Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - May 4, 2024

My Score - 104 (Won)

• Bird Points - 42
• Bonus Cards - 11
• End of Round Goals - 12
• Eggs - 21
• Food on Cards - 8
• Tucked Cards - 5
• Nectar - 5

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Turkey Vulture - Woodlands bird and for potential between turns food
• Malleefowl - for Grasslands Data Analyst and game end power
• Audouin's Gull - Wetlands bird and for Malleefowl's game end power

Food

• Nectar, Worm, and Wheat (for Bluethroat, which I plan to draw first turn)

Bonus Card: Grassland Data Analyst - Consecutive birds in Grasslands with ascending or descending wingspans

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Bluethroat (from tray, for Grasslands Data Analyst and food while laying eggs)
2. Play Bird - Turkey Vulture in Woodlands (for potential between turns food)
3. Play Bird - Bluethroat in Grasslands (for Grasslands Data Analyst and food while laying eggs)
4. Gain Food - Fish and Wheat from bird feeder (for Audouin's Gull)
5. Play Bird - Audouin's Gull in Wetlands (for more birds and game end egg from Malleefowl)
6. Draw Birds -  Eastern Bluebird (from tray, for Grasslands Data Analyst) and American Robin (from deck), Kept Common Loon and tucked Long-Tailed Tit using Audouin's Gull's power
1. Nectar from Turkey Vulture's power
7. Lay eggs - 2 eggs, Worm from Bluethroat's power
8. Play Bird - American Robin in Woodlands (for round end goal and tucks while gaining food)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Worms in Food Cost of Your Birds: 1 points (2nd w/ 2 food cost) 

Round 2

1. Lay eggs - 2 eggs, Nectar from Bluethroat's power
2. Draw Birds -  Australian Magpie (from tray, for Grasslands Data Analyst) and Black Tern (from deck), Kept Greater Flamingo and tucked Golden-Headed Cisticola using Audouin's Gull's power
3. Lay eggs - 2 eggs, Nectar from Bluethroat's power
4. Play Bird - Black Tern in Wetlands (for round end goal and game end egg from Malleefowl)
5. Lay eggs - 2 eggs, Nectar from Bluethroat's power
6. Lay eggs - 2 eggs, Nectar from Bluethroat's power
7. Play Bird - Eastern Bluebird and Malleefowl in Grasslands (for Grasslands Data Analyst and game end power)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cup Nest: 1 point (tied for 2nd w/ 6 eggs)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds -  Black Swan and Black Woodpecker (both from deck), Little Owl (from tray, for Grasslands Data Analyst) from Black Tern's power, Kept Ferruginous Hawk and tucked Princess Stephanie's Astrapia using Audouin's Gull's power, Discarded Little Owl
2. Gain Food - Fish and 2 Nectar from bird feeder (discarded Black Woodpecker for 3rd food, for Western Meadowlark and Common Loon or Black Swan), Tucked Ferruginous Hawk to draw Western Meadowlark (from tray, for Grasslands Data Analyst and more eggs) using American Robin's power
1. Wheat from Turkey Vulture's power
3. Play Bird - Western Meadowlark in Grasslands (for Grasslands Data Analyst and more egg)
4. Lay eggs - 3 eggs, 2 eggs from Western Meadowlark's power, Rat from Bluethroat's power
5. Lay eggs - 3 eggs, 2 eggs from Western Meadowlark's power, Rat from Bluethroat's power
1. Nectar from Turkey Vulture's power
6. Play Bird - Australian Magpie in Grasslands (for Grasslands Data Analyst and game end power)
1. Worm from Turkey Vulture's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cluster Nest: 4 points (tied for 2nd w/ 11 eggs)

Round 4

1. Play Bird - Common Loon in Wetlands (for another egg from Malleefowl's game end power)
1. Nectar from Turkey Vulture's power
2. Gain Food - Worm and Nectar from bird feeder (Black Swan), Tucked Greater Flamingo to draw Western Meadowlark (from tray, to maybe play for another bonus card) using American Robin's power
3. Play Bird - Black Swan in Wetlands (for game end power and another egg from Malleefowl's game end power)
1. Nectar from Turkey Vulture's power
4. Play Bird - Bell's Vireo in Woodlands (Large Bird Specialist - Birds with wingspans over 65cm, other option was Platform Builder - Birds with Builder nests)
1. Worm from Turkey Vulture's power
5. Lay eggs - 4 eggs, 2 eggs from Western Meadowlark's power, Skipped Bluethroat's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Food Cost of Played Birds: 4 points (2nd w/ 23 food)

Game End: Discarded 4 eggs to cache 8 Wheat on Australian Magpie, 4 eggs from Black Swan's power, 7 eggs from Malleefowl's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 0 points (3rd w/ 2)

Grasslands - 8 points (1st w/ 8)

Wetlands - 0 points (3rd w/ 2)