Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - March 9, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Grey Warbler - Star nest for Mechanical Engineer
• Blue Jay - for potential Wheat for Sandhill Crane
• Sandhill Crane - to discard Wheat for tucks while drawing birds

Food

• Nectar for Grey Warbler
• Worm and Wheat for Blue Jay

Bonus Card: Mechanical Engineer - Sets of the 4 nest types

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Grey Warbler and Blue Jay in Woodlands (for round end goal and more food)
2. Gain Food - Fish and Wheat (for Sandhill Crane), Wheat from Blue Jay's power
3. Play Bird - Sandhill Crane in Wetlands
4. Gain Food - 2 Nectar, Wheat from Blue Jay's power
5. Draw Birds - Grey-Headed Mannikin and Pileated Woodpecker (both from tray for Mechanical Engineer), Skipped Sandhill Crane's power
6. Draw Birds - Black-Tailed Godwit and Eastern Screech Owl (both from tray for Mechanical Engineer), Discarded Wheat to tuck 2 under Sandhill Crane
7. Lay Eggs - Egg
8. Play Bird - Pileated Woodpecker in Woodlands (for Mechanical Engineer and eggs while gaining food)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Bird Worth 3 or fewer points: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 2 birds) 

Round 2

1. Gain Food - Worm and Nectar (for Eastern Screech Owl and Black-Tailed Godwit), 2 eggs from Pileated Woodpecker's power, Wheat from Blue Jay's power
2. Play Bird - Eastern Screech Owl in Woodlands (for Mechanical Engineer and to get far enough in Woodlands for 3 food
3. Gain Food - Wheat and 2 Nectar (for Grey-Headed Mannekin and Black-Tailed Godwit), Eastern Screech Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 2 dice, 2 eggs from Pileated Woodpecker's power, Wheat from Blue Jay's power
4. Play Bird - Black-Tailed Godwit in Wetlands (Site Selection Expert - Columns with a matching pair or trio of nests, Kept Ruff)
5. Gain Food - 2 Worms and Fish (for Ruff), Eastern Screech Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die, 2 eggs from Pileated Woodpecker's power, No Wheat for Blue Jay's power
6. Draw Birds - Sprague's Pipit (from tray, for another bonus card and Site Selection Expert), Northern Flicker (from tray to tuck), and Bonelli's Eagle (from deck, discarded egg for 3rd bird), Discarded Wheat to tuck 2 under Sandhill Crane
7. Play Bird - Ruff in Grasslands (for Site Selection Expert and round end power)

Round End: Tucked Northern Flicker and drew Red-Headed Woodpecker (from tray, for Site Selection Expert and potential Wheat when drawing cards for Sandhill Crane's power) using Ruff's power

Round End Goal - Food in Personal Supply: 3 point (tied for 1st w/ 3 food)

Round 3

1. Play Bird - Red-Headed Woodpecker in Wetlands (for Site Selection Expert and potential Wheat when drawing cards for Sandhill Crane's power)
2. Gain Food - 3 Nectar (for Grey-Headed Mannekin and Sprague's Pipit), Eastern Screech Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die, 2 eggs from Pileated Woodpecker's power, Wheat from Blue Jay's power
3. Play Birds - Sprague's Pipit in Grasslands (Behaviorist - For each column that contains birds with 3 different power colors, other option was Food Web Expert - Birds that eat only Worms)
4. Draw Birds - Black Noddy (from tray, high points) and Mountain Chickadee (from deck), Wheat from Red-Headed Woodpecker's power, Discarded Wheat to tuck 2 under Sandhill Crane
1. Nectar from other player's Eastern Rosella
5. Draw Birds - Pied-Billed Grebe (from tray to tuck), Common Kingfisher (from deck), and Cooper's Hawk (discarded Nectar for 3rd bird, from deck), No Wheat for Red-Headed Woodpecker's power, Discarded Wheat to tuck 2 under Sandhill Crane
6. Play Bird - Cooper's Hawk in Woodlands (for Mechanical Engineer, Site Selection Expert, and to get far enough in Woodlands for 4 food)

Round End: Tucked Mountain Chickadee and Pied-Billed Grebe and drew Magpie-Lark (from tray for game end power) and Savannah Sparrow (from deck) using Ruff's power

Round End Goal - Worms in Food Cost of Your Birds: 6 points (1st w/ 8 food cost)

Round 4

1. Gain Food - 2 Worms, Fish, and Nectar (for Grey-Headed Mannekin, Magpie-Lark, and Common Kingfisher or Black Noddy), Cooper's Hawk Successful (Eurasian Sparrowhawk tucked), Eastern Screech Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 2 dice, 2 eggs from Pileated Woodpecker's power, No Wheat for Blue Jay's power
1. Nectar from other player's Eastern Rosella
2. Gain Food -3 Nectar and Worm (for Grey-Headed Mannekin, Magpie-Lark, and Common Kingfisher or Black Noddy), Cooper's Hawk Successful (Brown Falcon), Eastern Screech Owl's power unsuccessful w/ 3 dice, 2 eggs from Pileated Woodpecker's power, Wheat from Blue Jay's power
1. Nectar from other player's Eastern Rosella
3. Play Bird - Grey-Headed Mannekin in Grasslands (for Site Selection Expert and game end power)
4. Play Bird - Black Noddy in Wetlands (high points)
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded 2 Nectar for 3rd and 4th eggs)

Round End: Tucked Common Kingfisher and Savannah's Sparrow and drew Baltimore Oriole and ? (both from deck) using Ruff's power

Round End Goal -Cluster Nest Bird w/ Egg: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 4 birds)

Game End: Played Magpie-Lark in Grasslands using Grey-Headed Mannekin's power, Played Bonelli's Eagle in Grasslands using Magpie-Lark's power (used White-Breasted Woodswallow, Baltimore Oriole, and Rat for food cost)

Nectar

Woodlands - 5 points (1st w/ 5)

Grasslands - 5 points (1st w/ 5)

Wetlands - 5 points (1st w/ 6)

Game End - Won

Final Score - 127

• Bird Points - 59
• Bonus Cards - 19
• End of Round Goals - 16
• Eggs - 2
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 16
• Nectar - 15