Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - May 5, 2024

My Score - 84 (Lost)

• Bird Points - 41
• Bonus Cards - 14
• End of Round Goals - 9
• Eggs - 4
• Food on Cards - 0
• Tucked Cards - 11
• Nectar - 5

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Laughing Kookaburra - for food while drawing birds
• Common Chiffchaff - low food cost for Woodlands or Wetlands

Food

• Nectar, Berry, and Worm - for Black Woodpecker if I can draw first turn
• Rat - for Laughing Kookaburra

Bonus Card: Large Bird Specialist - Bird with wingspans over 65 cm

Round 1

1. Draw Birds - Black Woodpecker (from tray, for Large Bird Specialist)
2. Play Bird - Laughing Kookaburra in Wetlands (for food while drawing birds)
3. Draw Birds - Great Heron (from deck) and Double Breasted Cormorant (from tray, for Large Bird Specialist), Fish from Laughing Kookaburra's power
4. Draw Birds - Red-Legged Partridge (from deck) and Greater Prairie-Chicken (from tray, for Large Bird Specialist and another bonus card), Fish from Laughing Kookaburra's power
5. Play Bird - Black Woodpecker in Woodlands (for Large Bird Specialist and more food)
6. Draw Birds - Spotted Sandpiper (from deck) and Turkey Vulture (from tray, for Large Bird Specialist and potential between turns food), Worm from Laughing Kookaburra's power
7. Play Bird - Turkey Vulture in Grasslands (for Large Bird Specialist and potential between turns food)
8. Gain Food - 2 Wheat from bird feeder (for Greater Prairie-Chicken), Worm from Black Woodpecker's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Birds with No Egg: 2 points (tied for 1st w/ 3 birds) 

Round 2

1. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
2. Play Bird - Greater Prairie-Chicken in Grasslands (for Large Bird Specialist, Forester - Birds that can only live in Woodlands, other option was Diet Specialist - Birds with a 3 food cost)
   
1. Nectar from Turkey Vulture's power
3. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Red-Legged Partridge for 3rd egg)
1. Fish from Turkey Vulture's power
4. Play Bird - Great Heron and Double-Crested Cormorant in Wetlands (for Large Bird Specialist)
5. Draw Birds - Red-Shouldered Hawk (from deck) and Painted Whitestart (from tray, for Forester), Discarded Fish to tuck 2 under Double-Crested Cormorant, Rat from Laughing Kookaburra's power
6. Draw Birds - Audouin's Gull (from deck) and Blue Tray (from tray, for Forester), No Fish for Double-Crested Cormorant's power, Worm from Laughing Kookaburra's power
7. Play Bird - Red-Shouldered Hawk in Woodlands (for Forester and Large Bird Specialist)

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cup Nest: 0 points (0 eggs)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Ruff (from deck) and Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (from tray, for Forester), No Fish for Double-Crested Cormorant's power, Rat from Laughing Kookaburra's power
1. Wheat from other player's Red Crossbill (before turn)
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar from bird feeder (for Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo), Red-Shouldered Hawk's power unsuccessful (Rufous Night-Heron), Worm from Black Woodpecker's power
3. Play Bird - Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo in Woodlands (for Forester)
1. Worm from Turkey Vulture's power
4. Lay Eggs - 3 eggs (discarded Rat for 3rd egg, in Grasslands for round end goal)
5. Play Bird - Ruff in Grasslands (for round end power)
6. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Worm and Wheat for 3rd and 4th eggs, in Grasslands for round end goal)

Round End: Tucked Audouin's Gull, Painted Whitestart, and Common Chiffchaff to draw Tufted Titmouse, Eurasian Nuthatch, and Cockatiel using Ruff's power

Round End Goal - Eggs in Grasslands: 3 points (2nd w/ 6 eggs)

Round 4

1. Gain Food - Nectar, Fish, and Rat from bird feeder (Discarded Cockatiel for 3rd food, for Tufted Titmouse and Blue Jay), Tucked Eurasian Nuthatch for Nectar using Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo's power, Red-Shouldered Hawk's power unsuccessful (Common Buzzard), Worm from Black Woodpecker's power
1. Nectar from Turkey Vulture's power
2. Play Bird - Spotted Sandpiper in Wetlands (for more birds for Ruff's round end power)
3. Draw Birds - Royal Spoonbill (from deck), Rainbow Lorikeet (from deck), and European Honey Buzzard (from tray, for Forester), Bald Eagle from Spotted Sandpiper's power, Discarded Fish to tuck 2 under Double-Crested Cormorant, Worm from Laughing Kookaburra's power
4. Play Bird - Tufted Titmouse and European Honey Buzzard in Woodlands (for Forester)
1. Wheat from other player's Gallah
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (discarded Wheat and Bald Eagle for 3rd and 4th eggs)

Round End: Tucked 3 to draw 3 using Ruff's power, 3 Worms from European Honey Buzzard's power

Round End Goal - Birds in One Row: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 5 birds)

Game End: none

Nectar

Woodlands - 5 points (1st w/ 6)

Grasslands - 0 points (0)

Wetlands - 0 points (3rd w/ 1)