Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - February 4, 2024

  Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Common Cuckoo - for between turns eggs
• Spotless Crake - to tuck

Food

• Nectar
• Fish - for bonus card birds
• Worm - for Yellow-Rumped Warbler
• Wheat - for Cerulean Warbler

Bonus Card: Fishery Manager - Birds that Eat Fish

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Cerulean Warbler (from tray and another bonus card) and Yellow-Rumped Warbler (from tray, used Nectar to draw, to tuck while gaining food)
2. Play Bird - Yellow-Rumped Warbler in Woodlands (to tuck while gaining food and to get far enough in Woodlands to gain 2 food)
1. Other player stole Wheat using Eurasian Jay, Gained Worm from bird feeder
3. Gain Food - Nectar and Worm from bird feeder (for Common Cuckoo and White-Faced Ibis), Tucked Spotless Crake to draw White-Faced Ibis (from tray, for Fishery Manager) using Yellow-Rumped Warbler's power
4. Play Bird - Common Cuckoo in Grasslands (for between turns power)
5. Gain Food - Nectar and Worm from bird feeder (for White-Faced Ibis and Cerulean Warbler), Skipped Yellow-Rumped Warbler's power
6. Play Bird - White-Faced Ibis in Wetlands
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (on White-Faced Ibis for round end goal)
8. Draw Birds - Black Skimmer and Long-Tailed Tit (both from deck), White-Faced Ibis's power unsuccessful w/ 3 dice

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Builder Nest: 4 points (1st w/ 2 eggs) 

Round 2

1. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Black Skimmer), Tucked Long-Tailed Tit to draw Pygmy Nuthatch (from deck) using Yellow-Rumped Warbler's power
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
2. Play Bird - Black Skimmer in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager and round end goal)
3. Gain Food - Fish and Nectar from bird feeder (for Masked Lapwing), Tucked Pygmy Nuthatch to draw Masked Lapwing (from tray, for round end goal and food) using Yellow-Rumped Warbler's power
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
4. Play Bird - Masked Lapwing in Wetlands (for round end goal, gained Nectar, Berry, Worm, Fish, Worm, Rat, and Wheat)
5. Draw Birds - House Finch and Red Crossbill (both from deck), Black Skimmer's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die, White-Faced Ibis power successful w/ 1 die (Fish cached)
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
6. Play Bird - Cerulean Warbler in Woodlands (Falconer - Birds with a predator power, other option was Nest Box Builder - Birds with Hollow Nests)
7. Draw Birds - Fish Crow and Swainson's Hawk (both from tray), Black Skimmer's power unsuccessful w/ 3 dice, White-Faced Ibis power unsuccessful w/ 3 dice

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds in Wetlands: 5 points (1st w/ 3 bird)

Round 3

1. Play Bird - House Finch in Woodlands (for 3rd and 4th round end goals)
1. Canada Goose from other player's Canvasback (before turn)
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Swainson's Hawk), Tucked Canada Goose to draw Northern Cardinal (from tray) using House Finch's power, Tucked Northern Cardinal to draw Burrowing Owl (from tray, for Falconer) using Yellow-Rumped Warbler's power
3. Play Bird - Swainson's Hawk in Grasslands (for Falconer)
4. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Swainson's Hawk's power unsuccessful (Cooper's Hawk)
5. Play Bird - Burrowing Owl in Grasslands (for Falconer)
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
6. Draw Birds - Eurasian Collared-Dove (from tray, for 4th round end goal) and Pheasant Coucal (from deck), Black Skimmer's power successful w/ 4 dice (Fish cached), White-Faced Ibis power unsuccessful w/ 1 die

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Beak Pointing Left: 4 points (tied for 2nd w/ 4 birds)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Fish Crow in Grasslands (for Fishery Manager and food while laying eggs)
1. American Avocet from other player's Canvasback
2. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Pheasant Coucal for 4th egg), Discarded Egg for Nectar using Fish Crow's power, Burrowing Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die, Swainson's Hawk's power successful (American Goldfinch)
3. Gain Food - Nectar and 2 Wheat from bird feeder (discarded  American Avocet for 3rd food, for Eurasian Collared-Dove), Tucked Red Crossbill to draw Yellow-breasted Chat using House Finch's power, Tucked Yellow-Breasted Chat to draw Mourning Dove (from deck) using Yellow-Rumped Warbler's power
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
4. Play Bird - Eurasian Collared-Dove in Grasslands (for round end power and goal)
1. Egg from Common Cuckoo's power
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, Skipped Fish Crow's power, Burrowing Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 3 dice, Swainson's Hawk's power successful (American Kestrel)

Round End: Discarded Fish and Wheat to tuck 2 under Eurasian Collared-Dove

Round End Goal - Birds w/ Tucked Cards: 3 points (tied for 2nd w/ 4 birds)

Game End: none

Nectar

Woodlands - 1 points (tied for 2nd w/ 1)

Grasslands - 5 points (1st w/ 4)

Wetlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 5)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 101

• Bird Points - 48
• Bonus Cards - 11
• End of Round Goals - 14
• Eggs - 7
• Food on Cards - 2
• Tucked Cards - 11
• Nectar - 8