Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - October 23, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Long-Tailed Tit - to get far enough in Woodlands for 2 food with one bird
• Greater Prairie-Chicken - for another bonus card
• California Condor - for another bonus card and to use to play Montagu's Harrier on if I can draw from tray

Food

• Worm and Wheat - for Long-Tailed Tit

Bonus Card: Falconer - Birds with a Predator power

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Bonelli's Eagle (from tray, for Falconer)
2. Draw Birds - Montagu's Harrier (from tray, for Falconer)
3. Play Bird - California Condor in Grasslands (Ecologist - Birds in your habitat with the fewest birds, other option was Oologist - Birds that have at least 1 egg laid on them)
4. Play Bird - Long-Tailed Tit in Woodlands (to get far enough in Woodlands for 2 food)
5. Play Bird - Montagu's Harrier on California Condor (for Falconer and tucked card for round end goal)
6. Draw Birds - Common Loon (from tray, for more birds and 2nd round end goal)
7. Gain Food - 2 Fish from bird feeder (for Common Loon)
8. Play Bird - Common Loon in Wetlands (for more birds)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds w/ Tucked Cards: 0 points (tied for 2nd w/ 1 bird) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Willet (from tray, for Falconer), Bell's Vireo (from tray) using Common Loon's power
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe
2. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
3. Draw Birds - Green Heron (from tray), Northern Cardinal (from tray) using Common Loon's power
4. Draw Birds - Yellowhammer (from tray), Acorn Woodpecker (from tray) using Common Loon's power
5. Play Bird - Bonelli's Eagle in Grasslands (used Northern Cardinal, Yellowhammer, and Acorn Woodpecker for food cost, for Falconer and round end goal)
6. Play Bird - Green Heron in Wetlands (for converting food as needed/wanted when drawing birds)
7. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds worth more than 4 points: 3 points (tied for 1st w/ 2 birds)

Round 3

1. Gain Food - Wheat and Fish from bird feeder (for Greater-Prairie Chicken and Willet)
2. Gain Food - 2 Wheat from bird feeder (for Greater-Prairie Chicken)
3. Play Bird - Willet in Wetlands (for Falconer)
4. Draw Birds - Red-Eyed Vireo and Osprey (both from tray), Willet's power successful w/ 3 dice (Fish cached), Traded Wheat for Worm using Green Heron's power, Skipped Common Loon's power
5. Gain Food - Worm and Berry from bird feeder (for Red-Eyed Vireo and Bell's Vireo)
1. Snow Bunting from other player's Spotted Sandpiper
6. Play Bird - Snow Bunting in Grasslands (for tucks)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Cards in Hand: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 4 cards)

Round 4

1. Gain Food - Worm and Fish from bird feeder (for Bell's Vireo)
1. Tucked Osprey and drew Black-Headed Gull using Snow Bunting's power
2. Black-Tailed Godwit from other player's Spotted Sandpiper
2. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Fish for 4th egg)
1. Tucked Black-Headed Gull and drew Little Bustard using Snow Bunting's power
2. Ruby-Crowned Kinglet from other player's Spotted Sandpiper
3. Play Bird - Red-Eyed Vireo and Bell's Vireo in Woodlands (Enclosure Builder - Birds with cluster nests, which I already had maxed, other option was Platform Builder - Birds with builder nests, which I was 1 short of maxing)
1. Tucked Ruby-Crowned Kinglet and drew Cooper's Hawk using Snow Bunting's power
2. Common Cuckoo from other player's Spotted Sandpiper
4. Gain Food - 2 Worms and Rat from bird feeder (for Black-Tailed Godwit)
1. Tucked Common Cuckoo and drew Northern Goshawk using Snow Bunting's power
2. American Coot from other player's Spotted Sandpiper
5. Play Bird - Black-Tailed Godwit in Wetlands (Breeding Manager - Birds with at least 4 eggs laid on them, Kept Snowy Egret and discarded Bushtit and Wilson's Storm-Petrel)
1. Tucked Snowy Egret and drew Fish Crow using Snow Bunting's power
2. Roseate Spoonbill from other player's Spotted Sandpiper

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Total Birds: 7 points (1st w/ 10 birds)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 87

• Bird Points - 44
• Bonus Cards - 19
• End of Round Goals - 14
• Eggs - 0
• Food on Cards - 1
• Tucked Cards - 9