Wingspan Online Game Commentary #24

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• American White Pelican - for Bird Counter bonus
• Peregrine Falcon - for first round end goal, potential tucks while drawing cards
• Red-Breasted Nuthatch - to cache wheat while gaining food

Food: Worm and Rat

Bonus Card: Bird Counter - Birds with a Tuck power

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Red-Breasted Nuthatch in Woodlands (to cache wheat while gaining food)
2. Gain Food - Rat from bird feeder (for Peregrine Falcon), Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
3. Play Bird - Peregrine Falcon in Wetlands (for round end goal, potential tucks)
4. Draw Birds - European Robin (for more food, from tray), Peregrine Falcon's power successful (1 tucked)
5. Gain Food - Fish from bird feeder (for American White Pelican), Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
6. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
7. Gain Food - Fish from bird feeder (for American White Pelican), Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
8. Play Bird - American White Pelican in Wetlands (for round end goal and Bird Counter bonus)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds in Wetlands: 4 points (1st w/ 2 birds) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Brant and Eastern Bluebird (from tray, to have birds to discard for more food), no fish for American White Pelican's power, Peregrine Falcon's power successful (1 tucked)
2. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (discarded Eastern Robin for 2nd food, for European Robin), Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
3. Gain Food - 2 Wheat from bird feeder (discarded Brant for 2nd food, for European Robin), Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
4. Play Bird - European Robin in Woodlands (discarded 2 Wheat for Berry food cost, for more food and round end goal)
5. Gain Food - Rat and Fish from bird feeder (Fish to tuck while drawing birds), Fish using European Robin's power, Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
6. Draw Birds - European Bee-eater and Greater Flamingo (both from deck), Discarded Fish to tuck 2 under American White Pelican, Peregrine Falcon's power successful (1 tucked)
7. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for European Bee-eater and Greater Flamingo), Worm using European Robin's power, Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds in Woodlands: 1 point (2nd w/ 2 birds)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Fish Crow and Horned Lark (both from deck), Discarded Fish to tuck 2 under American White Pelican, Peregrine Falcon's power successful (1 tucked)
2. Play Bird - Horned Lark in Grasslands (for Bird Counter bonus)
3. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Rat for 3rd egg)
1. Tucked European Bee-eater using Horned Lark's power
4. Gain Food - Worm and Fish from bird feeder (for Fish Crow and Greater Flamingo), Fish using European Robin's power, Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch
1. Skipped Horned Lark's power
5. Play Bird - Fish Crow in Woodlands (to get food I need or Fish for tucking)
6. Gain Food - Fish and Worm from bird feeder (Fish for tucking), Discarded egg for Wheat using Fish Crow's power, Wheat using European Robin's power (for Greater Flamingo), Wheat cached on Red-Breasted Nuthatch

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Brown Powers: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 5 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Greater Flamingo in Wetlands (for Bird Counter bonus)
2. Draw Birds - Northern Bobwhite and Northern Shoveler (both from deck), No cubes in other players Wetlands to use Greater Flamingo's power, Discarded Fish to tuck 2 under American White Pelican, Peregrine Falcon's power successful (1 tucked)
1. Tucked Northern Shoveller using Horned Lark's power
3. Draw Birds - King Rail and American Avocet (both from deck), No cubes in other players Wetlands to use Greater Flamingo's power, Discarded Fish to tuck 2 under American White Pelican, Peregrine Falcon's power successful (1 tucked)
4. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (in cup nest for round end, discarded Worm for 3rd egg)
5. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (one to fill my cup nest)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cup Nests: 3 points (3rd w/ 4 eggs)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 78

• Bird Points - 30
• Bonus Cards - 6
• End of Round Goals - 12
• Eggs - 5
• Food on Cards - 9
• Tucked Cards - 16