Sing the song of my people [link]
Sometimes I worry about you billytea.
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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megan walker - Aug 19, 2020 2:55:14 pm PDT #25746 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Gudanov - Aug 19, 2020 3:27:04 pm PDT #25747 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC
The Researcher drives to Chicago, takes a train to San Francisco, then boards a Tokyo-bound ship loaded with masks and hand sanitizer. With the shipment, Tokyo is brought back from the brink of disaster.
The Researcher then draws San Francisco (Blue) and Ho Chi Minh City (Red).
Meanwhile blue plague escapes CDC facilities in Atlanta, and zombies are spotted in Cairo.
The Situation:
megan walker - Aug 19, 2020 3:46:44 pm PDT #25748 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
PANDEMIC
So, it looks like we dodged another bullet and red as well as yellow is in play. What are people thinking?
megan walker - Aug 19, 2020 4:48:14 pm PDT #25749 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
PANDEMIC
The two options I see are:
1) Treat Mexico City and head to Buenos Aires (to be moved to Tokyo on the Dispatcher's next turn)
2) Take a direct flight to Beijing, treat Seoul, head to Shanghai (to be joined by the Dispatcher, who will build a Research Station)
Gudanov - Aug 19, 2020 5:13:18 pm PDT #25750 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC
I kinda like option 1. We're not in immediate danger of a double outbreak and I can fly to Asia if an epidemic hits and things get bad there.
That sets us up for a quick cure to yellow, which would be great.
billytea - Aug 19, 2020 6:58:33 pm PDT #25751 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 a mild preference for option 2, but really they're both good choices. I'm happy with either one
megan walker - Aug 19, 2020 7:51:08 pm PDT #25752 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
PANDEMIC
My gut is telling me 1, but maybe that's just because I'm craving Mexican food.
chrismg - Aug 20, 2020 5:32:52 am PDT #25753 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
PANDEMIC
Option 1 does have the advantage of not burning a card of a color we haven't cured yet.
megan walker - Aug 20, 2020 7:35:09 am PDT #25754 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
PANDEMIC
So, a South American tour for the Scientist it is!
Move to Mexico City
Treat disease
Double move to Buenos Aires
Like Che. Or not.
Gudanov - Aug 20, 2020 7:58:00 am PDT #25755 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC
The Scientist gets a lift in a Cessna to Mexico City where, using her big brain, she reverses the polarity of a massive radio tower, wiping out yellow plague in the city. Then she takes the same Cessna back to Bogota and from there takes a bus to Buenos Aires.
Then Taipei (Red) is drawn followed by... an epidemic. Shanghai is consumed by red plague, then infection spreads to Seoul which causes an outbreak, which causes Shanghai to outbreak, which causes Tokyo to outbreak. Oh, and more black plague in Algiers.
So, yeah, East Asia is a horror show.