I'm a single undead gal trying to make it in the big city. I have to start somewhere and they're evil here. They don't judge. They've got necro-tempered glass. No burning up. A great medical plan, and who needs dental more than us?

Harmony ,'Conviction (1)'


Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue

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NoiseDesign - Jul 23, 2020 8:30:17 am PDT #25580 of 26133
Our wings are not tired

I like watching the videos on new games to get a good sense of how gameplay is supposed to work. I've been playing some games with friends over on Board Game Arena and it's been really helpful on games I don't know.


chrismg - Jul 24, 2020 5:30:29 am PDT #25581 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

Cool, thanks guys!

I'm going to have to keep reminding myself we don't have to worry about someone revealing as a Cylon.....


Gudanov - Jul 24, 2020 5:39:17 am PDT #25582 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping

I'll set up the game. I'm thinking billytea & Ryan going first, me second, and you third so you'll get to see a couple turns before going.


Gudanov - Jul 24, 2020 6:24:34 am PDT #25583 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping

PANDEMIC - billytea & Ryan

[link]

Here is starting board. Things are looking a little scary in Asia. As the Researcher I might suggest that the Medic use an action to get my Beijing Card to start accumulating Red.


Gudanov - Jul 24, 2020 7:15:01 am PDT #25584 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping

PANDEMIC

It's not obvious from the image, but San Francisco is connected to Tokyo and Manila, and Los Angeles is connected to Sydney.

(I like the idea of a Los Angeles to Sydney ferry service)


chrismg - Jul 24, 2020 7:33:11 am PDT #25585 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

PANDEMIC

So, if I understand this correctly, if Bangkok gets one more red cube, Hong Kong & Jakarta & HCM City all get a red cube and Chennai and Kolkata get a black cube each?


Gudanov - Jul 24, 2020 7:37:37 am PDT #25586 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping

PANDEMIC

Close. Chennai and Kolkata will get red cubes, not black cubes. And, fortunately, the three cube limit only applies to cubes of the same color.


chrismg - Jul 24, 2020 8:00:29 am PDT #25587 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

PANDEMIC

It looks like we're well-placed to slam the door on yellow early. If Medic and CP head south, we can trade one card on each of our turns and clear out the existing infection at the same time.


Gudanov - Jul 24, 2020 8:18:04 am PDT #25588 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping

PANDEMIC

[link]

That's a really good point. With the CP having Bogota and San Paulo and those cities right next to each other, it would be pretty easy to get them to the Medic. That's better than my idea of transferring Beijing to the Medic which will fill up the Medic's card limit too fast if we are going after yellow. It he CP and Medic head south to do that, then I could burn my Tehran card and fly there to start putting out that fire.


chrismg - Jul 24, 2020 9:30:11 am PDT #25589 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

OK, how does this sound for round 1?

Dammit, disregard, I got my cards mixed up

Hang on.