Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - September 29, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Painted Whitestart - for Forester and Worms
• Great Tit - for Forester and more food
• Anhinga - for first round end goal

Food: Worm (for Painted Whitestart) and Fish (for Anhinga)

Bonus Card: Forester - Birds that can only live in Forest

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Dunnock (from tray, for Forester and round end eggs)
2. Play Bird - Painted Whitestart in Woodlands (for Forester and Worms)
3. Gain Food - Wheat from bird feeder (for Dunnock), Worm from Painted Whitestart's power
4. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
5. Play Bird - Dunnock in Woodlands (for round end eggs and to get far enough for 2 food)
6. Gain Food - Wheat (for Great Tit) and Fish from bird feeder (for Anhinga), Worm from Painted Whitestart's power
7. Play Bird - Anhinga in Wetlands (for round end goal)
8. Draw Birds - Corsican Nuthatch (from tray, for Forester, seemed more valuable than round end points) and Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck (discarded egg to draw from deck), Anhinga's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die

Round End: 1 egg on Dunnock

Round End Goal - Builder Nest Bird w/ Egg: 0 points (0 bird) 

Round 2

1. Gain Food - Wheat (for Corsican Nuthatch) and Fish from bird feeder (no Berry or Wheat available), Worm from Painted Whitestart's power
2. Play Bird - Corsican Nuthatch in Woodlands (for Forester, Fishery Manager bonus - Birds that eat Fish, Wheat from bird feeder)
3. Draw Birds - Forester's Tern (from tray, for Fishery Manager), Anhinga's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die
4. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
5. Play Bird - Great Tit in Woodlands (used Fish and Worm for Berry in food cost, for Forester, more food, and round end goal)
6. Gain Food - 2 Wheat and Fish (for Forester's Tern) from bird feeder, Fish from Great Tit's power, Worm from Painted Whitestart's power
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs

Round End: 1 egg on Dunnock

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

Round 3

1. Play Bird - Forester's Tern in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager and to get further in Wetlands to draw 2 birds
2. Draw Birds - Fish Crow (from tray, for Fishery Manager) and Ruddy Duck (from deck), Drew Ash-Throated Flycatcher (from deck) and discarded Ruddy Deck using Forester's Tern's power, Anhinga's power unsuccessful w/ 2 dice
3. Play Bird - Fish Crow in Grasslands (for Fishery Manager and food while laying eggs)
4. Gain Food - Rat, Wheat, and Berry (for Ash-Throated Flycatcher) from bird feeder, Wheat from Great Tit's power, Worm from Painted Whitestart's power
5. Play Bird - Ash-Throated Flycatcher in Grasslands (4 eggs on Hollow Nest birds for round end goal)
6. Draw Birds - California Quail and Violet-Green Sparrow (both from deck), Drew Eastern Phoebe (from deck) and discarded Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck using Forester's Tern's power, Anhinga's power unsuccessful w/ 2 dice

Round End: 4 eggs on Dunnock

Round End Goal - Eggs in Hollow Nest: 2 points (3rd w/ 5 eggs)

Round 4

1. Draw Birds - Common Nighthawk and American Kestrel (both from deck), Drew Little Owl (from deck) and discarded Common Nighthawk using Forester's Tern's power, Anhinga's power unsuccessful w/ 2 dice (should have just played a bird or laid eggs, was trying to get birds to finish either Forester or Fishery Manager bonus...)
2. Play Bird - Violet-Green Sparrow in Grasslands (used Rat and 3 Wheat for 2 Worm food cost, for tucking and to use egg from Dunnock)
3. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Tucked Little Owl to draw Snowy Egret (from tray, for Fishery Manager) using Violet-Green Sparrow's power, Discarded egg for Fish using Fish Crow's power
4. Play Bird - Snowy Egret in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager)
1. Worm from other player's Common Nightingale
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded worm for 4th egg), Tucked American Kestrel to draw Spotted Towhee using Violet-Green Sparrow's power, Skipped Fish Crow's power

Round End: 3 eggs on Dunnock

Round End Goal - Sets of Eggs in All Habitats: 3 points (tied for 2nd w/ 4 sets)

Game End - 

Final Score - 75

• Bird Points - 37
• Bonus Cards - 12
• End of Round Goals - 8
• Eggs - 16
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 2