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I have a mild preference for option 2, but really they're both good choices. I'm happy with either one
Seems like everyone's got a tale to tell.
Mal ,'Safe'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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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.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Gudanov - Aug 20, 2020 8:01:17 am PDT #25756 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
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So... I've got to clear out Tokyo, right? We have to get Tokyo and Shanghai off the brink ASAP, but I don't see how I can get both. I can do one or the other (though I need to burn both my cards to do Shanghai).
The good news is that we can't get another epidemic for the next three turns. The bad news is that we don't need an epidemic for disaster.
megan walker - Aug 20, 2020 8:02:00 am PDT #25757 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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What a nightmare. But a bigger nightmare may be the fact that I seem to be in Sao Paolo. Can that be corrected?
Gudanov - Aug 20, 2020 8:13:50 am PDT #25758 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
Aaaaagh. I can't figure out a way to change that. It doesn't let you save, just continue where you left off last. Today is not my day.
We could start over if everybody wants. There's a chance my turn will be the last anyhow.
megan walker - Aug 20, 2020 8:22:40 am PDT #25759 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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I say we play through on the original plan and see what happens. If we survive the Medic's turn, then we just lose one action for the Dispatcher since they have to now move me to Buenos Aires.
megan walker - Aug 20, 2020 8:24:41 am PDT #25760 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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To confirm the way the decks work, right now we know the next dozen cards or so are all infected cities, correct?