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.
All right, no one's killing folk today, on account of our very tight schedule.
Mal ,'Trash'
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Gudanov - Jul 24, 2020 5:39:17 am PDT #25582 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
Gudanov - Jul 24, 2020 6:24:34 am PDT #25583 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC - billytea & Ryan
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
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.
chrismg - Jul 24, 2020 9:40:16 am PDT #25590 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
OK, how about this:
MEDIC: Move Miami
Move Mexico City
Treat Mexico City
Move Bogota
RESEARCHER: Move Tehran
Treat TehranX3
CP: Move Chicago
Treat Chicago
Move Mexico City
Move Bogota
Then next turn the Medic can grab my card, treat Bogota and clear it, then move to Sao Paolo which is the other card I need to pass.
This would all be contingent on what cards come up during our turns, of course.
Gud, bt, plz R&R!
Gudanov - Jul 24, 2020 10:20:27 am PDT #25591 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC
I might suggest a couple of tweaks.
Chicago isn't too bad, so maybe CP move to Miami (1), move to Bogota (2), exchange Bogota card (3), move to San Paulo and be ready for the Medic there.
I think maybe I should just treat once in Tehran to get it off the brink, and then move to Mumbai so on my next turn I can knock off one cube there and one cube in Bangkok. Of course, everything could change by that time :)