Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - May 12, 2024

My Score - 113 (Won)

• Bird Points - 48
• Bonus Cards - 15
• End of Round Goals - 16
• Eggs - 19
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 5
• Nectar - 11

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• White-Faced Ibis - high points, for 1st round end goal
• Chipping Sparrow - for eggs while gaining food
• Common Nightingale - for more food
• Orange-Footed Scrubfowl - for game end power

Food

• Nectar - for Chipping Sparrow
• Fish - for White-Faced Ibis

Bonus Card: Viticulturalist - Birds that eat Berries (plan to get North Island Kiwi and probably end up discarding)

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - North Island Brown Kiwi (for another bonus card and round end goal)
2. Play Bird - Chipping Sparrow in Woodlands (for egg while gaining food)
3. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Common Nightingale and White-Faced Ibis), Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
4. Play Bird - Common Nightingale in Woodlands (for more food)
5. Gain Food - Rat and Nectar from bird feeder (for North Island Brown Kiwi), Nectar from Common Nightingale's power, Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
6. Play Bird - North Island Brown Kiwi in Grasslands (for round end goal, discarded Viticulturalist, Kept Mechanical Engineer and Falconer, Discarded Bird Feeder and Wetland Scientist)
7. Gain Food - Fish and Nectar from bird feeder (for White-Faced Ibis), Nectar from Common Nightingale's power, Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
8. Play Bird - White-Faced Ibis in Wetlands (for Falconer, Mechanical Engineer, and round end goal)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds Worth 4 or more points: 4 points (1st w/ 2 birds) 

Round 2

1. Draw Birds - Willet (from tray, for Falconer and Mechanical Engineer) and Superb Lyrebird (from tray, for Mechanical Engineer), White-Faced Ibis' power successful w/ 3 dice (Fish cached)
2. Gain Food - Fish and Nectar from bird feeder (for Superb Lyrebird), Nectar from Common Nightingale's power, Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
3. Play Bird - Superb Lyrebird in Woodlands (for Mechanical Engineer and round end goal)
4. Play Bird - Orange-Footed Scrubfowl in Woodlands (for Mechanical Engineer and game end power)
5. Gain Food - Worm and 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Willet and another card), Skipped Superb Lyrebird's power (could only convert Worm to Nectar, which I did not have use for this round), Rat from Common Nightingale's power, Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
6. Play Bird - Willet in Wetlands (for Falconer and another egg from Orange-Footed Scrubfowl's game end power)
7. Draw Birds - Canvasback, Rainbow Lorikeet, and Killdeer (discarded Nectar for 3rd bird, all bird from deck), White-Faced Ibis' power unsuccessful w/ 4 dice, Willet's power successful w/ 4 dice (Fish cached)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Food Cost of Played Birds: 1 point (tied for 2nd w/ 13 food cost)

Round 3

1. Gain Food - 3 Nectar from bird feeder (for Killdeer), Discarded Worm for Nectar copying Rufous-Banded Honeyeater using Superb Lyrebird's power, Nectar from Common Nightingale's power, Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
2. Play Bird - Killdeer in Grasslands (for round end goal, another egg from Orange-Footed Scrubfowl's game end power, and birds while laying eggs)
3. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Rainbow Lorikeet for 3rd egg), Discarded egg to draw Bronzed Cowbird and Stubble Quail using Killdeer's power
4. Play Bird - Bronzed Cowbird in Grasslands (for potential between turns eggs and round end goal)
5. Gain Food - Worm and 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Stubble Quail), Discarded Worm for Nectar copying Rufous-Banded Honeyeater using Superb Lyrebird's power, Nectar from Common Nightingale's power, Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
6. Play Bird - Stubble Quail in Grasslands (for round end goal and another egg from Orange-Footed Scrubfowl's game end power, Discarded 5 Nectar and Fish for 6 eggs)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds in Grasslands: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 4 birds)

Round 4

1. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Rat for 3rd egg, in Woodlands for round end goal), Discarded egg to draw Cerulean Warbler (from tray, for another bonus card) and Common Starling (from tray, for Mechanical Engineer and round end power) using Killdeer's power
2. Gain Food - 2 Worms and Nectar from bird feeder (for Cerulean Warbler and Common Starling), Discarded Worm for Nectar copying Rufous-Banded Honeyeater using Superb Lyrebird's power, Nectar from Common Nightingale's power, Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
1. Egg from other player's Noisy Miner
2. Egg from Bronzed Cowbird's power
3. Play Bird - Cerulean Warbler in Woodlands (Kept Passerine Specialist, Discarded Prairie Manager)
4. Play Bird - Common Starling in Wetlands (for Mechanical Engineer and game end power)
1. Egg from other player's Noisy Miner
2. Egg from Bronzed Cowbird's power
5. Gain Food - 3 Worms and Nectar from bird feeder (for Common Starling), Discarded Worm for Nectar copying Rufous-Banded Honeyeater using Superb Lyrebird's power, Nectar from Common Nightingale's power, Egg from Chipping Sparrow's power
1. Egg from Bronzed Cowbird's power

Round End: Discarded 3 Nectar and 2 Worms to tuck 5 under Common Starling

Round End Goal - Eggs in Woodlands: 7 points (1st w/ 11 eggs)

Game End: 6 Eggs from Orange-Footed Scrubfowl's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 1 points (tied for 2nd w/ 7)

Grasslands - 5 points (1st w/ 12)

Wetlands - 5 points (1st w/ 8)