Wingspan Online Oceania Expansion Beta Game Commentary - October 5, 2023

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Australasian Shoveler - for Wetland Scientist and draw more birds
• Purple Gallinule - for Wetland Scientist and draw more birds
• Black Swan - for Wetland Scientist and Game End eggs
• Eurasian Nuthatch - bird for Woodlands and cached what that can also be used

Food

• Wheat and Nectar (for Eurasian Nuthatch)

Bonus Card: Wetland Scientist - Birds that only live in Wetlands

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Eurasian Nuthatch in Woodlands (to get far enough for 2 food and to cache wheat that can be used)
2. Gain Food - Nectar and Worm from bird feeder (for Purple Gallinule), Wheat cached on Eurasian Nuthatch
3. Play Bird - Purple Gallinule in Wetlands (for Wetland Scientist and to draw more birds)
4. Draw Birds - Vaux's Swift (from deck) and Common Swift (from tray, Grasslands bird to get far enough for 2 eggs), Great Crested Flycatcher from Purple Gallinule's power
5. Draw Birds - Pileated Woodpecker (from tray, for eggs while gaining food) and Black-Necked Stilt (from tray, for Wetland Scientist), Black Redstart from from Purple Gallinule's power
6. Gain Food - 2 Worms from bird feeder (for Common Swift), Wheat cached on Eurasian Nuthatch
7. Play Bird - Common Swift in Grasslands (to get far enough for 2 eggs, cache excess Worms to tuck)
8. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs

Round End: Worm discarded to tuck 1 under Common Swift

Round End Goal - Brown Powers: 0 points (3rd w/ 2 birds) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Hooded Crow (from deck) and American White Pelican (from tray, for Wetland Scientist), Tui from Purple Gallinule's power
2. Gain Food - 2 Worms from bird feeder (for Pileated Woodpecker and Hooded Crow), Wheat cached on Eurasian Nuthatch
3. Gain Food - Rat and Nectar from bird feeder (for Pileated Woodpecker and Hooded Crow), Wheat cached on Eurasian Nuthatch
4. Play Bird - Pileated Woodpecker in Woodlands (to lay eggs while gaining food)
5. Gain Food - Nectar and Fish from bird feeder (for Hooded Crow and American White Pelican), 2 eggs from Pileated Woodpecker's power (in Woodlands for round end goal), Wheat cached on Eurasian Nuthatch
6. Gain Food - 2 Fish from bird feeder (for American White Pelican), 2 eggs from Pileated Woodpecker's power (in Woodlands for round end goal), Wheat cached on Eurasian Nuthatch
7. Play Bird - Hooded Crow in Grasslands (for round end tucks)

Round End: No Worm to discard for Common Swift, Tucked Tui, Black Redstart, and Vaux's Swift to draw Greylag Goose (from tray, for Wetlands Scientist), Melleefowl (from deck), and Crimson Chat (from deck) using Hooded Crow's power

Round End Goal - Eggs in Woodlands: 1 point (3rd w/ 4 eggs)

Round 3

1. Gain Food - Worm and 2 Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Austrasian Shoveler for 3rd food, for Great Crested Flycatcher), 2 eggs from Pileated Woodpecker's power, Wheat cached on Eurasian Nuthatch
2. Play Bird - Great Crested Flycatcher in Woodlands (more Hollow nest space for using Pileated Woodpecker and for possible extra Worm when gaining food)
3. Gain Food - Worm and 2 Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Crimson Chat for 3rd food, for Black-Necked Stilt), Worm using Great Crested Flycatcher's power, 2 eggs from Pileated Woodpecker's power, Wheat cached on Eurasian Nuthatch
4. Play Bird - Black-Necked Stilt in Wetlands (for Wetland Scientist, to use Nectar and free up egg space for Pileated Woodpecker's power, drew Anhinga from deck and Little Bustard from tray)
5. Gain Food - 2 Worms from bird feeder (for Little Bustard), Worm using Great Crested Flycatcher's power, 2 eggs from Pileated Woodpecker's power, Wheat cached on Eurasian Nuthatch
6. Gain Food - 2 Worms from bird feeder (for caching on Common Swift), Worm using Great Crested Flycatcher's power, 2 eggs from Pileated Woodpecker's power, Wheat cached on Eurasian Nuthatch

Round End: 2 Worms discarded to tuck 2 under Common Swift, Tucked Anhinga to draw Mute Swan (from deck) using Hooded Crow's power

Round End Goal - Food in Personal Supply: 6 points (1st w/ 10 food)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Little Bustard in Grasslands (Forester - Birds that only live in Woodlands, Trumpeter Swan from tray as higher point bird for Wetland Scientist)
2. Play Bird - Trumpeter Swan in Wetlands (for Wetland Scientist)
3. Play Bird - Greylag Goose in Wetlands (for Wetland Scientist)
4. Play Bird - Black Swan in Wetlands (for Wetland Scientist and game end eggs)
1. Egg from other player's Noisy Miner
5. Play Bird - Malleefowl in Grasslands (for game end eggs)
1. Egg from other player's Noisy Miner

Round End: 5 Worms discarded to tuck 5 under Common Swift, Tucked Mute Swan and American White Pelican to draw Eastern Screech Owl and Eurasian Sparrohawk (from tray) using Hooded Crow's power

Round End Goal - Cubes on "Play a Bird": 7 points (1st w/ 5 cubes)

Game End: 4 eggs using Black Swan's power, 6 eggs from Malleefowl's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 4)

Grasslands - 0 points (3rd w/ 1)

Wetlands - 3 points (tied for 1st w/ 3)

Game End - Won

Final Score - 118

• Bird Points - 59
• Bonus Cards - 11
• End of Round Goals - 14
• Eggs - 14
• Food on Cards - 1
• Tucked Cards - 14
• Nectar - 5