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Nuts. Well, let's see what the Medic draws.
I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.
Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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chrismg - Aug 28, 2020 5:49:56 am PDT #25854 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Gudanov - Aug 28, 2020 5:55:39 am PDT #25855 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC
The Dispatcher could burn cards and take both Cairo and Atlanta off the brink. The Researcher could then still pass a yellow card and take San Francisco off the brink. I'm not seeing a way to take more than those three off the brink before the Scientist cures yellow.
billytea - Aug 28, 2020 6:20:30 am PDT #25856 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
Ok, let's see.
You can clear both Seoul and San Francisco this turn.
The Dispatcher can do either Cairo or Atlanta easily enough. Maybe Cairo? Atlanta is easier to reach for most of us. They could also take a cube off either Ho Chi Minh City or Algiers in the process.
Then, my turn: I can pass Yellow to the Scientist and then bounce to Atlanta to erase a couple of Blue Meanies.
That'd be four. I don't see a way to reach New York, probably not before the Medic's next turn. (I mean, that would be possible, but at the expense of delaying the Yellow cure.)
billytea - Aug 28, 2020 6:27:38 am PDT #25857 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.
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However, the Researcher needs five cards to cure so we're still a blue card short.
True! But we're looking pretty good for Blue. If the Dispatcher draws another Blue, I can pass my three cards to them. Likewise if the Scientist draws one. If I draw another Blue myself, then the Dispatcher can do the Atlanta hand-off and there we are.
Gudanov - Aug 28, 2020 7:01:24 am PDT #25858 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC
I hate to skip Beijing when it would be so easy to clear right now, but I don't see it coming up anytime soon so doing San Fran, Seoul, and Tokyo is probably the better move.
The Dispatcher can get both Cairo and Atlanta by burning those two cards.
billytea - Aug 28, 2020 7:37:55 am PDT #25859 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
The Dispatcher can get both Cairo and Atlanta by burning those two cards.
That's true. I think it might be better to save the Atlanta card. I have reasons!
First, Atlanta is easy for the rest of us to get to as well. (Barring catastrophes, that's certainly my intention.) Indeed, if the Dispatcher does do Atlanta, I'd be a bit lost as to what else to do.
Conversely, I think it's more likely than not that most of our two-cube cities will soon be on three cubes. There's a good chance clearing Ho Chi Minh City (for instance) will prove as effective as hitting Atlanta.
megan walker - Aug 28, 2020 8:30:45 am PDT #25860 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I hate to skip Beijing when it would be so easy to clear right now, but I don't see it coming up anytime soon so doing San Fran, Seoul, and Tokyo is probably the better move.
I agree. And, if needed, I can clear it on my next turn after I cure yellow.
Gudanov - Aug 28, 2020 10:45:43 am PDT #25861 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC
Then I shall move to Seoul, move to Tokyo, move to SF, and cure all COVID in the bay area
The Medic takes a China Eastern Airlines flight on a Boeing 737-800 to Seoul, where he spikes the water supply with red death cure. Then he bribes his way onto a freighter heading to Tokyo and spikes the water supply there. From there the Medic boards a JAL Boeing 767-300ER to San Francisco. There he meets up with a guy who has a warehouse of masks and hand sanitizer and works out a plan for mass distribution lowering the R to well below 1. After all that, he takes a nap.
The Medic then draws London (Blue) and Washington (Blue).
Meanwhile the red death strikes back with cases spreading in Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City, putting both on the brink.
The Situation:
Gudanov - Aug 28, 2020 10:52:59 am PDT #25862 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC
Just as a note, we are entering the next epidemic zone.
chrismg - Aug 28, 2020 11:26:20 am PDT #25863 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
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Hmmm. How do we feel about Bangkok and HCM City? If I go straight to Cairo and take it off the brink, I can then move the Medic to Atlanta. The Researcher hands one Yellow to the Scientist, then gates to Atlanta and gives the Medic 2 blue. The Scientist can immediately cure Yellow, then head South and clear one of the 3-cube cities. The Medic grabs one more Blue and does a cure, then treats Atlanta.
No?