Wingspan Online Game Commentary #30

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Bell's Vireo - for another bonus card and Ethologist
• American Coot - for Ethologist and tucking
• American Woodcock - high points and Ethologist

Food: Worm and Wheat

Bonus Card: Ethologist - Different Power Colors in any one habitat (potential for more points especially since did not have Berry bird to start except chance of one from tray)

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker (for worms and brown power in Woodlands for Ethologist bonus)
2. Gain Food - Berry from bird feeder (for Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker)
3. Play Bird - Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker in Woodlands (for worms and Ethologist bonus)
4. Gain Food - Worm from bird feeder (for Bell's Vireo), Worm from Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
5. Play Bird - Bell's Vireo in Grasslands (for Ethologist, Falconer bonus - Birds with a Predator Power, other option was Food Web Expert - Birds that eat only Worms, which I had one played, but Falconer seems more likely to score more points on overall)
6. Gain Food - Berry from bird feeder (for American Coot), Worm from Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
7. Play Bird - American Coot in Wetlands (for Ethologist and tucking)
8. Draw Birds - Black Tern (from tray to tuck), Tucked Black Tern and drew Black Vulture (from deck) using American Coot's power

Round End: none

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

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Horned Lark (from deck), Skipped American Coot's power (should have known to not drawn from deck and just done something from tray...)
2. Draw Birds - Yellow-Rumped Warbler (from tray to tuck), Tucked Yellow-Rumped Warbler and drew Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (from tray) using American Coot's power
3. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Worm for 3rd egg)
4. Play Bird - Black Vulture in Woodlands (for more food and Ethologist bonus)
5. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Horned Lark), Worm from Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
6. Play Bird - Ruby-Throated Hummingbird in Wetlands (for food while drawing birds and to be further in Wetlands to draw more birds)
7. Play Bird - Horned Lark in Grasslands (for Ethologist)
1. Skipped Horned Lark's power
2. Egg from other player's Lazuli Bunting

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Total Birds: 2 point (tied for 1st w/ 6 birds)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Common Nighthawk (from tray to tuck) and Dunnock (from tray, for Ethologist bonus), Wheat using Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power, Tucked Common Nighthawk and drew Song Sparrow (from deck) using American Coot's power
2. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Dunnock), Worm from Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
3. Play Bird - Dunnock in Grasslands (for Ethologist)
1. Tucked Song Sparrow using Horned Lark's power
4. Draw Birds - Cetti's Warbler (from tray to tuck) and Northern Gannet (from deck), Worm using Ruby-Throated Hummingbird's power, Tucked Cetti's Warbler and drew Eastern Phoebe (from deck) using American Coot's power
1. Egg from other player's Lazuli Bunting
5. Play Bird - Eastern Phoebe in Grasslands (for Worms while laying eggs)
1. Skipped Horned Lark's power
6. Lay eggs - 3 eggs (in Cluster nests in Grasslands for round end goals), Worm from Eastern Phoebe

Round End: 2 eggs on Dunnock

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

Round 4

1. Play Bird - American Woodcock in Grasslands (for Ethologist bonus and to get more food)
1. Egg from other player's Lazuli Bunting
2. Gain Food - 2 Fish and 1 Wheat from bird feeder (for Northern Gannet), Worm from Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
3. Play Bird - Northern Gannet in Wetlands (for Falconer bonus)
1. No birds for Horned Lark's power
4. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Worm for 4th egg, in Grasslands for round end), Skipped Eastern Phoebe's power
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Wheat for 4th egg, in Grasslands for round end), Skipped Eastern Phoebe's power
1. Egg from other player's Lazuli Bunting

Round End: 2 eggs on Dunnock

Round End Goal - Eggs in Grasslands: 3 points (tied for 2nd w/ 10 eggs)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 76

• Bird Points - 39
• Bonus Cards - 10
• End of Round Goals - 8
• Eggs - 14
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 5