Fixed it up.

PANDEMIC

The Braaainns Trust and I have a proposal: We discard Jo'burg to move there and clear it out, then double hop it to Cairo, ready for the Scientist to pick our braaainns. If we should happen to draw Black - about a 50/50 chance, I think - then that would give us the Black cure. Airlift would also do it.

How does that sound?

PANDEMIC

Sounds like a sound plan to me.

PANDEMIC

Another city off the brink and in ending in Cairo is great.

PANDEMIC

Let's go.

Discard Johannesburg to move to Johannesburg. One must give up what one seeks in order to find it.
Down three cubes of Mello Yello
Double move to Cairo. Story of my life, constantly trying to hang with the cool kids. But once they have the cards they want they always leave.

AHHHHH bait my hook with self-pity
Someone tell me that I'm pretty
Fishiiingg for compliments

PANDEMIC

The Researcher charters a flight on a Gulfstream G650ER to Johannesburg and works with the community organizers to distribute the cure to the yellow plague, saving the city. Then the Researcher takes a train to Khartoum, and then a river boat to Cairo.

Then the Researcher draws the event Resilient Population! And the Researcher draws an Epidemic which fills Chennai with zombies, putting it on the brink.

We will now be drawing 3 infection cards a turn instead of 2.

Before finishing the turn we can play resilient population to remove an infection card from the infection discards BEFORE shuffling them and putting them back on top. We can also play One Quiet Night to skip the infection phase for this turn.

PANDEMIC

The problem is that we've got a potential double outbreak on the board which can kill us in one draw. How about using Resilient Population to take Chennai out of the deck? Then use One Quiet Night to skip infection this turn, and then the scientist can defuse Mumbai. That should buy us time for the Medic to clean out Chennai and make things a lot less risky.

PANDEMIC

Ok. This means we'll need to make it through a full cycle back to the Scientist before we can close out the last cure, and that turn will be our last chance. At that point we'll have five cards left in the deck. There's a good chance we'll face the last epidemic before we get there. (Seven in twelve, it seems.)

I think we want to use Resilient Population to remove one of Mumbai or Chennai. I'm leaning towards Mumbai, because the Dispatcher has the Chennai card which creates options, but I need to think a little more about this.

According to the map there are 19 cards in the discard pile (18 plus Chennai). Assuming we use Resilient Population, we'll have one chance in six of an outbreak in any given turn before we treat the other one.

If we can wait to the Medic's turn, they can use Montreal to bounce to either city and empty it. The advantage of doing so is to keep the Scientist close to Baghdad so the Dispatcher can pass the last Black card. (I assume they'll grab my Istanbul. So to speak.)

If the Medic stays in Chennai after treatment, the Dispatcher can use Chennai to send them anywhere. Say, Mexico City or Taipei. Does a city get auto-cured if the Medic shows up on someone else's turn?

If we feel the Scientist needs to get onto treatment right away, that could work. They can grab Constantinople, discard Jakarta to get at Chennai and take a cube. The Dispatcher will still have enough actions to do the Baghdad handover, but not much else, I'd think. The Medic could still use Montreal to get anywhere they're needed.

Ok, for the immediate issues then: I vote we Resiliate Mumbai, since Chennai is quicker for the Scientist to reach, just as easy for the Medic to reach and easier for the Dispatcher to retrieve either. I vote for using One Quiet Night too; but if the last epidemic shows within the next four turns we could be in big trouble.

PANDEMIC

The Medic can cure on somebody else's turn. So the the Dispatcher can use the Medic as a remote disease eraser.

I think the Scientist needs to take a cube. It will eliminate the insta-lose scenario at the end of the Scientist's turn.

I think the resiliate Mumbai and defuse Chennai is a solid plan. I don't think we can really plan more than one turn ahead right now. Everything changes on what cards are drawn.

PANDEMIC

So I can use one of my cards to move someone else's pawn? Neat!

Are we agreed on making Mumbai resiliant and having a quiet night?