PANDEMIC
br's plan sounds good to me.
Occasionally I'm callous and strange.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue
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chrismg - Oct 29, 2020 7:20:22 am PDT #26040 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
megan walker - Oct 29, 2020 8:47:08 am PDT #26041 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
PANDEMIC
Ok then, much as I did during my grad school days, I will move between New York and Paris.
Double move to Paris
Build a high-tech yet elegant research station to rival the Pyramide du Louvre
Treat one cube to a cup of Mariage Frères tea and a madeleine
Reminisce about how we'll always have Paris
Gudanov - Oct 30, 2020 5:09:27 am PDT #26042 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC
The Ops Expert heads to Paris via a connection in Madrid, and supervises the construction of a high-tech, elegant research station that tourists mistake for the Pyramide du Louvre. Then he dispenses an herbal tea across the city to help with the Blue Fever. Then he sits at an outdoor cafe (socially distancing of course) and reminisces.
Then the Ops Expert draws Johannesburg (Yellow) and Essen (Blue).
At this point the Ops Expert will need to discard two cards. He has:
Blue: Atlanta, Essen, New York, St. Petersburg, and Montreal.
Yellow: Johannesburg and Mexico City
Red: Manila
Event: One Quiet Night
megan walker - Oct 30, 2020 8:13:43 am PDT #26043 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
PANDEMIC
Yay blue!
Given the board, and that no one is collecting yellow at the moment, I'm thinking my discard should be one of the yellows (with the tentative plan for my next turn being discarding the other yellow to go to and build in Manila to eventually pass that card to the Medic and give us a station in the red zone). Obviously a lot can happen in the meantime, but given that I will be starting on a station, I should probably take advantage of that to build somewhere on my next turn.
What do people think?
billytea - Oct 30, 2020 6:05:45 pm PDT #26044 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
You need to throw out two cards at this point, so assuming you keep One Quiet Night, you'll have the five Blue cards and one card for travel. It probably doesn't matter which one you keep in that case. Maybe Manila if it looks like we need it for the Red cure, or Jo'burg - if an emergency arises around one of your cards' cities, Jo'burg will be the hardest to reach by other means. (I lean towards keeping Manila, I think. Especially since you can jump to anywhere with any card if that's needed.)
megan walker - Oct 30, 2020 10:22:05 pm PDT #26045 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
PANDEMIC
Ah, right, I wasn't reading closely enough, two cards. This is sort of the problem with the Ops Expert collecting cards for curing purposes.
In any case, I say
Discard both yellows
So let it be written, so let it be done.
Gudanov - Oct 31, 2020 10:04:32 am PDT #26046 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
I will be a little bit delayed as I will be preoccupied with moving the board to the new software.
chrismg - Oct 31, 2020 10:09:39 am PDT #26047 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Gud, luck!
megan walker - Oct 31, 2020 11:47:45 am PDT #26048 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I will be a little bit delayed as I will be preoccupied with moving the board to the new software.
No worries, Gud. Thanks for all your work on the move!
Gudanov - Nov 04, 2020 7:55:36 am PST #26049 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping
PANDEMIC
Things seem pretty stable board-wise. So I'm back!
Yellow cards discarded. The Yellow Doom spreads in Miami, and Zombies break containment in Mumbai putting the city on the edge.
The situation: