Wingspan Online Game Commentary #9

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Rose-Breasted Grosbeak - more food while gaining food
• Wilson's Storm Petrel - for Platform Builder bonus card
• Green Heron - to trade extra food from Rose-Breasted Grosbeak and Eastern Phoebe to food needed while drawing birds
• Eastern Phoebe - to gain more food faster

Food: Worm for Eastern Phoebe

Bonus Card: Platform Builder - Birds with Builder Nests (with no Omnivore birds and several star nests to start this seemed easier to get points this game)

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Eastern Phoebe in Woodlands (gain more food with less birds in Woodlands)
2. Gain Food - Wheat from bird feeder (for Rose-Breasted Grosbeak), Worm from Eastern Phoebe's Power
3. Play Bird - Green Heron in Wetlands (to trade food to other needed food when drawing birds)
4. Gain Food - Wheat from bird feeder (for Rose-Breasted Grosbeak), Worm from Eastern Phoebe's Power
5. Draw Birds - Willet (low food cost to get more birds in Wetlands to draw more per turn), Traded Wheat for Berry with Green Heron's power
6. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
7. Play Bird - Rose-Breasted Grosbeak in Woodlands (for potentially more food)
8. Draw Birds - Bushtit and Franklin's Gull (discarded egg to draw second, for Platform Builder bonus card and go good together in Grasslands), No food to Trade to use Green Heron's power

Round End: none

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

Round 2

1. Gain Food - Wheat and Fish from bird feeder, Wheat from Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, Worm from Eastern Phoebe's Power (for Bushtit and Franklin's Gull)
2. Play Bird - Bushtit in Grasslands (to tuck birds from Franklin's Gull and get more eggs)
1. Other Player took too long, Decided to keep game and finish against AI
3. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Tucked Willet to lay egg using Bushtit's power
4. Play Bird - Franklin's Gull in Grasslands (to get birds to tuck under Bushtit for birds and extra egg while laying eggs)
1. Wheat from Other Player's Red Crossbill
5. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Discarded Egg to draw Griffon Vulture (for Platform Builder bonus card) and Scaled Quail from Franklin's Gull's power, Tucked Scaled Quail to lay egg using Bushtit's power
1. Wheat from Other Player's Red Crossbill
6. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Discarded Egg to draw Atlantic Puffin and Great Horned Owl (for Platform Builder bonus card) from Franklin's Gull's power, Tucked Griffon Vulture to lay egg using Bushtit's power
7. Gain Food - Wheat and Fish from bird feeder, Wheat from Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, Worm from Eastern Phoebe's Power (for Atlantic Puffin and Wilson's Storm Petrel)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Brown Powers: 3 points (tied for 1st w/ 5 birds)

Round 3

1. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Discarded Egg to draw Hooded Warbler (high points for last round end goal) and Northern Mockingbird from Franklin's Gull's power, Tucked Northern Mockingbird to lay egg using Bushtit's power
2. Gain Food - Berry and Fish from bird feeder, Berry from Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, Worm from Eastern Phoebe's Power (for Atlantic Puffin and Hooded Warbler)
3. Play Bird - Atlantic Puffin in Wetlands (used two Wheat for one of the Fish food cost, Enclosure Builder - Birds with Cluster Nests as I had 5 star nests that counted for this and the Platform Builder bonus at same time)
4. Draw Birds - Baird's Sparrow (for Enclosure Builder bonus card) and Purple Gallinule (from deck, high points, have food to play), Traded Berry for Rat with Green Heron's power (for Great Horned Owl)
5. Play Bird - Purple Gallinule in Wetlands (for more cards for round end goal)
6. Draw Birds - Blue-Winged Warbler, Eastern Imperial Eagle, and Golden Eagle (discarded egg for extra bird), Common Nighthawk from Purple Gallinule's power, Traded Rat for Worm with Green Heron's power (for Warblers)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds in Hand: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 8 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Blue-Winged Warbler in Woodlands (high points, for round end goal seems better than finishing Enclosure Builder bonus card)
2. Gain Food - 2 Worms and Rat from bird feeder (discarded Wilson's Storm-Petrel for extra food), Wheat from Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, Worm from Eastern Phoebe's Power (for Atlantic Puffin and Hooded Warbler)
3. Play Bird - Hooded Warbler in Woodlands (high points, for round end goal)
4. Play Bird - Eastern Imperial Eagle in Grasslands (high points and tucked 3 birds for food cost)
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Worm for extra egg), Skipped Franklin's Gull's power, Tucked Great Horned Owl to lay egg using Bushtit's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds in Woodlands: 5 points (tied for 1st w/ 4 birds)

Game End - Won

Final Score - 96

• Bird Points - 55
• Bonus Cards - 11
• End of Round Goals - 13
• Eggs - 9
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 8