Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - April 27, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Royal Spoonbill - for Fishery Manager and first round end goal
• Canada Goose - Grasslands bird for first round end goal
• Sacred Kingfisher - for Fishery Manager, first round end goal, and between turns food

Food

• Nectar - for Sacred Kingfisher
• Fish - for Royal Spoonbill
• Wheat - for Canada Goose

Bonus Card: Fishery Manager - Birds that eat Fish

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Sacred Kingfisher in Woodlands (for Fishery Manager, potential between turns food, and to get far enough in Woodlands for 2 food)
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Royal Spoonbill)
1. Worm from Sacred Kingfisher's power
3. Play Bird - Royal Spoonbill in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager and more birds)
4. Draw Birds - Red-Breasted Merganser and House Finch (both from deck), Kereru from Royal Spoonbill's power
1. Worm from Sacred Kingfisher's power
5. Play Bird - House Finch in Grasslands (to tuck while laying eggs)
6. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Tucked Canada Goose to draw House Sparrow (from tray) using House Finch's power
7. Play Bird - Red-Breasted Merganser in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager and round end goal)
8. Draw Birds - Snowy Owl (from tray, for another bonus card) and Long-Tailed Tit (from deck), Superb Lyrebird and Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck (both from deck) using Red-Breasted Merganser's power (discarded Long-Tailed Tit), Eurasian Golden Oriole from Royal Spoonbill's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Beak Pointing Right: 1 points (tied for 1st w/ 3 birds) 

Round 2

1. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Tucked Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck to draw Eurasian Tree Sparrow (from tray) using House Finch's power
1. Worm from Sacred Kingfisher's power
2. Gain Food - Nectar and Wheat from bird feeder (for Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Eurasian Golden Oriole)
1. Worm from Sacred Kingfisher's power
3. Play Bird - Eurasian Tree Sparrow in Grasslands (for potential between turns Wheat for House Sparrow)
4. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Tucked Kereru to draw Black-Chinned Hummingbird (from tray) using House Finch's power
1. Worm from Sacred Kingfisher's power
2. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
5. Play Bird - Eurasian Golden Oriole in Grasslands (for potential food between turns)
6. Play Bird - Black-Chinned Hummingbird in Grasslands (for Berries while laying eggs)
7. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs, Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird, Tucked Superb Lyrebird to draw Common Little Bittern (from tray) using House Finch's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cup Nest: 1 point (tied for 1st w/ 4 eggs)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Eastern Imperial Eagle (from tray, for 4th round end goal) and Black-Billed Magpie (from deck), Royal Spoonbill and European Golden Oriole (both from deck) using Red-Breasted Merganser's power (discarded Black-Billed Magpie), Bushtit from Royal Spoonbill's power
1. Rat from Sacred Kingfisher's power (before turn)
2. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power (before turn)
3. Berry from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power (before turn)
2. Play Bird - Eastern Imperial Eagle in Grasslands (used House Sparrow, Bushtit, and Common Little Bittern for food cost)
1. Nectar from other player's Common Nightingale
2. Fish from Sacred Kingfisher's power
3. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
3. Play Bird - European Goldfinch in Woodlands (for potential tucks between turns)
4. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird, Skipped House Finch's power
1. Fish from Sacred Kingfisher's power
2. Fish from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
3. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
4. Berry from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
5. Play Bird - Snowy Owl in Wetlands (used 2 Berries for 2nd rat, Wildlife Gardener - Birds with Cup nests, Drew Turkey Vulture from tray to tuck)
1. Tucked from duck under European Goldfinch
6. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird, Tucked Turkey Vulture to draw Lazuli Bunting (from deck) using House Finch's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Grasslands: 6 points (1st w/ 8 eggs)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Roseate Spoonbill in Wetlands (for Fishery Manager, Falconer - Birds with a Predator power, other option was Breeding Manager - Birds with at least 4 eggs on them)
1. Tucked from duck under European Goldfinch
2. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird, Tucked Lazuli Bunting to draw Indigo Bunting (from deck) using House Finch's power
1. Nectar from other player's Common Nightingale
2. Worm from Sacred Kingfisher's power
3. Wheat from Eurasian Tree Sparrow's power
4. Berry from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
3. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird, Tucked Indigo Bunting to draw Stellar's Jay (from deck) using House Finch's power
4. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird, Tucked Stellar's Jay to draw Scaled Quail (from deck) using House Finch's power
1. Tucked from duck under European Goldfinch
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs, Berry from Black-Chinned Hummingbird, Tucked Scaled Quail to draw Wild Turkey (from deck) using House Finch's power
1. Tucked from duck under European Goldfinch

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Rat and Fish in Food Cost of Your Birds: 7 points (1st w/ 9 food cost)

Game End: none

Nectar

Woodlands - 0 points (3rd w/ 2)

Grasslands - 0 points (3rd w/ 2)

Wetlands - 0 points (3rd w/ 1)

My Score - 114 (Won)

• Bird Points - 44
• Bonus Cards - 16
• End of Round Goals - 16
• Eggs - 22
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 16
• Nectar - 0