A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.
PLEASE TO WHITEFONT SPOILERS for video games, RPG modules or anything for which foreknowledge of events might lessen one's enjoyment of whatever gaming experience.
PANDEMIC
Recap
The Researcher passes over a binder of info about the yellow plague's progression in Khartoum, then catches a Mi-6 helicopter to Baghdad. Then the Researcher takes a station to station flight to Shanghai and puts out a bunch of hand sanitizer around the city before meeting up with the Medic at a clinic. The Medic just remarks, "Oh you put out some hand sanitizer, that's cute."
The Researcher then draws St. Petersburg (Blue) and Bangkok (Red!)
It's time for infection, but we must decide whether to use One Quiet Night or not, and we elect to hold on to it. The blue plague spreads in both Atlanta and New York, putting both cities on the brink.
The Situation:
[link]
[link]
PANDEMIC
The blue plague is starting to look like it may be COVID. Anyhow, after I go on my great tour of curing red death, I can move right into North America and go after COVID. Of course, that's quite awhile in the future, but all of those COVID bombs are cities in the current infection discard pile.
PANDEMIC
So, per the plan the Researcher proposed, I head to Baghdad (1st action) to shuttle to Shanghai (2nd action), discard a yellow card to share knowledge with the Researcher on red (3rd action), and cure red (4th action) on this turn. Then, on the Researcher's next turn, they would share knowledge with me on yellow before proceeding with the rest of their turn, and when my turn comes around again, I would cure yellow. Is that right? It does seem to make sense from a yellow-not-being-a-threat-right-now standpoint.
PANDEMIC
I like it. Looking forward to doing some massive red death curing.
PANDEMIC
Curing of Massive Red Death is so in this year.
By the way, on your turn, what do you think would be best - empty out the Beijing-Seoul-Tokyo nexus, or leave Beijing to its own devices in favour of clearing San Francisco?
PANDEMIC
I like clearing out all of Beijing-Seoul-Tokyo since SF is in the infected discard pile and we're not too far from the last epidemic.
doing some massive red death curing
I advise you to decline Prince Prospero's invitation to the masquerade ball at the abbey.
PANDEMIC
I like clearing out all of Beijing-Seoul-Tokyo since SF is in the infected discard pile and we're not too far from the last epidemic.
It will be pretty awesome to no longer be at war with Eastasia.
We've had two epidemics so far, correct?
