Wingspan Online Game Commentary #27

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Brant - to draw tray, for nest type for 3rd round
• Snowy Owl - for another bonus card
• Atlantic Puffin - high points, for another bonus card

Food: Wheat and Rat (for Brant)

Bonus Card: Bird Counter - Birds with a Tuck Power (didn't have any little birds to start and tend to do better with Bird Counter

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Brant in Weltands (drew Burrowing Owl, Broad-Winged Owl, and Common Loon)
2. Draw Birds - Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck (from tray, for Bird Counter bonus)
3. Gain Food - Fish from bird feeder (for Atlantic Puffin)
4. Gain Food - Wheat from bird feeder (for Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck)
1. Rat from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
5. Play Bird - Broad-Winged Hawk in Grasslands (to potential cache rats while gaining food)
6. Gain Food - 2 Fish from bird feeder (discarded Common Loon for 2nd Fish, for Atlantic Puffin), Broad-Winged Hawk unsuccessful w/ 2 dice
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
1. Wheat from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
8. Play Bird - Atlantic Puffin in Wetlands (Oologist bonus - Birds that have at least 1 egg on them, could have potentially scored more with Ecologist but this ones seems more likely to score on)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Food Cost of Played Birds: 4 points (1st w/ 6 food cost) 

Round 2

1. Play Bird -  Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck (for Bird Counter bonus)
1. Wheat from other player's Anna's Hummingbird (before turn)
2. Draw Birds - Black Vulture and Wood Duck (both from deck), Discarded wheat to tuck 2 under Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck
3. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
1. Wheat from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
4. Play Bird - Black Vulture in Woodlands (to be able to get further in Woodlands to get more food and also potentially between turns)
5. Gain Food - Berry and Wheat from bird feeder (for Wood Duck), Broad-Winged Hawk unsuccessful w/ 1 die
1. Worm from Black Vulture's power
2. Worm from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
6. Play Bird - Wood Duck in Woodlands (to draw birds while gaining food)
7. Gain Food - Rat and Wheat from bird feeder (for Snowy Owl), Drew European Turtle Dove (form deck) and Dunnock (from tray, discarded this one) using Wood Duck's power, Broad-Winged Hawk unsuccessful w/ 3 dice

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Brown Powers: 1 point (tied for 2nd w/ 3 birds)

Round 3

1. Gain Food - 2 Wheat from bird feeder (for European Turtle Dove and Common Grackle), Drew European Turtle Dove (form deck) and Corsican Nuthatch (both from tray, discarded Burrowing Owl from hand) using Wood Duck's power, Broad-Winged Hawk successful w/ 2 dice (Rat cached)
1. Rat from Black Vulture's power
2. Rat from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
2. Play Bird - European Turtle Dove in Grasslands (Viticulturalist bonus - Birds that eat Berries, laid 1 egg)
3. Play Bird - Common Grackle in Grasslands (for Bird Counter bonus)
4. Gain Food - Berry and Wheat from bird feeder (for Lesser Whitestart but ended up getting Pileated Woodpecker instead and Corsican Nuthatch), Drew Pileated Woodpecker (from deck) and Lesser Whitestart (from tray, discarded this one) using Wood Duck's power, Broad-Winged Hawk unsuccessful w/ 4 dice
1. Other player stole Rat with Little Owl, Gained Rat from bird feeder
2. Rat from Black Vulture's power
3. Fish from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
5. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (in cluster nests for round end goal), Skipped Common Grackle's power
6. Play Bird - Snowy Owl in Grasslands (Ethologist bonus - power colors in one habit, 1 egg on it for round end)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Cluster Nest Bird w/ Egg: 3 points (2nd w/ 3 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Pileated Woodpecker in Woodlands (for Viticulturalist bonus and eggs while gaining food)
1. Wheat from Black Vulture's power
2. Wheat from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
3. Yellowhammer from other player's Wilson's Snipe
2. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Fish for 4th egg), Tucked Yellowhammer to lay egg on Common Grackle
3. Play Bird - Corsician Nuthatch in Woodlands (for Ethologist bonus, Platform Builder bonus - Birds with builder nests, gained Rat)
1. Other player stole Rat with Little Owl, Gained Wheat from bird feeder
2. Worm from Black Vulture's power
3. Fish from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
4. Gain Food - Berry and Fish from bird feeder (didn't get 3rd food to give more chance of success with hawk), Drew Prothonotary Warbler and Red-Tailed Hawk (both from deck, discarded Red-Tailed Hawk) using Wood Duck's power, Broad-Winged Hawk unsuccessful w/ 4 dice
1. Other player stole Worm with Black-Headed Gull, Gained Worm from bird feeder
2. California Quail from other player's Wilson's Snipe
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Wheat for 4th egg), Tucked California Quail to lay egg on Common Grackle
1. Other player stole Worm with Black-Headed Gull, Gained Fish from bird feeder
2. Fish from Black Vulture's power
3. Fish from other player's Anna's Hummingbird
4. American Coot from other player's Wilson's Snipe

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Cards in Hand: 3 points (3rd w/ 2 cards)

Game End - Won

Final Score - 88

• Bird Points - 42
• Bonus Cards - 19
• End of Round Goals - 11
• Eggs - 11
• Food on Cards - 1
• Tucked Cards - 4