Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - April 3, 2024

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Budgerigar - for first round end goal
• Spotted Towhee - for food and to discard for Southern Cassowary (plan to draw first turn)

Food

• Nectar - to discard for 2nd bird on first turn
• Berry, Wheat, and Rat - for Pesquet's Parrot (plan to draw first turn)

Bonus Card: Rodentologist - Birds that eat Rats

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Southern Cassowary (from tray, for 2nd round end goal) and Pesquet's Parrot (for potential Nectar and 1st round end goal
2. Play Bird - Pesquet's Parrot (used Wheat and Rat for Nectar, for round end goal and more food)
3. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Spotted Towhee and Budgerigar), No Nectar for Pesquet's Parrot's power
4. Play Bird - Budgerigar in Grasslands (for round end goal and to get far enough in Grassland for 2 eggs)
5. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Tucked Wilson's Storm Petrel from tray under Budgerigar
6. Play Bird - Spotted Towhee in Grasslands (for Wheat and to discard for Southern Cassowary)
7. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (on Hollow nests for round end goal), Tucked Bullfinch from tray under Budgerigar
1. Nectar from other player's Silvereye
8. Draw Birds - Abbott's Booby (from deck) and Magpie Lark (from tray for game end power, discarded Nectar for 2nd bird)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Hollow Nest Bird w/ Egg: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 2 birds) 

Round 2

1. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Abbott's Booby), Wheat from Spotted Towhee's power, No Nectar for Pesquet's Parrot's power
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Southern Casowary), Wheat from Spotted Towhee's power, Nectar from Pesquet's Parrot's power
1. Nectar from other player's Silvereye
3. Play Bird - Abbott's Booby in Wetlands (Kept Rodentologist and Ecologist, discarded Nest Box Builder and Diet Specialist)
4. Draw Birds - Stubble Quail (from tray for round end goal and eggs) and Double-Crested Cormorant (from deck)
5. Gain Food - Rat and Nectar from bird feeder (for Stubble Quail), Wheat from Spotted Towhee's power, No Nectar from Pesquet's Parrot's power
6. Play Bird - Southern Cassowary in Woodlands (discarded Spotted Towhee, Gained 4 eggs and 2 Berries)
1. Nectar from other player's Silvereye
7. Play Bird - Stubble Quail in Grasslands (discarded 2 Nectar, 2 Berries, and 2 Wheat for 6 eggs)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - White & No Powers 3 point (tied for 1st w/ 3 birds)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Eurasian Golden Oriole (from tray, for between turns food) and Princess Stephanie's Astrapia (for eggs while gaining food)
2. Draw Birds - Painted Bunting (from tray, for another bonus card) and Greater Flamingo (from tray, Wetlands bird for Ecologist)
3. Gain Food - Fish and Worm from bird feeder (for Eurasian Golden Oriole and Double-Breasted Cormorant), Nectar from Pesquet's Parrot's power
4. Play Bird - Eurasian Golden Oriole in Woodlands (for potential between turns food)
1. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
5. Gain Food - Fish and Wheat from bird feeder (for Painted Bunting and Double-Breasted Cormorant), Nectar from Pesquet's Parrot's power
6. Play Bird - Princess Stephanie's Astrapia in Woodlands (for eggs while gaining food and to get far enough in Woodlands for 3 food)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - No Goal

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Double-Breasted Cormorant in Wetlands (for Ecologist)
1. Nectar from other player's Silvereye
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar, Worm, and Fish from bird feeder (discarded Greater Flamingo for 4th food, for Magpie-Lark, Painted Bunting, and maybe Whooping Crane from tray), Egg from Princess Stephanie's Astrapia, Nectar from Pesquet's Parrot's power
1. Nectar from other player's Silvereye
3. Play Bird - Magpie-Lark in Grasslands (Whooping Crane was gone from tray kind of expectedly)
1. Nectar from other player's Silvereye
4. Draw Birds - Common Loon, Hooded Merganser, and Rufous Night-Heron (all from deck, discarded Nectar for 3rd bird)
5. Play Bird - Common Loon in Wetlands (for Ecologist and to use Nectar)
1. Nectar from other player's Silvereye
6. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded 2 Nectar for 2 eggs, on Builder nests for round end goal), Tucked New Holland Honeyeater from tray under Budgerigar

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Builder Nest: 3 points (tied for 2nd w/ 5 eggs)

Game End: Played Painted Bunting in Grasslands using Magpie-Lark's power (Prairie Manager - Birds that can only live in Grasslands, discarded Breeding Manager - Birds with at least 4 eggs on them)

Nectar

Woodlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 5)

Grasslands - 5 points (1st w/ 6)

Wetlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 7)

Game End - Lost

Final Score - 85

• Bird Points - 45
• Bonus Cards - 9
• End of Round Goals - 8
• Eggs - 9
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 5
• Nectar - 9