Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - March 16, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Black-Crowned Night-Heron - for Fishery Manager
• Black-Tailed Godwit - for another bonus card
• Grey Heron - for Fishery Manager

Food

• Nectar and Berry - for Kakapo
• Fish - for Black-Crowed Night-Heron

Bonus Card: Fishery Manager - Birds that eat Fish

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Kakapo (from tray, for game end power and Woodlands bird)
2. Draw Birds - North Island Brown Kiwi (from tray, for more bonus cards)
3. Play Bird - Kakapo (for game end power) and to get far enough in Woodlands for 2 food
4. Gain Food - Worm and Nectar from bird feeder (for Black-Tailed Godwit)
1. Osprey from other player's American Oystercatcher
5. Gain Food - Worm and Nectar from bird feeder (for Black-Tailed Godwit)
6. Play Bird - Black-Tailed Godwit in Wetlands (Platform Builder - Bird with Builder Nests, Bushtit from deck)
7. Gain Food - Worm and Nectar from bird feeder (for North Island Brown Kiwi)
8. Play Bird North Island Brown Kiwi in Grasslands (discarded Platform Builder, Kept Diet Specialist and Omnivore Expert, Discarded Grassland Data Analyst and Forest Data Analyst)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Sets of Eggs in All Habitats: 0 points (0 Sets) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Forester's Tern (from tray, for Fishery Manager) and Noisy Miner (from tray, for Omnivore Expert and Diet Specialist)
2. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
3. Play Bird - Osprey (for Fishery Manager)
4. Gain Food - Worm and Nectar from bird feeder (for Noisy Miner)
5. Draw Birds - Abbott's Booby (form tray, for Fishery Manager and another bonus card) and South Island Robin (from deck), Fish from Osprey
6. Play Bird - Noisy Miner in Grasslands (for Omnivore Expert and Diet Specialist and eggs while gaining food)
7. Draw Birds - Franklin's Gull (form tray, for Fishery Manager) and Wild Turkey (from tray, high points), Fish from Osprey

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds with No Egg: 2 points (2nd w/ 5 birds)

Round 3

1. Gain Food - Worm and Rat from bird feeder (for Franklin's Gull and Black-Crowned Night-Heron), Tucked Grey Heron to lay 2 eggs on Noisy Miner
2. Play Bird - Franklin's Gull in Grasslands (for Fishery Manager and Omnivore Expert)
3. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Discarded Egg to draw Purple Gallinule (from tray, for Omnivore Expert) and American White Pelican (from deck) using Franklin's Gull's power
1. Worm from other player's Regent Bowerbird
4. Gain Food - Worm, Wheat, and Nectar from bird feeder (discarded American White Pelican for 3rd food, for Black-Crowned Night-Heron and Purple Gallinule), Tucked South Island Robin to lay 2 eggs on Noisy Miner
5. Play Bird - Black-Crowned Night-Heron in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager and Diet Specialist)
6. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Forester's Tern for 3rd egg), Discarded Egg to draw Thekla's Lark and Great Tit (both from deck) using Franklin's Gull's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cluster Nest: 2 points (tied for 2nd w/ 5 eggs)

Round 4

1. Gain Food - Worm, Rat, and Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Thekla's Lark for 3rd food, for Abbott's Booby and Purple Gallinule), Tucked Bushtit to lay 2 eggs on Noisy Miner
2. Gain Food - Worm and 2 Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Great Tit for 3rd food, for Abbott's Booby and Purple Gallinule), Tucked Wild Turkey to lay 2 eggs on Noisy Miner
1. Rufous Night-Heron from other player's Common Loon
3. Play Bird - Abbott's Booby in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager, Kept Enclosure Builder, discarded Falconer and Ethologist)
4. Play Bird - Purple Gallinule in Wetlands (for Omnivore Expert)
5. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Rufous Night-Heron for 3rd egg), Skipped Franklin's Gull's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds worth 3 or less points: 3 points (3rd w/ 2 birds)

Game End: Forester from Kakapo's power (could not get any points from any of the 4 options)

Nectar

Woodlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 2)

Grasslands - 2 points (2nd w/ 1)

Wetlands - 5 points (1st w/ 6)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 96

• Bird Points - 48
• Bonus Cards - 24
• End of Round Goals - 7
• Eggs - 8
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 4
• Nectar - 5