Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - September 18, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Osprey - for Wetland Scientist bonus and fish
• Green Heron - for Wetland Scientist and covert food
• Barred Owl - for first round end goal

Food: 

Bonus Card: Wetland Scientist - Birds that can only live in Wetlands

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Atlantic Puffin (for Wetland Scientist bonus and another bonus card)
2. Draw Birds - Black-Headed Gull (for Wetland Scientist bonus and steal food)
3. Play Bird - Barred Owl in Woodlands (for first round end goal and potential tuck when gaining food
4. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (on Barred owl for round end goal, want worm or another fish from bird feeder to play Green Heron before Osprey and hoping chance for that if I wait another turn to gain food)
5. Gain Food - Worm from Bird Feeder (for Green Heron), Barred Owl's power successful (tucked European Bee-Eater)
6. Play Bird - Green Heron in Wetlands (for Wetlands Scientist and convert Fish from Osprey if other food needed)
7. Play Bird - Osprey in Wetlands (for Wetlands Scientist and Fish)
1. Worm from other player's Bluethroat
8. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (one on Barred owl for round end goal)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Hollow Nest: 4 points (1st w/ 2 eggs) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Ruby-Throated Humminbird (from tray, for more food in Woodlands for 3rd round goal probably) and Scaled Quail (from deck), Fish from Osprey, Traded Worm for Fish using Green Heron's power (for Atlantic Puffin)
1. Wheat from other player's Bluethroat
2. Draw Birds - Ruby-Crowned Kinglet and Eurasian Magpie (both from deck), Fish from Osprey, Traded Worm for Fish using Green Heron's power (for Black-Headed Gull or maybe the Ruby-Crowned Kinglet for round end goal)
3. Play Bird - Atlantic Puffin (Forester - Birds that can only live in Woodlands, other option was Behaviorist, which I already couldn't do in first column and the tray was full of options to probably draw next turn for Forester)
4. Draw Birds - Juniper Titmouse and Bullfinch (both from tray for Forester bonus), Fish from Osprey, Traded Fish for Wheat using Green Heron's power (for Juniper Titmouse or Bullfinch)
5. Draw Birds - Greater Flamingo and Bullfinch (both from tray and last birds I needed for Wetlands Scientist and Forester bonus), Fish from Osprey, Traded Fish for Berry using Green Heron's power (for Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker)
6. Play Bird - Ruby-Crowned Kinglet and Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker in Woodlands (for round end goal and more food)
7. Gain Food - Worm, Wheat and Fish from bird feeder (discarded Scaled Quail for 3rd food), Worm from Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, Barred Owl's power successful (tucked Blue Grosbeak)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - White & No Power: 2 point (2nd w/ 2 birds)

Round 3

1. Play Bird - Ruby-Throated Hummingbird in Grasslands (to gain food while laying eggs)
1. Rat from other player's Bluethroat
2. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Rat for 3rd egg), Berry using Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power
3. Play Bird - Bullfinch in Woodlands (for Forester bonus and gain more food)
4. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Wheat using Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power
5. Play Bird - Juniper Titmouse in Woodlands (maxes Forester bonus and for round end goal)
6. Gain Food - Berry and 2 Worms from bird feeder, Wheat cached on Juniper Titmouse, Berry from Bullfinch's power, Worm from Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, Barred Owl's power successful (tucked Common Chaffinch)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds in Woodlands: 6 points (1st w/ 5 birds)

Round 4

1. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Berry for 3rd egg), Fish using Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power
1. Worm from other player's Bluethroat (before turn)
2. Play Bird - Black-Headed Gull in Wetlands (for Wetlands Scientist)
3. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Wheat using Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power
4. Play Bird - Greater Flamingo in Wetlands (used 2 Worms for second Wheat in food cost, maxes Wetlands Scientist)
5. Play Bird - Eurasian Magpie in Grasslands (for round end power)

Round End: 4 Berries cached on Eurasian Magpie

Round End Goal - Hollow Nest Bird w/ Egg: 3 points (3rd w/ 1 birds)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 83

• Bird Points - 43
• Bonus Cards - 15
• End of Round Goals - 15
• Eggs - 1
• Food on Cards - 5
• Tucked Cards - 3