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chrismg - Aug 04, 2020 1:53:09 pm PDT #25639 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

PANDEMIC

All right then. I will:

Double Move to Madrid

Double Cure Madrid.

I support having Contingency Orders for event cards.


Gudanov - Aug 04, 2020 2:12:21 pm PDT #25640 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping

PANDEMIC

After moving and curing, you have drawn Moscow(Black) and Kolkata(Black). You'll need to discard one card before the infecting takes place.

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chrismg - Aug 05, 2020 5:39:40 am PDT #25641 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

PANDEMIC

I believe we're unlikely to need Johannesburg so I'll go ahead and dump them.


chrismg - Aug 05, 2020 5:42:09 am PDT #25642 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

PANDEMIC

Oh, and if you jump to Milan and we converge on St Petersburg, I think a Black cure may be closer than we anticipated.


Gudanov - Aug 05, 2020 7:35:42 am PDT #25643 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping

PANDEMIC

Johannesburg has been discarded. Then plague spread in Istanbul which resulted in an outbreak, leaving central Asia... suboptimal.

Plague also spread in Mexico City which, well it isn't good, but doesn't pose any particular problem.

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I think the top priority needs to be killing zombies in central Asia. If Algiers comes up, it's the end of the world.


chrismg - Aug 05, 2020 9:56:59 am PDT #25644 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

PANDEMIC

Ugh. OK, how about this:

Medic: Grab two Red, teleport to Osaka, cure Osaka

Researcher: Teleport to Milan, move to Istabul, treat Constantinople

CP: Move to Algiers and treat Algiers

As useful as the Medic would be in Asia Minor, they have no cards to get there and Osaka-Taipei is also pretty dangerous.


Gudanov - Aug 05, 2020 10:01:56 am PDT #25645 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping

PANDEMIC

I think that's the best we can plan for right now. Medic just doesn't have the cards to help with Algiers. We might want the Researcher to treat Algiers though. Istanbul just got infected so infection won't hit there unless there's an epidemic.

With any luck the Medic will get an event card and we might have more options. I mean, one has to show up at some point.


chrismg - Aug 05, 2020 10:22:07 am PDT #25646 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

PANDEMIC

Hmmm, that's a point. Only thing is, there's no direct line from Milan to Algiers. It'd be one treatment in Algiers vs 2 in Istanbul. bt, any thoughtzzzzzz?


billytea - Aug 05, 2020 2:38:42 pm PDT #25647 of 26133
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

PANDEMIC

First thought: I can cure Algiers this turn. I can steal Chennai from the Researcher and use it to travel anywhere on the board. It may delay me actually banking the Red cure (and possibly delay the Black cure as well), but given the state of Black right now that might be necessary. The Researcher will still be able to bounce to Osaka on the next turn and take both it and Taipei off the boil.

Second thought is I could still create the Red cure this turn, though I agree it'll probably have to wait.


Gudanov - Aug 05, 2020 5:34:44 pm PDT #25648 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping

PANDEMIC

I think curing Algiers would be a great move. I forgot that you can burn a city card to fly from that city. I think we could survive something horrible in East Asia, but we can't survive an outbreak in Algiers.