While it is possible to copy Bonelli's power with the Parakeet, the power does specify Rats for the alternative cost and the Parakeet doesn't have any in its cost. So copying the power wouldn't do anything. Without checking the video, I'm assuming I stated that this works?

Looking back over the end of the game, it looks like my opponent gambled for more potential points in an attempt to secure the victory. By laying eggs, they won the round 4 goal and they hit the activation on their Kite. It looks like they were able to squeeze out one more net point by laying eggs. I believe the Kite should trigger its power twice as often as the Eagle so laying eggs at the end makes sense.

Hey! The league was organized by the Wingspan Tournament Discord Server. It's nearly finished now, but new tournaments are held every few weeks!

No, this tournament game is against a human.

Valid point.

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The Dove and Yellowhammer by their very nature are food intensive birds. Gaining a lot of food is kind of part and parcel for using them effectively. I may have "overdrawn" nectar but that's just a consequence of it being available at the time food was being gained, not going out of my way to get nectar when I couldn't use it. At the end of every round I was looking to play a bird and tuck 5 food on the dove. That requires a lot of food. Every piece of food I gained this game was used so it doesn't seem like a waste to me. About action efficiency, there was a moment where I was looking at playing the Black Tern and not the Dove by the end of round 1. I laid the eggs in prep for that but ended up going with the Dove instead. There are always adjustments being made during gameplay, as I'm sure you know, and everything I'm thinking doesn't always make it into the video. Its kind of a balancing act for me providing commentary as well as focusing on the game.

Explain how you'd close the 13 point gap.

@@Wingsplain​​⁠​⁠​⁠ I have watched a lot of your games and a lot of the time, including this one, you are too focused on scoring points early rather than setting up better habitats. You also can be overly focused on a bird/engine and miss a better pivot that comes up in the tray. Your opponent had a wood duck, so it was going to be an uphill battle, but the game could’ve been won.

Thanks for watching as always. You're stating theory and opinions here and that's fine. But trying to criticize me by saying "you should have won but IDK how" doesn't seem very productive to me.

​@@Wingsplain I’ll start at end of R1, since passing on Oriole and BS Kite changes entire game. 2-6 - Should draw cards and take Cockatoo and Diver. Both are good points/food and cockatoo for 2 EoR goals. When your board struggles with eggs, getting the third GL bird is important so you can generate 4 eggs by discarding food, which you have plenty. By the end of Round 2, you could’ve had yellowhammer, Cockatoo in GL, and Diver all down, which likely would’ve won you the EoR 3-2 - Play the eagle here, there are 3 fish in the feeder 3-1 Lays Egg (4) > YH play Mannikin Round 4 - Cards/food/Painted Bunting/Eggs/Eggs > Goldeneye > Ibis with Manikin EoR +12 (net to opponent) / Bonus cards = -3 / Eggs +9 / Birds -2 / Nectar likely unchanged That is only one less gain food actions which is 4-5 less food gained, plus 2 for eagle, plus 1 for end of 1st turn order and 1 for 2nd round bug, plus 1 for less food of Cockatoo vs Owl, less 1 for an egg. That’s 15 points gained from simple changes.

I Probably won't be able to review this in detail until Friday so I will get back to you. Three things that stand out to me right now: 1: Why do you advocate for BS Kite in R1? Its not generally a good card and it doesn't have any type of synergy with the current game state. 2: You state that I "likey would've won" the R2 goal. Did you prove your method or are you guessing? 3: During your calculations, did you account for subtracting the points away from my score for the actions I did take instead of just adding the points for your changes on top of my existing score?

That's been happening to me a lot lately!

Thanks for watching Rex!

My thought exactly. It was a mini conversion engine: "Any Food -> Egg -> Any Food (Nectar)".

I didn't think of that Crow usage at the time. I'll have to remember that for the future. I like the Starling as well but I didn't think I would have enough food laying around to make good use of it. Using food for playing birds is better than giving it to the Starling.

The entry for this tournament is closed but there will always be more tournaments in the future. The first step is to join the Wingspan Tournaments discord here: discord.gg/wingspantournaments

@@Wingsplain - that I did. Still, it seems a bit overwhelming to locate the pending tournaments.

​@@deras4They send out announcements on Discord when a new one begins.

They are organized through the Wingspan Tournaments discord. Check this link: discord.gg/wingspantournaments

@@Frank_Jones314 Yes, anyone can sign up!

Yes.

Right on, good luck in the rest of your matches. I probably wont be able to get more in until Friday. Thanks for watching!

Good call, I didn't see that line.

@@Wingsplain ​ Still enjoyed this video very much. I love how you always creatively play and use the cards other players undervalue and miss.

Man watching you play that spoonbill was gut wrentch. Mistakes can happen though tough to see.

Yeah despite the R3 choke I think I had a great game. Mistletoebird got in there and put in a bit of work which was a nice feeling.

@maudlincake Yeah it's been a while since I made a mistake that bad. Just got to move on and get over it which is easier said than done when you're putting it out there for everyone to see.

This is how it should work, it's a key feature of the Lorikeet's power. The power says discard the nectar to the spent nectar space for your forest. navarog.github.io/wingsearch/card/328

@@Wingsplain Thanks so much. I've been playing it as 'discard one of your spent nectar' so your grasslands spent nectar becomes a resource you can use up.

@@magicmerl7749 I see. Yeah that's incorrect. Once a nectar is spent and on the "spent nectar" space it can't be used for anything else. This isn't just with the Lorikeet, this applies to all nectar. Pages 2 and 3 of the OE rulebook cover nectar rules. Here's a link to Stonemaier's free rulebook: www.dropbox.com/sh/f2tekc23yvb27w3/AAA9VyMC7zA5pSez7Syvs9mGa/Wingspan/Oceania%20Expansion?dl=0&preview=WS_OE_Rulebook_r9.pdf&subfolder_nav_tracking=1

Thanks!

There's a lot of that in my videos. This one might have been lighter on that for your tastes but a lot of that has to do with what they have going on and if it's even worth talking about. I've actually been criticized for focusing on opponents too much. One video in particular I can recommend is Gull Crest Masterclass, where my opponent is the star of the show: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmW4pa2eZap7hM0

I'll also add that tomorrow's video should have more focus on my opponent so be sure to catch it.

@@Wingsplain fair enough, tough balance to strike for sure. I've only caught a few of your videos, thanks for the content :)

Good point, I didn't actually think of that as a food dump. In reality though, I had cards that I wanted to play, so I was never tempted to dig beyond what Wood Duck could provide. If I was getting desperate for a large volume of cards I probably would have pursued that option.

Came here to say the same thing 😊

Good catch.

I briefly considered it at 5:28. I disagree that the Warbler was better than the Petrel for the R1 goal. Thanks to its star nest, Petrel was an immediate net 6 point play that worked toward the round goal, my bonus card, and it delivered 3 nectar to the Wetlands. The Warbler was a net zero-point play that only works toward the round goal. Looking at long term potential, I had a lot of good cards in my hand all game and I would not want to tuck them for the points, as this would only put me at great risk of *reducing* my card quality with each tuck. I would have likely skipped the Warbler's power on several occasions putting it far behind the instant scoring power of the Petrel. The warbler would need to tuck 7 cards before it outscored the Petrel (ignoring bonus cards). I played nearly every card I drew in this game, with the occasional unhelpful card being discarded for critical extra food or eggs. With regard to card drawing potential, two activations of the Petrel Wetlands results in 12 cards seen and 6 cards kept. The previously mentioned 7 tuck Warbler would lose 7 cards to draw 7 cards. To my eyes, all the math supports the Petrel play.

I dont think the warbler can be used for the EOR at that point at all, it's too late

Yep! Don't miss the other games I've recently posted.

Thanks. Welcome to the channel.

Its kind of a gamble to keep a card like that when you don't know what your opponent is going to attempt. Especially when there isn't even any bonus card or round goal synergy.

And thanks for being subbed for 9 months!

Both of us had a strong incentive to develop into the Grasslands which solves our individual egg problems. Leveraging the Astrapia means you are helping your opponent lay eggs as well which can be a pretty dangerous prospect in this meta. Usually, I want my opponent to have birds like Astrapia because it puts the burden of sharing resources on them. I'll keep you and the Astrapia in mind the next time I see it.

I'll also add a reminder that we are playing with the Tournament Discord's house rules that Power 4 can't be played until round 2. I likely would have had a higher score if I had played the Raven right away.