Wingspan Online Daily Game Commentary - May 8, 2024

My Score - 100 (Won)

• Bird Points - 50
• Bonus Cards - 8
• End of Round Goals - 11
• Eggs - 16
• Food on Cards - 1
• Tucked Cards - 9
• Nectar - 5

Starting Birds, Food, and Bonus

Birds

• Eurasian Golden Oriole - for potential between turns food
• Little Pied Cormorant - for game end power and Wetlands bird to get far enough to draw more birds

Food

• Nectar - for Little Pied Cormorant
• Berry, Worm, and Wheat - for Eurasian Golden Oriole

Bonus Card: Prairie Manager - Birds that can only live in Grasslands

Round 1

1. Play Bird - Eurasian Golden Oriole in Woodlands (for potential between turns food)
2. Gain Food - 2 Nectar (for Little Pied Cormorant)
1. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
3. Play Bird - Little Pied Cormorant in Wetlands (to get far enough in Wetlands to draw 2 birds and for game end power)
1. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
4. Draw Birds - Black-Crowned Night-Heron and Anhinga (both from tray, for Little Pied Cormorant's game end power)
5. Gain Food - Fish and Nectar (for Black-Crowned Night-Heron)
1. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
6. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs (discarded Worm for 2nd egg)
7. Play Bird - Black-Crowned Night-Heron in Wetlands (for food while drawing birds and Little Pied Cormorant's game end power)
8. Draw Birds - Eurasian Collared-Dove (from tray, for Prairie Manager) and Barn Swallow (from deck), Discarded Egg for Wheat using Black-Crowned Night-Heron's power

Round End: none

Round End Goal - Food Cost of Played Birds: 4 points (tied for 1st w/ 8 food cost) 

Round 2

1. Gain Food - Fish and Nectar (for Eurasian Collared-Dove and Anhinga)
1. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
2. Play Bird - Eurasian Collared-Dove in Grasslands (for Prairie Manager and another egg from Little Pied Cormorant's game end power)
1. Berry from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
3. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
1. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
4. Play Bird - Barn Swallow in Wetlands (for round end goal, tucks while drawing birds, and another egg from Little Pied Cormorant's game end power)
1. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
5. Draw Birds - Crested Pigeon (from tray, for Prairie Manager) and Juniper Titmouse (from tray to tuck), Tucked Juniper Titmouse and drew Rufous Owl (from deck) using Barn Swallow's power, Discarded Egg for Wheat using Black-Crowned Night-Heron's power
6. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
7. Draw Birds - Magpie-Lark (from tray, for Prairie Manager) and Great Crested Grebe (from tray to tuck), Tucked Great Crested Grebe and drew Common Blackbird(from deck) using Barn Swallow's power, Discarded Egg for Rat using Black-Crowned Night-Heron's power

Round End: Discarded Berry and 2 Worms to tuck 3 under Eurasian Collared-Dove

Round End Goal - Worms in Food Cost of Your Birds: 2 point (2nd w/ 4 food cost)

Round 3

1. Draw Birds - Mountain Bluebird (from tray, for Prairie Manager) and  Black Swan (from deck), Tucked Common Blackbird and drew Black Redstart (from deck) using Barn Swallow's power, Discarded Egg for Nectar using Black-Crowned Night-Heron's power
2. Lay Eggs - 2 eggs
3. Play Bird - Black Redstart in Grasslands (for Prairie Manager and round end power)
4. Gain Food - Fish and Wheat (for Black Swan)
1. Worm from other player's Eastern Phoebe's power
5. Lay Eggs -  3 eggs (discarded Crested Pigeon for 3rd egg)
6. Play Bird - Black Swan in Wetlands (for another egg from Black Redstart's round end power and game end power)

Round End: Skipped Eurasian Collared-Dove's power, 4 eggs in Wetlands using Black Redstart's power

Round End Goal - Eggs in Cluster Nest: 2 points (3rd w/ 4 eggs)

Round 4

1. Gain Food - 2 Nectar (for Mountain Bluebird)
1. Worm from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power (before turn)
2. Berry from Eurasian Golden Oriole's power
2. Play Bird - Anhinga in Wetlands (for another egg from Little Pied Cormorant and Black Swan's game end powers)
3. Draw Birds - House Sparrow, White-Crowned Sparrow, Griffon Vulture, and Scaled Quail, Anhinga's power successful w/ 1 die (Fish cached), Tucked Scaled Quail and drew Red-Headed Woodpecker (from deck) using Barn Swallow's power, Discarded Egg for Wheat using Black-Crowned Night-Heron's power
4. Play Bird - Mountain Bluebird and Magpie-Lark in Grasslands (for Prairie Manager and game end power)
5. Lay Eggs - 4 eggs (Discarded Griffon Vulture for 4th egg, 1 in Grasslands for Magpie-Lark game end power and 3 in Wetlands for round end goal)

Round End: Discarded 2 Worms to tuck 2 under Eurasian Collared-Dove, 4 eggs in Grasslands using Black Redstart's power

Round End Goal - Eggs in Wetlands: 3 points (3rd w/ 3 eggs)

Game End: 7 Eggs from Little Pied Cormorant's power, 3 Eggs from Black Swan's power, Played House Sparrow in Grasslands using Magpie-Lark's power

Nectar

Woodlands - 0 points (0)

Grasslands - 2 points (2nd w/ 4)

Wetlands - 3 points (tied for 1st w/ 4)