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Gaming 1: You are likely to be eaten by a grue

A thread for the discussion of games: board, LARP, MMORPG, video, tabletop RPG, game theory etc. etc. and all attendant news, developments and ancillary subjects thereof, as well as coordinating/scheduling games either online or IRL. All are welcome to chime in, talk about their favorite games or learn about gaming of any sort.

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billytea - Nov 11, 2020 2:52:03 pm PST #26073 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

No rush, it's all good. Meanwhile, arrange the cards as given above.


chrismg - Nov 12, 2020 7:51:56 am PST #26074 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

It's cool. Debugging-ma for Gud!


Gudanov - Nov 13, 2020 8:09:11 am PST #26075 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping

PANDEMIC

It has been done.

No surprises on where infection spreads. The Red Death tries to blow up Shanghai, but bounces off. The Blue Fever strikes London, infecting a cube's worth of people.

The situation:

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chrismg - Nov 13, 2020 8:55:49 am PST #26076 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

PANDEMIC

So the QS is going to get the fifth Black card, but she still needs a research station. It looks like I can Airlift to Mumbai, clear out the zombies, and get to Bangkok to build a station. What do you guys think?


Gudanov - Nov 13, 2020 9:46:26 am PST #26077 of 26133
Coding and Sleeping

I'm feeling good about this. Blue cure on the way, Black cure on the way... what could go wrong?


megan walker - Nov 13, 2020 10:34:23 am PST #26078 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

PANDEMIC

It looks like I can Airlift to Mumbai, clear out the zombies, and get to Bangkok to build a station. What do you guys think?

Much as I hate to use up airlift, that clears out a hot spot and gets us to a black cure even before blue, which is amazing. The one flaw is that will make SF blow and bring Chicago to the brink before I can airlift myself somewhere. You could do a similar plan to clear SF and build in Osaka, and then I could cure blue and take care of Mumbai on my turn (since we know that the earliest Mumbai will get hit is after my turn). Osaka is not the most convenient place for a station, but I could also build in Mumbai on my turn.


chrismg - Nov 13, 2020 11:12:39 am PST #26079 of 26133
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade

PANDEMIC

Oooooh, I missed that about SF. Yeah, let's go with the Osaka plan then, Mumbai won't get hit for at least one more turn, and it's not set up to do a chain reaction.

Anyone else got thoughts?


billytea - Nov 13, 2020 3:21:08 pm PST #26080 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

From San Francisco you could also build the station in Manila or Hong Kong. Hong Kong would get my vote.


megan walker - Nov 13, 2020 3:31:32 pm PST #26081 of 26133
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

PANDEMIC

From San Francisco you could also build the station in Manila or Hong Kong. Hong Kong would get my vote.

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billytea - Nov 13, 2020 3:40:30 pm PST #26082 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

Oh, no, you don't have a card for that. Osaka then.