Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - February 3, 2024

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Northern Shoveler - for Wetlands Data Analyst
• Wood Duck - for birds while gaining food
• Audouin's Gull - for Wetlands Data Analyst and 3rd round end goal
• Great Tit - for more food

Food

• Nectar and Berry for Great Tit

Bonus Card: Wetlands Data Analyst - Consecutive birds in the Wetlands with ascending or descending wingspans

Round 1

1. Gain Food - Nectar from bird feeder (for Great Tit)
2. Play Bird - Great Tit in Woodlands (for more food)
3. Gain Food - 2 Nectars (for Wood Duck), Nectar from Great Tit's power
4. Lay Egg - Egg
5. Play Bird - Wood Duck in Woodlands (to draw birds while gaining food)
6. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat (for Northern Shoveler), Drew Mute Swan (from deck) and American Robin (from tray) using Wood Duck's power (discarded American Robin), Nectar from Great Tit's power
1. Wheat from other player's Gallah
7. Gain Food - Nectar and Worm (for Northern Shoveler and American Bittern), Drew European Roller (from deck) and American Bittern (from tray for Wetlands Data Analyst) using Wood Duck's power (discarded European Roller), Nectar from Great Tit's power
8. Play Bird - Northern Shoveler in Wetlands (for Wetlands Data Analyst)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds w/ No Eggs: 1 points (tied for 1st w/ 3 birds) 

Round 2

1. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (discarded Wheat for 2nd egg)
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar (for American Bittern and Mute Swan), Drew Black-Shouldered Kite (from deck) and Tufted Titmouse (from tray) using Wood Duck's power (discarded Tufted Titmouse), Nectar from Great Tit's power
3. Play Bird - Black-Shouldered Kite in Grasslands (to get far enough in Grasslands for 2 eggs and potential for more eggs)
4. Gain Food - 2 Nectar (for American Bittern), Drew Wild Turkey and Swainson's Hawk (from tray) using Wood Duck's power (discarded Swainson's Hawk), Nectar from Great Tit's power
1. Wheat from other player's Gallah
5. Play Bird - Wild Turkey in Grasslands (high points, for round end goal)
6. Play Bird - American Bittern in Wetlands (for Wetlands Data Analyst)
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Black-Shouldered Kite's power successful (gave away Rat to lay 3 eggs)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Berry & Wheat in Food Cost: 5 point (1st w/ 10 food cost)

Round 3

1. Gain Food - 2 Nectar (for Auduoin's Gull and Wedge-Tailed Eagle), Drew Wedge-Tailed Eagle (from tray, for Wetlands Data Analyst) and Grey Warbler (from tray) using Wood Duck's power (discarded Grey Warbler), Nectar from Great Tit's power
1. Wheat from other player's Gallah (before turn)
2. Play Bird - Audouin's Gull in Wetlands (for Wetlands Data Analyst and round end goal)
3. Gain Food - 2 Nectar (for Mute Swan and Wedge-Tailed Eagle), Drew Common Cuckoo (from deck) and (Princess Stephanie's Astrapia) using Wood Duck's power (discarded Common Cuckoo), Nectar from Great Tit's power
1. Wheat from other player's Gallah
4. Play Bird - Wedge-Tailed Hawk in Wetlands (for Wetlands Data Analyst and potential for round end goal)
5. Play Bird - Mute Swan in Wetlands (for Wetlands Data Analyst and round end goal)
6. Draw Birds - Inca Dove (from tray), Common Loon (from tray), Eurasian Nutcracker (from deck), and European Honey Buzzard (from deck), Tucked Inca Dove, Common Loon, and European Honey Buzzard and drew Black-Necked Stilt (from deck) using Mute Swan's power, Wedge-Tailed Hawk's power unsuccessful (Pied-Bille Grebe), Tucked Black Tern and Kept Red-Winged Blackbird using Audouin's Gull's power, Allowed another player to draw card using American Bittern's power, Wrybill from Northern Shoveler's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds w/ Tucked Cards: 6 points (1st w/ 4 birds)

Round 4

1. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Wrybill for 3rd egg), Black-Shouldered Kite's power successful (gave away Rat to lay 3 eggs)
2. Play Bird - Eurasian Nutcracker in Woodlands
3. Gain Food - Nectar, Fish, and Wheat (discarded Black-Necked Stilt for 3rd food, for Princess Stephanie's Astrapia), cached Wheat using Eurasian Nutcracker's power, Drew Spangled Drongo and Atlantic Puffin (both from deck) using Wood Duck's power (discarded Atlantic Puffin), Nectar from Great Tit's power
4. Play Bird - Princess Stephanie's Astrapia in Woodlands
5. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Spangled Drongo for 3rd egg), Black-Shouldered Kite's power unsuccessful

Round End: none

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

Game End: none

Nectar

Woodlands - 5 points (1st w/ 7)

Grasslands - 3 points (2nd w/ 4)

Wetlands - 5 points (1st w/ 11)

Game End - Won

Final Score - 101

• Bird Points - 55
• Bonus Cards - 8
• End of Round Goals - 15
• Eggs - 6
• Food on Cards - 1
• Tucked Cards - 4
• Nectar - 12