded to tuck 2 under House Sparrow

Round End Goal - Eggs in Builder Nest: 7 points (1st w/ 8 eggs)

Game End - Won

Final Score - 96

• Bird Points - 39
• Bonus Cards - 15
• End of Round Goals - 16
• Eggs - 9
• Food on Cards - 8
• Tucked Cards - 9