'Out Of Gas'
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PANDEMIC
The Researcher needs to do some thinking.
The infection discard pile has Madrid, Kinshasa, Lagos, Santiago, Istanbul, and Osaka.
There's still an epidemic left, but if we draw that it's all over anyhow so we might as well assume it won't come up.
PANDEMIC
I can reach any city on the board with one action left (by burning Washington). I'm thinking about moving to New York and defusing it since I don't have to burn Washington to do that. Maybe someone can come up with something more clever, so I'll just put that idea on simmer for now.
PANDEMIC
I think Paris is the immediate danger, I think NYC has to be buried deeper in the deck. You could get there without burning a card by hopping to St Petersburg. (Sadly, I can't see a way for you to pass Karachi to the CP on your way through.)
PANDEMIC
I could defuse Moscow which would allow the CP to cure black on her turn, but that would take all the CP's actions, preventing her from grabbing One Quiet Night.
One Quiet Night might be more important right now.
PANDEMIC
Have we ever actually drawn Moscow? I think its cubes have all come from outbreaks from Istabul (like St Petersburg and Milan).
I'm pretty sure we drew Paris just before the last epidemic, which means it got shuffled back to the top of the deck at that point. I reckon it has to be coming up either this turn or the next at the latest.
PANDEMIC
Hmmm. Gud, don't we start drawing more disease cards per turn soon?
We already are. It's went up to three when we got our third epidemic.
PANDEMIC
I guess I'll do Paris, and hope for a miracle.
PANDEMIC
The Researcher travels to St. Petersburg, then to Essen, and finally to Paris and a cube of blue plague is banished. Then cards are drawn and the Researcher gains Atlanta(Blue) and Chicago(Blue).
Then plague spreads in Taipei, putting it on the brink, in Mexico City, putting it on the brink, and in Paris, putting it back on the brink.
We survive another day.
PANDEMIC
I think there's a slim chance. The CP could defuse Moscow, return to St. Petersburg and then One Quiet Night us to the Medic. The Medic can cure red. The Researcher can move to St. Petersburg and cure blue. Then the CP can get a black card from the Researcher and cure black. If none of the six infection cards we draw are New York, then we win. A lucky draw of a Forecast or Airlift event card could really help our odds. An epidemic ends the world, but there's a decent chance we don't draw it.