PANDEMIC

MMMph. If Medic had gotten a 3rd Yellow I'd definitely say go for it. As it is, I'm still inclined to stick to the plan, to keep Yellow from getting out of control while we put out fires in Asia.

You guys have played more of this than me, what do you think?

PANDEMIC

Istanbul, Mumbai, and/or Bangank are pretty likely to outbreak soon. Osaka is safe for the moment unless another epidemic comes up right away which isn't very likely.

If you burn your Mumbai card, we could defuse Mumbai. And if Istanbul doesn't outbreak after your turn, then Medic Gestalt could burn his Madrid card and treat Istanbul.

OTOH, we aren't set up for any chain reactions and Medic Gestalt could get to Algiers by the end of his turn while still picking up your two yellow cards. That will set us up to get the first cure pretty soon. Also we won't have burned two black cards super early in the game.

I'm also inclined to stick to the plan. Things might get kinda hairy in Asia, but we can get positioned to put out the fire pretty quickly.

Let's just hope they don't decide to reopen the bars in any of those cities.

PANDEMIC

I think we stick to the plan too. We might get a hit in the short term, but ultimately we need cures to end the game.

PANDEMIC

All right then. My actions are:

Move to Miami

Move to Bogota

Pass Bogota card to Medic

Move to Sao Paulo

bt, depending on the consequences of this, you might consider treating in Bogota before you move.

Hit it, Gud.

PANDEMIC

Okay. Our Medic now has 3 yellow cards and you are in San Paulo. You drew St. Petersburg(Blue) and Kinshasa(Yellow).

So then, Istanbul and Tehran had infections and Asia is getting overrun by Zombies. Istanbul was an outbreak, and now Tehran is on the brink.

So here's the situation...

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PANDEMIC

Bingo! Medic, grab the card from me and head to Kinshasa. We should be able to have our first cure on your next turn.

PANDEMIC

Afffrica is clean we shall move to Afffrica we shall ssztudy its sssecretzzz

Move to Sao Paolo
Abzzzorb Sao Paolo into the Gestalt
Double move to Kinshasa

PANDEMIC

It has been done. Medic Gestalt has nine cards now, so you'll need to discard two.

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PANDEMIC

The Gestalt says, we'll always have Paris. Only not really because we discard it. And Madrid. I figure with two red cards in the hands of the astonishingly muggable Researcher, I should think about the red cure after having done with Yellow.

PANDEMIC

The Medic Gestalt has discarded Paris and Madrid. After that infections spread in Lima and Mexico City.

Things are looking like this now:

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