Wingspan Oceania Expansion Beta AI Normal Game Commentary - October 6, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Bird

• Princess Stephanie's Astrapia - for egg while gaining food
• Regent Bowerbird - for Worms

Food

• Berry and Worm - for Princess Stephanie's Astrapia
• Rat - for Red-Shouldered Hawk
• Nectar

Bonus Card: Anatomist - Birds body parts in their name (worth more and needs fewer birds, hope to draw Red-Shouldered Hawk from tray)

Round 1

1. Draw Bird - Red-Shouldered Hawk (from tray, for Anatomist)
2. Draw Bird - Wilson's Storm Petrel (from tray, Wetlands bird to draw more birds)
3. Draw Bird - Australian Raven (from tray, probably Grasslands bird to cache excess food at game end)
4. Play Bird - Princess Stephanie's Astrapia in Woodlands (for egg while gaining food)
5. Draw Bird - Lewin's Honeyeater (from tray, for Nectar)
6. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder, Egg from Princess Stephanie's Astrapia's power
7. Play Bird - Lewin's Honeyeater in Woodlands (for Nectar and round end goal)
1. Wheat from other player's Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
8. Draw Bird - Mistletoebird (from tray, for more food)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds in a Row: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 2 birds) 

Round 2

1. Play Bird - Regent Bowerbird in Grasslands (for round end goal, to get far enough in Grasslands for 2 eggs, and Worm while laying eggs)
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Mistletoebird), Nectar from Lewin's Honeyeater's power, Egg from Princess Stephanie's Astrapia's power
3. Play Bird - Mistletoebird in Woodlands (Berry or Nectar while gaining food)
4. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Wilson's Storm Petrel), Berry from Mistletoebird, Nectar from Lewin's Honeyeater's power, Egg from Princess Stephanie's Astrapia's power
5. Play Bird - Wilson's Storm Petrel in Wetlands (for round end goal and to draw more birds)
1. Egg from other player's Noisy Miner
6. Draw Birds - Abbott's Booby (from tray, for another bonus card) and Yellow-Billed Cuckoo (from deck), Drew Brown Pelican, Mourning Dove, Blue Grosbeak, and Snowy Egret using Wilson's Storm Petrel's power (kept Grosbeak for Anatomist)
7. Play Bird - Red-Shouldered Hawk in Woodlands (for round end goal and Anatomist)
1. Egg from other player's Noisy Miner

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Beaks Pointing Right: 5 point (1st w/ 4 birds)

Round 3

1. Gain Food - 3 Nectar from bird feeder (for Yellow-Billed Cuckoo), Red-Shouldered Hawk's power successful (Eurasian Green Woodpecker tucked), Traded Berry for Nectar using  Mistletoebird's power, Nectar from Lewin's Honeyeater's power, Egg from Princess Stephanie's Astrapia's power
1. Egg from other player's Noisy Miner
2. Play Bird - Yellow-Billed Cuckoo in Woodlands (for Anatomist and possible between turns eggs)
1. Wheat from other player's Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
2. Egg from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
3. Play Bird - Abbott's Booby in Wetlands (for round end goal,  Meant to keep Anatomist as I only needed 1 more for it and Fishery Manager as I only needed 2 more and Discard Oologist and Large Bird Specialist as needed more birds to max them and they were worth less than maxing the ones I kept, but I accidentally discarded Anatomist and Fishery Manager and kept the other 2 because I am used to it having you select the ones to keep and not the ones to discard)
4. Draw Birds - Northern Gannet (from tray, for Large Bird Specialist) and Orange-Footed Scrubfowl (from deck), Drew Broad-Winged Hawk, Burrowing Owl, and White-Breasted Nuthatch using Wilson's Storm Petrel's power (kept Burrowing Owl as only still playable with my Woodlands already full)
1. Egg from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
5. Gain Food - Nectar, Fish, Worm, and Rat from bird feeder (for Australian Raven and Northern Gannet), Red-Shouldered Hawk's power unsuccessful (Bald Eagle), Berry from Mistletoebird's power, Nectar from Lewin's Honeyeater's power, Egg from Princess Stephanie's Astrapia's power
1. Egg from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
6. Play Bird - Northern Gannet (for round end goal and Large Specialist)
1. Egg from other player's Noisy Miner
2. Wheat from other player's Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
3. Egg from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds in Wetlands: 3 points (2nd w/ 3 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Australian Raven in Grasslands (for round end goal, Large Specialist, and cache excess food at game end)
2. Draw Birds - Pacific Duck (from tray, for Large Bird Specialist) and Hawfinch (from deck), Northern Gannet's power w/ 2 die, Drew Eurasian Sparrowhawk and Common Goldeneye using Wilson's Storm Petrel's power (kept Common Goldeneye as only still playable with my Woodlands already full)
1. Egg from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
3. Play Bird - Pacific Black Duck in Wetlands (for Large Specialist and game end eggs)
1. Egg from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
4. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Hawfinch for 3rd egg), Worm from Regent Bowerbird's power)
1. Egg from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
5. Play Bird - Common Goldeneye in Wetlands (for Large Specialist and round end eggs for Oologist)
1. Egg from Yellow-Billed Cuckoo's power
2. Berry from other player's Common Nightingale
3. Wheat from other player's Major Mitchell's Cockatoo

Round End: 3 eggs on Common Goldeneye

Round End Goal - Birds in Grasslands: 1 point (tied for 3rd w/ 2 birds)

Game End: 3 eggs on Pacific Black Duck, Berry and 2 Wheat cached on Australian Raven

Nectar

Woodlands - 5 points (1st w/ 9)

Grasslands - 0 points (3rd w/ 0)

Wetlands - 5 points (1st w/ 7)

Game End - Won

Final Score - 104

• Bird Points - 52
• Bonus Cards - 12
• End of Round Goals - 13
• Eggs - 13
• Food on Cards - 3
• Tucked Cards - 1
• Nectar - 10