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PANDEMIC
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?
PANDEMIC
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.
I like that. So the plan is: you treat one cube in HCM City, move to Cairo, treat one cube there, and finish by moving the Medic? I think that works. If it's the Medic doing the Blue cure, it's no problem if you spend Atlanta too.
On my turn, then, I'll just make free with cards to all and sundry. One Yellow to the Scientist and two Blue to the Medic. Good plan!
PANDEMIC
Sounds like a great plan, and it will clear out HCM city completely.
PANDEMIC
Fine by me.
PANDEMIC
Sounds like a great plan, and it will clear out HCM city completely.
Oh, of course, even better. Actually... Bangkok is now just as bad as Cairo. The Dispatcher could clear out HCM City and Bangkok completely for the same effort as HCM City and Cairo, and would get rid of more cubes. Is that worth considering? Cairo would be at greater risk of spreading than Bangkok, once Vietnam is cleared, but we'd save the Black card if they go local.
PANDEMIC
I mean, it's six-of-one whether Cairo or Bangkok will turn out to be the one we should have cleared. On the other other hand, it is about time to start saving Black cards. What do our card-counters say?
PANDEMIC
I think it's even money on the chances of Cairo or Bangkok being the one that comes up first. That makes Bangkok sound like the better deal.
PANDEMIC
All righty, then:
Treat all of HCM City
Move to Bangkok
Treat all of Bangkok
Dispatch the Medic to Atlanta
What's the story, morning glory?
PANDEMIC
I mean, it's six-of-one whether Cairo or Bangkok will turn out to be the one we should have cleared. On the other other hand, it is about time to start saving Black cards. What do our card-counters say?
I think we've burned at least three Black cards already, so saving some would be good.
Cairo and Bangkok have equal odds of resurfacing after the next epidemic. Once you clear Vietnam, if Bangkok has an outbreak, it won't threaten anywhere else. Cairo may threaten Algiers if things go badly.
If we have enough time to get the Blue cure (i.e. to the Medic's next turn), then Black will be our only real hotspot left. (Plus, possibly, wherever the next epidemic hits). At that point, things start to feel quite manageable.
PANDEMIC
Huh, we've almost completely eradicated Red. That's rather nice.