Pandemic (Victory!)

[Charles510]

I’m in Hawaii. Sorry I’m not caught up. Feel free to move without my input

[the worst]

Sensible holiday destination. Very low chance of an outbreak.

I know Nancy is busy at the moment, as well. I'm basically following Farren's plan roughly, so I think he'll be comfortable with my suggestion. I also don't mind taking a little longer

just in case

someone has another idea, since 2/4 of the team is v/la. So will probably submit on my lunch break (~3-4 hours) or after work (~8-9+ hours).

[Farren]

Yup, I'm cool with that. If I find myself in Madrid, then I'll clean up Paris and Milan on my next turn, then Istanbul on the following.

[the worst]

Alright, let's go.

For my four actions:

1) move Farren (medic) from Atlanta to Washington;
2) move Farren (medic) from Washington to New York;
3) move myself (dispatcher) to Farren's position (New York).
4) move Farren (medic) from New York to Madrid

[lendunistus]

Player card draws: Riyadh, Paris
Infections: Algiers, Kolkata

Current turn: Farren, Medic

Discard pile:



Deadline: (expired on 2021-11-18 20:00:00)

[Farren]

Tentative plan for this turn:

1) Move to Paris
2) Treat Disease (Paris)
3) Move to Milan
4) Treat Disease (Milan)

I'll wait about 24 hours before officially submitting to give everyone a chance to weigh in, but that's what I'm thinking right now.

[Nancy Drew 39]

alright! we have 4 players.

we’ll start sometime tomorrow. if Nancy has to be V/LA, I or GeorgeBailey can fill in for a bit if needed

good luck!

I’m extremely relieved to hear this because I will be afk for approximately a week sometime this month and this saves me the headache of looking for a sub.

[the worst]

Tentative plan for this turn:

1) Move to Paris
2) Treat Disease (Paris)
3) Move to Milan
4) Treat Disease (Milan)

I'll wait about 24 hours before officially submitting to give everyone a chance to weigh in, but that's what I'm thinking right now.

Big fan.

[Nancy Drew 39]

Here is your starting board. Good luck!

Role cards and other info are included in the second post.

The third post will be kept up to date with the most recent board.

Current Turn: the worst, Dispatcher

Deadline: (expired on 2021-11-16 17:00:00)

So I need two more grey cards?

[Farren]

So I need two more grey cards?

With two more grey (black?) cards, you can cure the grey (black?) disease.

[the worst]

I have a black card, and Charles has a black card. If Charles gives you a black card, then on my next turn I can probably get somewhere, slam down a research centre, give you my black card. (Bonus points if Charles just gets to wherever you want to end up and builds a research centre there. )

[Farren]

Official Move

1. Move to Paris
   
2. Treat Disease (Paris)
   
3. Move to Milan
   
4. Treat Disease (Milan)

[lendunistus]

Player card draws: Chennai, Government Grant

Infections: Bangkok, Toronto

Discard pile:



Current turn: Nancy Drew 39, Scientist

Deadline: (expired on 2021-11-20 17:00:00)

[lendunistus]

Since Nancy has mentioned that she's V/LA for a week, I'll ask GeorgeBailey if he'd like to fill in for about that long.

I'll also grant an extension if necessary.

also I keep forgetting to add event cards to the second post so I'll just do it in an hour or two

[Nancy Drew 39]

I am not V/LA yet, I’m just not really sure what I’m supposed to do?

[Farren]

Is that more of a "I'm not sure what to do overall" or "I'm not sure what to do right now?"

Are you looking for advice or options?

[Nancy Drew 39]

Is that more of a "I'm not sure what to do overall" or "I'm not sure what to do right now?"

Are you looking for advice or options?

Both thanks.

[Farren]

Overall, we're trying to eradicate four diseases - Blue, Red, Yellow, Black - before they spread out of control and kill us all.

To eradicate a disease, we have to do two things to it.

First, we have to cure it. To do that, one of us has to get five cards matching the disease's color and spend an action on curing it (discarding the cards). If you're the one doing the curing, you only need four matching cards instead of five.
Second, we have to remove all of that color's cubes from the board. Any of us can spend an action to remove one cube from a city if we're in a city with one or more cubes. If I'm the one doing the removing, OR if the disease in question has been cured first, that action removes all cubes of one color from the city.

Every turn, more cubes hit the board - and if a city tries to go over three cubes, it causes a chain reaction that results in a crapton of extra cubes hitting the board and brings us one step closer to failure. So we can't ignore the cubes while we work on cures.

[Nancy Drew 39]

So what do I need to do this turn to advance the game?

[Farren]

What to do right now:

Your special power gives you an edge when curing diseases, so it makes sense for you to spend most of your time and energy on that. You've got two black cards already; having four lets you cure the black disease.

I'd recommend talking with Charles and the worst about coordinating to get their black cards before doing anything (I have one too, but I'm a ways away from you; everyone else is closer).

[Nancy Drew 39]

What to do right now:

Your special power gives you an edge when curing diseases, so it makes sense for you to spend most of your time and energy on that. You've got two black cards already; having four lets you cure the black disease.

I'd recommend talking with Charles and the worst about coordinating to get their black cards before doing anything

(I have one too, but I'm a ways away from you; everyone else is closer).

@Charles @the worst ? Halp.

[lendunistus]

Overall, we're trying to eradicate four diseases - Blue, Red, Yellow, Black - before they spread out of control and kill us all.

This is incorrect. You don’t have to

eradicate

all 4 diseases to win, you just have to

cure

them.

[Nancy Drew 39]

Overall, we're trying to eradicate four diseases - Blue, Red, Yellow, Black - before they spread out of control and kill us all.

This is incorrect. You don’t have to

eradicate

all 4 diseases to win, you just have to

cure

them.

I want to take my turn but don’t know what I’m supposed to do?

[Farren]

Taking a better look at the rules; apparently I had a few misconceptions about them.

On your turn, you take four actions from this list. You can take the same action multiple times.

1. Move ...
   • ... to an adjacent city (free)
     
   • ... to a city you have a card of (discard the card)
     
   • ... to any city with a Research Center (if you're in a city with a Research Center)
     
   • ... to any city, no limits (discard a card matching the city you're in right now)
2. Treat Disease in your current city (remove a cube of your choice from the city you're in)
   
3. Take a city card from another player (both you and the other player must be in the card's city)
   
4. Give a city card to another player (both you and the other player must be in the card's city)
   
5. Cure a Disease (discard
   five
   four cards of the same color to cure the disease of that color)
   
6. Build a Research Center in your current city (discard a card matching the city you're in right now)

[Farren]

So that coordination is going to take a lot more work than I thought; I didn't realize you had to be in the listed city to trade a card with someone. Riyadh and Moscow are both a good distance from Atlanta.

Both Miami and Washington DC are close by with two cubes. One option would be to move to one of those two cities and clear out both cubes. That'd cover three of your four actions (Move / Treat / Treat).

If you picked Miami, you could start heading south with an eye towards Africa (big hotspot that needs a lot of work, but it'll take time to get there).
If you picked DC, you could head towards Toronto (not a high priority, and the worst could probably do it - but he specializes in moving people around, so if Toronto's out of danger, it frees him up to work his movement magic).