*checks IMDB*
Man, Paltrow and Fishburne must have completely overwritten my memory of who else was in that movie.
I hate to break it to you, oh impotent one, but you're not the big bad anymore, you're not even the kind of naughty.
Xander ,'Showtime'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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chrismg - Aug 17, 2020 10:15:27 am PDT #25719 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
megan walker - Aug 17, 2020 10:25:40 am PDT #25720 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Man, Paltrow and Fishburne must have completely overwritten my memory of who else was in that movie.
We just watched it recently.
billytea - Aug 17, 2020 10:51:19 pm PDT #25721 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
I have consulted with the brains trust. Quarantine Specialist sounds very interesting, I'd like to give that a go sometime; but with Dispatcher and Scientist already in the game, we just can't go past the Researcher as our pick.
Oh! That reminds me, something I found was helpful when running games before. I found it helped to put all the official stuff in bold. It's probably less of an issue here, but in Battlestar Galactica especially, it helped distinguish between team discussion and final orders.
Gudanov - Aug 18, 2020 4:17:46 am PDT #25722 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
That seems like a good idea. I'll take Medic because somebody needs to clean up messes.
Gudanov - Aug 18, 2020 4:47:17 am PDT #25723 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC
Randomizing play order results in:
Dispatcher
Researcher
Scientist
Medic
Gudanov - Aug 18, 2020 5:18:33 am PDT #25724 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC
We've got a critical situation with red plague in Korea and Japan, zombies are overrunning Tehran, red plaque is a problem in Ho Chi Minh City, there is a significant zombie problem in Baghdad, and also some serious yellow plague in South Africa. There also minor situations in Mexico City, Algiers, and New York.
Gudanov - Aug 18, 2020 7:55:29 am PDT #25725 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC
Hmmm... The Dispatcher can defuse Tokyo right away. The Researcher can give the Scientist a yellow card to start working on a yellow cure.
We could also be a bit more bold and have the Dispatcher move to Bogota and maybe move the Medic toward Tokyo. Then the Scientist could meet up with the Dispatcher in Bogota and grab the Dispatcher's yellow card and be one card from a cure. But... that would be risking a Epidemic popping up before defusing that potential double outbreak in Northeast Asia.
megan walker - Aug 18, 2020 8:10:09 am PDT #25726 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
PANDEMIC
If the dispatcher moves to Tokyo, couldn't he move the Medic there without cards on his next turn?
Gudanov - Aug 18, 2020 8:19:58 am PDT #25727 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
Yes, the trick though, is that we'll draw 6 cards before the Medic's turn and there is an epidemic card in every 12 cards.
Though that's a really good point about the Dispatcher using the pawn-to-pawn movement. If we went the Bogota route, the dispatcher could, bam, move the Scientist to her and hand over Bogota, leaving the Scientist with more actions.
megan walker - Aug 18, 2020 10:11:01 am PDT #25728 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
PANDEMIC
I understand the appeal of Bogota, but shouldn't I stay in Atlanta this turn so that I can easily get the Johannesburg card before the Researcher leaves? And, if the Dispatcher moves to Tokyo, that both diffuses that city and sets us up to switch to collecting red depending on the first couple of draws.