Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - April 16, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Grey-Headed Mannikin - for Enclosure Builder and game end power
• Anna's Hummingbird - Woodlands bird for more food
• Black-Tailed Godwit - for Enclosure Builder
• Red-Legged Partridge - for Enclosure Builder and more eggs

Food

• Nectar - to get another bird first turn
• Wheat - for Anna's Hummingbird

Bonus Card: Enclosure Builder - Birds with Cluster nests (usually would go with Falconer as a starting bonus card, but Enclosure Builder made more sense with starting birds having that nest type and no Predators)

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Canvasback and Superb Lyrebird (discarded Nectar for  2nd bird, both from tray for Enclosure Builder)
2. Play Bird - Anna's Hummingbird in Woodlands (for more food)
3. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Canvasback and Red-Legged Partridge), Wheat from Anna's Hummingbird's power
4. Gain Food - Fish and Nectar from bird feeder (for Canvasback and Red-Legged Partridge), Nectar from Anna's Hummingbird's power
1. Nectar from other player's Red-Winged Parrot
5. Draw Birds - Plains-Wanderer (from tray, for Enclosure Builder and another bonus card)
6. Play Bird - Black-Tailed Godwit in Wetlands (Forest Data Analyst - Consecutive birds in Woodlands with ascending or descending wingspans, Dunnock)
7. Play Bird - Red-Legged Partridge in Grasslands (for Enclosure Builder and more eggs)
8. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, 3 eggs from Red-Legged Partridge's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Beaks Pointing Left: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 2 birds) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Red-Capped Robin (from tray, for Forest Data Analyst and round end goal) and Australian Shelduck (from deck)
2. Draw Birds - Common Buzzard (from tray, for Forest Data Analyst) and Brown Headed Cowbird (from tray, for between turns eggs and another Grasslands bird for Plains-Wanderer's power)
1. Nectar from other player's Red-Winged Parrot
3. Play Bird - Red-Capped Robin (for Forest Data Analyst and round end goal)
4. Gain Food - 2 Nectar and Worm from bird feeder (discarded Australian Shelduck for 3rd food, for Dunnock and Superb Lyrebird), Worm from Red-Capped Robin's power, Wheat from Anna's Hummingbird's power
1. Nectar from other player's Red-Winged Parrot
5. Play Bird - Brown-Headed Cowbird in Grasslands (for potential between turns eggs)
6. Play Bird - Dunnock in Woodlands
7. Play Bird - Superb Lyrebird in Woodlands

Round End: Egg on Dunnock

Round End Goal - Birds in Woodlands: 5 point (1st w/ 4 birds)

Round 3

1. Gain Food - 2 Nectar and Worm from bird feeder (discarded Australian Shelduck for 3rd food, for Dunnock and Superb Lyrebird), Copied Red-Winged Parrot to give Nectar to another player and gain Fish and Nectar from bird feeder, Worm from Red-Capped Robin's power, Rat from Anna's Hummingbird's power
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power
2. Draw Birds - Painted Bunting (from tray, for another bonus card) and Red-Backed Woodpecker (from deck)
3. Play Bird - Canvasback in Wetlands (for Enclosure Builder and more birds)
4. Play Bird - Painted Bunting in Grasslands (Food Web Expert - Birds that eat only Worms, other option was Viticulturalist - Birds that eat Berries)
5. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Fish for 3rd egg), 3 eggs from Red-Legged Partridge's power
6. Play Bird - White-Backed Woodpecker in Woodlands (for more food and to cover with Common Buzzard later, probably at game end)

Round End: Egg on Dunnock

Round End Goal - Total Birds: 6 points (1st w/ 10 birds)

Round 4

1. Draw Birds - Common Starling (from tray, for round end power) and Savannah's Sparrow (from deck), Black Vulture from Canvasback's power
2. Gain Food - 4 Nectar from bird feeder (for Grey-Headed Mannikin, Plains-Wanderer, and Common Starling), Fish, from White-Backed Woodpecker's power, Copied Red-Winged Parrot to give Nectar to another player and gain Worm and Nectar from bird feeder, Worm from Red-Capped Robin's power, ? from Anna's Hummingbird's power
1. Egg from Brown-Headed Cowbird's power
3. Play Bird - Grey-Headed Mannikin in Grasslands (for Enclosure Builder and game end power)
4. Play Bird - Plains-Wanderer in Grasslands (for Enclosure Builder, Kept Bird Feeder - Birds that eat Wheat, one of my least favorite to try for, but actually hard maxed already)
5. Play Bird - Common Starling in Wetlands (for round end power)

Round End: Egg on Dunnock, Discarded Nectar, Fish, and Worm to Tuck 3 under Common Starling

Round End Goal - Cards in Hand: 3 points (3rd w/ 3 cards)

Game End: Played Common Buzzard on White-Backed Woodpecker using Grey-Headed Mannikin's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 2 points (tied 1st w/ 8)

Grasslands - 5 points (1st w/ 7)

Wetlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 2)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 99

• Bird Points - 44
• Bonus Cards - 24
• End of Round Goals - 16
• Eggs - 2
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 4
• Nectar - 9