PANDEMIC
In that case, I shall Make It So, Captain: Give us One Quiet Night
Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough.
'Serenity'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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chrismg - Sep 01, 2020 9:41:51 am PDT #25917 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Gudanov - Sep 01, 2020 9:49:46 am PDT #25918 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
megan walker - Sep 01, 2020 12:37:32 pm PDT #25919 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
PANDEMIC
So, I am sharing knowledge with the Researcher, flying to Jakarta, moving to and treating Chennai, on the assumption that the Dispatcher will go to Bangkok and pull me there & share on their turn, correct?
chrismg - Sep 01, 2020 12:56:17 pm PDT #25920 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
PANDEMIC
Man, I think we screwed up. If I'd held onto that Cairo card, you could give me Algiers now, and then I could grab Istanbul and do the cure on my next turn.
Anyway, yes. Grab Istanbul and defuse Chennai.
megan walker - Sep 01, 2020 1:36:54 pm PDT #25921 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
PANDEMIC
Man, I think we screwed up. If I'd held onto that Cairo card, you could give me Algiers now, and then I could grab Istanbul and do the cure on my next turn.
I did suggest that, but, really, there was no way to know.
billytea - Sep 01, 2020 2:23:14 pm PDT #25922 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
Yeah, I had as much chance of drawing Black as you did. This way we had a 50/50 chance of being able to end the game right now. All you can do is try to play the odds.
megan walker - Sep 02, 2020 9:14:18 pm PDT #25923 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
PANDEMIC
Sorry, I spaced that it was my turn still.
Share knowledge with the Researcher re Istanbul
Charter a flight to Jakarta
Catch a slow bus to Chennai
Treat Chennai with my mad scientist skillz
billytea - Sep 02, 2020 10:24:34 pm PDT #25924 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.
Not just scientist skillz, but mad scientist skillz! I assume that Chennai now sports a secret lair hidden inside an active volcano. (Active volcanos are of course the natural enemy of the zombie.)
Gudanov - Sep 03, 2020 4:29:14 am PDT #25925 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC
The Scientist decides that information about Istanbul isn't nobody's business but the Turks and finds out more about the origins of the zombie hoards. Then she charters a flight on a Bombardier Global 7000 to Jakarta, and then takes a slow boat to Chennai. Once there she creates and aerosol that can disable zombies, lessening the threat.
Then the Scientist draws Seoul and an event... Airlift!
Meanwhile infection spreads in Atlanta, Johannesburg, and Taipei. That puts Taipei on the brink.
Okay, I screwed up. I didn't notice that the game discarded Cairo instead of Jakarta when I moved the Scientist (this is what happens when I'm trying to run a turn fast). However I think we can just pretend that Jakarta is the Cairo card and finish off the game without any real problem.
The Situation:
Gudanov - Sep 03, 2020 4:35:17 am PDT #25926 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC
I'm thinking I should go to Montreal, take a flight to Beijing and then double move to Taipei. That will clear out a lot of red death and take two cities off the brink. I know Beijing would is pretty unlikely to come up, but the only other city on the brink isn't in the infection deck anymore.