PANDEMIC
Agreed. And then we just have to wait out the Researcher's turn.
Sure, put it all on the giant nerd.
Fingers crossed for Mumbai.
Never fear! Mumbai has done been Resiliated! This is my new role, the Resiliator.
Simon: The decision saved your life. Zoe: Won't happen again, sir. Mal: Good. And thanks. I'm grateful. Zoe: It was my pleasure, sir.
'Out Of Gas'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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billytea - Sep 04, 2020 8:39:15 am PDT #25949 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.
megan walker - Sep 04, 2020 8:41:16 am PDT #25950 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
PANDEMIC, not PANDEMIC
Man, you never know what you're gonna learn when you wake up in the morning.
Hah!
I feel pretty stupid to be sure, but it has been great training I suppose. In any case, I look forward to a new easier world of Pandemic now that I've reset the options. Let's see if the CP rises in my esteem!
Because right now I would say most characters are good to have, although replaceable, but I never miss the CP if I don't have them.
Note: After the first few games, I've mostly been playing games with a random selection of 4 characters in random turn order. So, at this point, I've seen lots of different combinations. I definitely have preferences, but most characters can be paired off in successful either/or combinations (in that, if I don't have one I want the other).
Top choice would always be Medic/Quarantine Specialist. I really miss them if I don't get them, and if I don't get either then I truly despair for the fate of the world.
Next slot would be probably be the movers and shakers, i.e., Dispatcher/Operations Expert. Operations Expert is particularly good early on, especially if they go first.
Then right below that are the cure facilitators, Researcher/Scientist. For me, these are more in the nice-to-have category only because they are far more card dependent than the others.
Still it should be noted that, despite the above, the team that has most crushed this game for me so far was the four women. However, the card draw on that one was incredible. I think there were only 5 or 6 cubes on the board when I cured the fourth disease; the other three were already eradicated.
In any case, I say thank you and simultaneously shake my fist at Gud for introducing this game here. I am now thoroughly addicted.
chrismg - Sep 04, 2020 9:07:38 am PDT #25951 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
PANDEMIC
OK, I'm confused. Don't I need to get her BOTH my Black cards?
megan walker - Sep 04, 2020 9:14:54 am PDT #25952 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
PANDEMIC
OK, I'm confused. Don't I need to get her BOTH my Black cards?
Since we are near the end, we are ignoring that we accidentally used my Cairo card to get to Jakarta instead of the Jakarta card last round. So I have 3 black in hand. So, the computer won't think we've won, but WE WILL KNOW.
chrismg - Sep 04, 2020 10:03:36 am PDT #25953 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
PANDEMIC
Oh, somehow I thought that was one black card for another, not black for red.
In that case, I will:
Move to Cairo
Spray for zombies once
Move to Baghdad
Dispatch the Orient Express to bring the Scientist to Baghdad
Show em if you got em!
Gudanov - Sep 04, 2020 10:40:29 am PDT #25954 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC
The Dispatcher talks a pilot into a ride on an ancient Lisunov Li-2 to Cairo, uses anti-zombie sprayâ„¢ to take the edge off the zombie hoards, then hitches a ride in an Egyptian Army Mil-26 helicopter to Baghdad, once there she remotely arranges for the Scientist to take the Orient Express to Baghdad.
The Dispatcher then draws Chicago (Blue) and Moscow (Black) and needs to discard a card. (Currently has Chicago and Paris (Blue), Buenos Aires and Miami (Yellow), Bagndad and Chennai and Moscow (Black), and Sydney (Red))
chrismg - Sep 04, 2020 11:43:05 am PDT #25955 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
PANDEMIC
I fear I've lost my interest in beachfront property.
Discard Sydney.
Gudanov - Sep 04, 2020 11:49:59 am PDT #25956 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC
...picking up.
Then COVID spreads in New York (1), San Francisco (1), and London (2).
The Situation:
chrismg - Sep 04, 2020 12:07:34 pm PDT #25957 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
PANDEMIC
Looks like we've reduced all the 3-cube cities except Mumbai. Researcher, how do you feel about some more zombie-hunting?
megan walker - Sep 04, 2020 12:10:50 pm PDT #25958 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
PANDEMIC
Looks like we've reduced all the 3-cube cities except Mumbai. Researcher, how do you feel about some more zombie-hunting?
Yes, Mumbai is Resilient (god I wish that showed up somehow on the board) but I think it is worth taking off a cube if only in case of epidemic. Otherwise, I'm not sure anything else can stop us before my turn.