Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - September 16, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Black Vulture - no food cost and potential for between turn food
• Red-Shouldered Hawk - low food cost to quickly get two birds in Woodlands for more food, for Rodentologist bonus
• Chihuahuan Raven - gain food while laying eggs, for Rodentologist bonus
• Bald Eagle - high points, for Rodentologist bonus, potential fish when playing

Food: Rat

Bonus Card: Rodentologist - Birds that eat Rats

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Red-Shouldered Hawk in Woodlands (for Rodentologist bonus, to have enough egg slots for both eggs and quickly end up with 2 birds in Woodlands)
2. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
3. Play Bird - Black Vulture in Woodlands (to get further in Woodlands for more food and potential for between turns food)
4. Gan Food - Fish and Rat (for Bald Eagle), Red-Shouldered Hawk's power successful (tucked Rose-Breasted Grosbeak)\
5. Gan Food - 2 Rats (for Chihuahuan Raven, Red-Shouldered Hawk's power unsuccessful (Red-Tailed Hawk)
6. Play Bird - Chihuahuan Raven in Grasslands (for Rodentologist bonus and food while laying eggs)
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Discarded egg for Fish and Rat (for Bald Eagle) using Chihuahuan Raven's power
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
8. Draw Birds - Hooded Crow (from tray, for potential tucks and another bird for Wetlands to get more birds)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Cup Nest Bird w/ Egg: 0 points (tied for 1st w/ 0 birds) 

Round 2

1. Draw Bird - Eastern Screech Owl (from tray, for Rodentologist bonus)
2. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Discarded egg for 2 Worms (for Hooded Crow and Eastern Screech Owl) using Chihuahuan Raven's power
3. Play Bird - Eastern Screech Owl in Woodlands (for Rodentologist bonus)
4. Play Bird - Bald Eagle in Wetlands (gained 1 Fish from bird feeder, for Rodentologist bonus)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
5. Play Bird - Hooded Crow in Wetlands (to get further in Wetlands to draw more birds and potential tucks at round end)
6. Draw Birds - Goldcrest and House Wren (both from deck)
1. Berry from other player's Black-Chinned Hummingbird
7. Draw Birds - Black-Tailed Godwit and Greater Prairie-Chicken (both from tray for nest round goal's nest type and bonus cards)

Round End: No action cubes to use Hooded Crow's round end power

Round End Goal - Food Cost of Played Birds: 1 point (tied for 2nd w/ 11 food cost)

Round 3

1. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (used Berry for 3rd egg), Discarded egg for Worm and Wheat (for Greater Prairie-Chicken) using Chihuahuan Raven's power
2. Draw Birds - American Bittern (from tray, for Rodentologist) and Carolina Chickadee (from deck)
1. Worm from other player's Bluethroat
3. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (used Berry for 3rd egg), Discarded egg for 2 Wheat (for Greater Prairie-Chicken and Black-Tailed Godwit) using Chihuahuan Raven's power
1. Wheat from other player's Bluethroat
4. Play Bird - Greater Prairie-Chicken in Grasslands (Ethologist bonus - Different power colors in one habitat as already had two colors in all and had third color to play in Wetlands, other option was Viticulturalist - birds that eat berries, which I had none)
5. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (in cluster nest for round end), Discarded egg for Fish and Rat (for American Bittern) using Chihuahuan Raven's power
1. Worm from other player's Bluethroat
6. Play Bird - Black-Tailed Godwit in Wetlands (Visionary Leader bonus - Birds in hand at end of game, drew 3 from deck and kept Loggerhead Shrike for fourth color in Wetlands and Rodentologist bous)

Round End: Tucked House Wren, Carolina Chickadee, and Goldcrest under Hooded Crow and drew Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher (from tray) and Turkey Vulture and Pied-Billed Grebe (from deck)

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cluster Nest: 3 points (2nd w/ 3 eggs)

Round 4

1. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Discarded egg for 2 Worms (for Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher) using Chihuahuan Raven's power
1. Fish from other player's Bluethroat (before turn)
2. Play Bird - Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher in Grasslands (used Fish and Wheat for Berry in food cost, for round end goal and Worm when laying eggs)
1. Berry from other player's Bluethroat
3. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (used Berry for 4th egg), Worm from Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher's power, Discarded egg for Worm and Rat (for Loggerhead Shrike) using Chihuahuan Raven's power
4. Play Bird - Loggerhead Shrike in Wetlands (for Rodentologist and Ethologist bonus)
5. Play Bird - American Bittern in Wetlands (for Rodentologist and Ethologist bonus

Round End: Tucked 2 birds under Hooded Crow and drew 2 (could have tucked 2 more if I had them...)

Round End Goal - Birds Worth more than 4 points: 7 points (1st w/ 6 birds)

Game End - Lost on Tiebreaker

Final Score - 96

• Bird Points - 54
• Bonus Cards - 20
• End of Round Goals - 11
• Eggs - 5
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 6