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PANDEMIC
In a funny way it's a bit of a relief to see it finally. Anyway. We currently have only two cities on the brink, Seoul and San Francisco. Only two cards that could pop an outbreak. That's probably better odds than we're likely to get on the next two epidemics. I vote for holding onto the card for a bit.
When we're on my turn, obviously I'll be passing a Yellow card to the Scientist. Thereafter I could burn a Blue card to start treating San Francisco. (That could've been worse, it's not far from our Northeast Asia hotspot.) Argument against is largely that we haven't drawn much Blue yet, and cards are good. Argument for: we haven't burned any Blue cards yet either. It hopefully won't be too hard to draw more. What do people think?
PANDEMIC
Yeah, I don't think things are dire enough to use One Quiet Night. I think burning a blue card is fine.
PANDEMIC
Sounds good. I'll
hold on to the night.
PANDEMIC
Sometimes you get lucky, but this isn't one of those times. Blue plague spreads in San Francisco resulting in an outbreak. Then the red death spreads in Seoul causing an outbreak and putting both Beijing and Tokyo on the brink.
The situation:
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Oh,
come
on.
You cannot see this because it's all virtual, but I am flipping the table right now. This is me, virtually flipping the virtual table. I mean, the initial outbreak, there were maybe two or three cities that could've set up a chain reaction, and a minority of cards that could then make it happen. And this one, there had to be barely one chance in a hundred of drawing both outbreaks.
I feel better now. At least this means that we can't get another outbreak on this turn. I don't think we can get another outbreak until the next epidemic, in fact. Though it'd be easy for things to be out of hand by that time. I'm thinking maybe I save the Blue card and instead, after passing Yellow to the Scientist, just hop to Shanghai and treat something.
My thinking: I can't stop San Francisco blowing up now, so that's no longer as urgent. Shanghai could also be on the brink by the next epidemic, and we need to put more Red cubes in storage, so treating Red seems a good option. And, of course, a Blue card in my hand is a bit more useful than usual, as it's easier to pass it to whomever is closest to the cure.
Thoughts?
PANDEMIC
Yeah, if you treat Shanghai, I could also head there after curing yellow. If you draw a red, I can grab it there. If not, then the Medic could at least clear Seoul & Tokyo.
PANDEMIC
By the way, what level are we playing at? How many epidemic cards are in the deck?
PANDEMIC
We're playing on regular, there are 4 epidemics in the deck. However, bad luck is making it a bit harder.
However, bad luck is making it a bit harder.
"Now, I'm not saying that childbirth doesn't smart a bit..."
PANDEMIC
Yeah, if you treat Shanghai, I could also head there after curing yellow. If you draw a red, I can grab it there. If not, then the Medic could at least clear Seoul & Tokyo.
If I do draw Red, can I suggest that you come after me without even stopping to cure Yellow? Then you could cure Red that turn, which would be huge for the Medic's turn. You'd need to ditch a Yellow in the process, but I have spares.
Anyway. Alas, we have lingered too long in the Black zone, and my Brains Trust is now a Braaaainns Trust. But I have consulted with him and he agrees that Shanghai has the spiciest brains. So:
Pass, let's say Khartoum to the Scientist
Hop it to Shanghai
Eliminate a Red cube, act like the Medic should be impressed
