Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - September 14, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Blue-Winged Warbler - high points, for Woodlands to get to gaining more food
• Bell's Vireo - star nest for round end goals and Platform Builder bonus, another bonus card
• Osprey - for Platform Builder bonus and Fish while drawing birds

Food: Fish and Worm

Bonus Card: Platform Builder - Birds with builder nests (I find the Bird Feeder one of the harder bonus cards to max)

Round 1

1. Gain Food - Worm from bird feeder (for Bell's Vireo)
2. Play Bird - Osprey in Wetlands (for Platform Builder bonus and Fish while drawing birds)
3. Draw Birds - Common Starling (from tray, to tuck excess Fish and other food and get further in Wetlands to draw more birds), Fish from Osprey's power
4. Draw Birds - White-Backed Woodpecker (from tray, for more food), Fish from Osprey's power
5. Play Bird - White-Backed Woodpecker in Woodlands (to gain more food)
6. Gain Food - Worm from bird feeder (for Bell's Vireo), Worm from White-Backed Woodpecker's power
7. Play Bird - Bell's Vireo in Woodlands (Omnivore bonus - Birds that eat 🏳️‍🌈, Forester - birds that only live in Woodlands was other option, but felt it limited me not being able to put Warbler in the Woodlands for more food)
8. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (1 on Bell's Vireo for round end goal)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Cup Nest Bird w/ Egg: 1 point (2nd w/ 1 bird) 

Round 2

1. Play Bird - Common Starling in Wetlands (to get further in Wetland to draw more birds)
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe
2. Draw Birds - Eurasian Magpie (from tray, for both Platform Builder and Omnivore bonus) and American Goldfinch (from deck), Fish from Osprey's power
3. Gain Food - Worm from bird feeder (for Blue-Winged Warbler), Rat from White-Backed Woodpecker's power
4. Play Bird - Blue-Winged Warbler in Woodlands (to get further in Woodlands to gain more food)
5. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Eurasian Magpie), Wheat from White-Backed Woodpecker's power
6. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (used Fish for 3rd egg)
7. Play Bird - Eurasian Magpie in Grasslands (for both Platform Builder and Omnivore bonuses, to use round end power)

Round End: 1 Berry cached on Eurasian Magpie, Discarded Fish, Rat, and 2 Wheat to tuck 4 under Common Starling

Round End Goal - Total Birds: 3 points (tied for 1st w/ 6 birds)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Eastern Imperial Eagle (from tray, for Platform Builder bonus) and Clark's Grebe (from deck), Fish from Osprey's power
1. Snowy Owl from other player's Canvasback (before turn)
2. Gain Food - Rat and Wheat from bird feeder (for Snowy Owl), Wheat from White-Backed Woodpecker's power
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe
2. Berry from other player's Baltimore Oriole
3. Play Bird - Snowy Owl in Grasslands (used Berry and Wheat for 2nd Rat in food cost, Enclosure Builder bonus card - Birds with cluster nests, drew Ruby-Throated Hummingbird from tray)
4. Play Bird - Clark's Grebe in Wetlands (for Platform Builder and Enclosure Builder bonus and star nest for round end goal)
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Worm for 4th egg, on hollow nest birds for round end goal)
6. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Ruby-Throated Hummingbird), Berry from White-Backed Woodpecker's power

Round End: 3 Berries cached on Eurasian Magpie, Discarded Berry, Worm, and Wheat to tuck 3 under Common Starling

Round End Goal - Hollow Nest Bird w/ Egg: 3 points (tied for 2nd w/ 4 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Ruby-Throated Hummingbird in Wetlands (for Omnivore bonus, to gain food while drawing birds)
2. Draw Birds - Anna's Hummingbird (from tray), House Wren (from deck), and Northern Shoveller (from deck), Rat from Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power, Black Redstart (from tray, for Platform Builder and Enclosure Builder bonus) from Clark's Grebe's power (discarded House Wren), Fish from Osprey's power
3. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Black Redstart), Berry from White-Backed Woodpecker's power
4. Play Bird - Black Redstart in Grasslands (for Enclosure Builder bonus, too late to get more on the Platform Builder bonus, round end eggs)
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (in wetlands builder nests for round end goal)

Round End: 3 Berries cached on Eurasian Magpie, Discarded Fish and Rat to tuck 2 under Common Starling, 4 eggs in Grasslands from Black Redstart's power

Round End Goal - Builder Nest Bird w/ Egg: 3 points (3rd w/ 5 birds)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 82

• Bird Points - 36
• Bonus Cards - 12
• End of Round Goals - 10
• Eggs - 8
• Food on Cards - 7
• Tucked Cards - 9