Pandemic (Victory!)

[lendunistus]

apologies for the delay. next turn going up in a few minutes

[lendunistus]

Player card draws: Essen and Washington
Infections: Kolkata and New York

Discard pile:



Current turn: Turn 2.1, Dispatcher: the worst

Deadline: (expired on 2021-12-08 20:00:00)

[the worst]

This turn seems a little more sandboxy, so thinking aloud:
- moving Farren to Istanbul so that he is equipped to bonk the black virus seems good? [1]
- I could fling myself to Riyadh and give Nancy that card, but that would leave nobody on the NA continent which is a little stressful. I guess it wouldn't be too hard to use turn 3 to move Farren over. This is probably the correct move if y'all agree. [2-3]
- i could then fling Nancy to Moscow so that she's ready do receive that card. [4]

Some other options which aren't strictly optimised.
- I could move to Washington, pull George over, and take his Washington card. This sets me up to research that cure, but it would be better for Nancy to do that and this also decreases our geographical domination.
- i considered basically using my entire turn to switch places with Farren but there's so much magic he can do in Europe and Africa first.
- i could do some crisis control on blue virus on the east coast. This seems really sensible but not *quite* as good as the turn suggested above.

[Farren]

Your action #3 would have to be "Give Nancy the Riyadh card" in your initial plan; giving a card costs an action. I'd be okay with getting the move to Istanbul as your first move; that lets me clear out both Istanbul and Khartoum on my next turn instead of just Istanbul.

Getting the blue cards into your hand also sounds like a good idea. Yeah, Nancy can cure it more efficiently from a card perspective, but given that you've already got three out of five cards, it'll take far fewer actions to have you do it. Plus there's a hand limit, so she can't get all the cards anyway.

I'd oppose switching places right now.

[the worst]

Thanks for that. I like where you're coming from.
I'm guessing nobody has any real objections, so yeet.

1. Move Farren to Istanbul
2. Move self to Riyadh
3. Give Nancy the Riyadh card.
4. Move Nancy to Moscow.

[lendunistus]

Player card draws: Johannesburg and Los Angeles
Infections: Riyadh and Kinshasa

An outbreak has occurred in Kinshasa! Currently at 1/8 outbreaks.

Discard pile:



Current turn: Turn 2.2, Medic: Farren

Deadline: (expired on 2021-12-12 21:30:00)

[Farren]

Proposed plan of action for this round:

1) Treat Disease (Istanbul)
2) Move to Cairo
3) Move to Khartoum
4) Treat Disease (Khartoum)

Khartoum's now at three thanks to the outbreak in Kinshasa, so me treating it is even more important. Then next round I can clear out Kinshasa.
Also, looking for general thoughts on if I should use Resilient Population or not (and if so, on which card).

Will wait at least 24 hours for feedback, or until everyone's chimed in.

[the worst]

I like your plan of action.
Can't see any use for Resilient Population right now which feels, like, hugely beneficial. To my mind it might be better to hold off another turn and see what the gamestate is like?

[Farren]

Official Actions

1. Treat Disease (Istanbul)
   
2. Move to Cairo
   
3. Move to Khartoum
   
4. Treat Disease (Khartoum)

[lendunistus]

Player card draws: Istanbul and San Francisco
Infections: Milan and Khartoum

Discard pile:



Current turn: Turn 2.3, Scientist: Nancy Drew 39

Deadline: (expired on 2021-12-14 20:00:00)

[Farren]

Infections: Milan and

Khartoum

*phew*

That was close ...

[Nancy Drew 39]

Player card draws: Istanbul and San Francisco
Infections: Milan and Khartoum

Discard pile:



Current turn: Turn 2.3, Scientist: Nancy Drew 39

Deadline: (expired on 2021-12-14 20:00:00)

Okay guys, please help me out again, I’ve been a little distracted and will do better wrt to checking in in the future.

[the worst]

Infections: Milan and

Khartoum

*phew*

That was close ...

!!
Nicely done.

Okay guys, please help me out again, I’ve been a little distracted and will do better wrt to checking in in the future.

As your first action, you definitely want to take the Moscow card from George.

After that, I guess you could take the Essen card, move to St. Petersberg, then move to Essen (to set yourself up to build a research centre there next turn, then research a cure to the black virus).

Less sure about the second part. I woke up a few minutes ago and haven't switched my brain on yet.

[Farren]

As your first action, you definitely want to take the Moscow card from George.

After that, I guess you could take the Essen card, move to St. Petersberg, then move to Essen (to set yourself up to build a research centre there next turn, then research a cure to the black virus).

Less sure about the second part. I woke up a few minutes ago and haven't switched my brain on yet.

There's a simpler way. Nancy, you've got a Miami card. You could cure the black disease this turn like this:

1) Share Knowledge - take Moscow card from GeorgeBailey.
2) Move to Miami (via Miami card).
3) Move to Atlanta.
4) Cure Black Disease.

Is this worth spending the Miami card on? (in my opinion, yes.)
Is there anything else you can accomplish this round that's worth putting off a disease cure? (in my opinion, no.)

[Nancy Drew 39]

As your first action, you definitely want to take the Moscow card from George.

After that, I guess you could take the Essen card, move to St. Petersberg, then move to Essen (to set yourself up to build a research centre there next turn, then research a cure to the black virus).

Less sure about the second part. I woke up a few minutes ago and haven't switched my brain on yet.

There's a simpler way. Nancy, you've got a Miami card. You could cure the black disease this turn like this:

1) Share Knowledge - take Moscow card from GeorgeBailey.
2) Move to Miami (via Miami card).
3) Move to Atlanta.
4) Cure Black Disease.

Is this worth spending the Miami card on? (in my opinion, yes.)
Is there anything else you can accomplish this round that's worth putting off a disease cure? (in my opinion, no.)

@mod, I’ll go with the above.

[lendunistus]

Player card draws: Shanghai and St. Petersburg
Infections: Chicago and Istanbul (blocked by Quarantine Specialist)

Discard pile:



Current turn: Turn 2.4, Quarantine Specialist: GeorgeBailey

Deadline: (expired on 2021-12-15 20:00:00)

Congrats on your first cure! Discarded player cards that are the same color as cured diseases will now be kept in the second discard area offscreen on the bottom. If you would like to see this discard pile for any reason, just let me know.

[the worst]

Ace move. Thanks Farren <3

[GeorgeBailey]

Pffft. I'm a bit stuck. I was thinking if I should shuttle to Essex and end my turn on Washington. We're pretty close to a blue Cure.

Or end my turn on Kinshasa since it's look pretty bad.

[Farren]

If you decide to go with Essen -> Washington (setting up the worst to grab your Washington card), I could end 3.2 in San Francisco with the SF card intact (while still cleaning up Khartoum!). the worst could theoretically cure blue as soon as 4.1 if we set things up correctly.

(3.1: he teleports to Washington and grabs Washington from you. 4.1: if one of us is at a research center, he could a) teleport to SF; b) take my SF card; c) teleport to whichever of us is at a center; d) cure blue.)

Alternately, if you decide to go the Kinshasa route (ensuring that Kinshasa doesn't boil over before I get there), might I recommend stopping at Khartoum and treating it instead? You'd have more cities in range that way (including Kinshasa and everything next to it), and take out a cube to boot.

[Nancy Drew 39]

Ace move. Thanks Farren <3

+1

Farren is the patron saint of all things Mish Mash.

[GeorgeBailey]

Ah ok, thanks a lot Farren.

Thinking about it, It's probably best to rush a cure for blue since there's so many cubes on it right now.

Yellow is 1 away from an outbreak but it seems that it'll be harder to contain blue when we get some unlucky card draws.

I'm also very surprised about the lack of red cubes???

[GeorgeBailey]

1) Shuttle to Essen
2) Move to London
3) Move to New York.
4) Move to Washington.


Then next turn I can go and treat Khartoum and pray it doesn't boil over.

[GeorgeBailey]

1) Shuttle to Essen
2) Move to London
3) Move to New York.
4) Move to Washington.

[lendunistus]

Player card draws: Beijing and Manila
Infections: Miami (blocked by Quarantine Specialist) and Washington (blocked by Quarantine Specialist)

Discard pile:



Current turn: Turn 3.1, Dispatcher: the worst

Deadline: (expired on 2021-12-17 20:00:00)

I assume that by "shuttle", George meant a Direct Flight (which requires you to use a card), not a Shuttle Flight. A Shuttle Flight allows you to move to any research station while you are also in a city with a research station, while a Direct Flight requires you to discard a city card and then moves you to the corresponding city. Let me know if that was what you intended to do or not.

[the worst]

Woah. Aren't there meant to be infections in this game?

I will teleport to Washington, and take George's Washington card. After that, I'm inclined to move Farren to Kinshasa (simply because I'm sure that's an action of his which I can do in anticipation of his turn ), and perhaps move Nancy to Karachi so that she can move over to cover (and potentially treat) Bangkok/Kolkata?