Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - May 19, 2024

My Score - 96 (Lost)

• Bird Points - 56
• Bonus Cards - 12
• End of Round Goals - 16
• Eggs - 1
• Food on Cards - 1
• Tucked Cards - 6
• Nectar - 4

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Cassin's Finch  - for another bonus card
• Yellow-Bellied Blackbird - for Wetland Scientist and eggs while drawing birds
• Eurasian Collared-Dove - Grasslands bird and discard excess food to tuck
• Parrot Crossbill - for more food

Food

• Nectar and Wheat - for Parrot Crossbill

Bonus Card: Wetland Scientist - Birds that can only live  in Wetlands

Round 1

1. Gain Food - Nectar from bird feeder (for Parrot Crossbill)
1. Wheat from other player's Eastern Whipbird
2. Play Bird - Parrot Crossbill in Woodlands (for more food)
3. Gain Food - Worm and Fish from bird feeder (for Yellow-Headed Blackbird), Wheat from Parrot Crossbill's power
4. Play Bird - Yellow-Headed Blackbird in Wetlands (for Wetland Scientist and eggs while drawing birds)
5. Draw Birds - Anhinga (from tray, for Wetland Scientist) and White-Throated Swift (from tray to tuck), Tucked White-Throated Swift to lay egg on Yellow-Headed Blackbird
6. Gain Food - Worm and Fish from bird feeder (for Anhinga), Wheat from Parrot Crossbill's power
7. Play Bird - Eurasian Collared-Dove in Grasslands (for round end goal and power)
8. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (in Woodlands and Grasslands for round end goal)

Round End: Discarded Worm to tuck 1 under Eurasian Collared-Dove

Round End Goal - Sets of Eggs in All Habitats: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 1 set) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Chesnut-Collared Longspur (from tray, for another bonus card) and Mistletoebird (from tray to tuck), Tucked Mistletoebird to lay egg on Yellow-Headed Blackbird
2. Play Bird - Anhinga in Wetlands (for Wetland Scientist and round end goal)
3. Draw Birds - Common Littler Bittern (from tray, for Wetland Scientist) and Dunnock (from tray to tuck), Anhinga's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die, Tucked Dunnock to lay egg on Yellow-Headed Blackbird
4. Gain Food - Worm and Fish from bird feeder (for Chestnut-Collared Longspur and Common Little Bittern), Wheat from Parrot Crossbill's power
5. Gain Food - Nectar and Rat from bird feeder (for Chestnut-Collared Longspur), Wheat from Parrot Crossbill's power
1. Wheat from other player's Eastern Whipbird
6. Play Bird - Chestnut-Collared Longspur in Grasslands (for round end goal, Kept Site Selection Expert, Discarded Citizen Scientist)
7. Play Bird - Common Little Bittern in Wetlands (for Wetland Data Scientist)

Round End: Discarded Rat to tuck 1 under Eurasian Collared-Dove

Round End Goal - Birds Worth more than 4 points: 5 point (1st w/ 4 birds)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Black-Throated Diver (from tray, for Wetland Scientist), European Goldfinch (discarded egg to draw from  deck), and Brolga (from tray, for Wetland Scientist), No bird for Common Little Bittern's power, Anhinga's power unsuccessful w/ 1 die, Skipped Yellow-Headed Blackbird's power
2. Draw Birds - Red Crossbill (from tray, for more food) and Black-Throated Diver (from tray to tuck), Sandhill Crane from Common Little Bittern's power, Anhinga's power successful w/ 4 dice (Fish cached), Tucked Black-Throated Diver  to lay egg on Yellow-Headed Blackbird's
3. Gain Food - Worm and Wheat from bird feeder (for Brolga), Wheat from Parrot Crossbill's power
4. Play Bird - Red Crossbill in Woodlands (for more food)
5. Gain Food - 2 Nectar and Worm from bird feeder (discarded European Goldfinch for 3rd food, for Cassin's Finch and Brolga), Wheat from Red Crossbill's power, Wheat from Parrot Crossbill's power
1. Egg from other player's Western Meadowlark
6. Play Bird - Cassin's Finch in Woodland (Kept Omnivore Expert, Discarded Grassland Data Analyst)

Round End: Skipped Eurasian Collared-Dove's power

Round End Goal - Birds worth 3 or fewer points: 2 points (tied for 2nd w/ 1 bird)

Round 4

1. Gain Food - Nectar and Rat from bird feeder (for Sandhill Crane), Wheat from Red Crossbill's power, Wheat from Parrot Crossbill's power
1. Egg from other player's Western Meadowlark
2. Play Bird - Sandhill Crane in Grasslands (for Omnivore Expert)
1. Egg from other player's Western Meadowlark
3. Play Bird - Greylag Goose in Wetlands
1. Egg from other player's Western Meadowlark
4. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs, Skipped Sandhill Crane's power
5. Play Bird - Brolga in Wetlands (for Wetland Scientist and Omnivore Expert)

Round End: No food for Eurasian Collared-Dove's power

Round End Goal - Food Cost of Played Birds: 7 points (1st w/ 27 food cost)

Game End: none

Nectar

Woodlands - 0 points (3rd w/ 3)

Grasslands - 2 points (2nd w/ 2)

Wetlands - 2 points (2nd w/ 1)