Pandemic (Victory!)

[the worst]

Oh right right my b.

1. Move to Cairo
2. Move to Riyadh
3. Shuttle to Atlanta
4. Move to Chicago

Chicago seems like a better choice to end on since if we want to rush yellow I'm right next to Mexico city. Plus I'm connected to 6 cities.

Is there a point in treating if it'll be cured soon?

I like this a bunch - given how close we are, may as well stop spread to new cities!

[Farren]

Is there a point in treating if it'll be cured soon?

Curing it doesn't make the cubes go away; it just makes them easier to remove for all of us. Removing a single cube from a city with two cubes would be kinda silly for a disease that's about to be cured, but removing a single cube from a city with no cubes - eh, it's something to do that isn't pointless?

I don't think it's worth spending the Mexico City card on, but if you're going to spend it anyway to get to Toronto, then it's probably the most productive thing you could do with the extra action.

I think your Chicago plan sounds like a good one.

[GeorgeBailey]

Apologies, thought I submitted this.

Yeah I want to keep my Mexico City card. It seems more useful

1. Move to Cairo
2. Move to Riyadh
3. Shuttle to Atlanta
4. Move to Chicago

[lendunistus]

Player card draws:

EPIDEMIC

and Bogota

Epidemic city: Madrid

Infections: Paris and Kolkata

Discard pile:



Current Turn: Turn 4.1, Dispatcher: the worst

[the worst]

Now is the bit where I admit I'm the traitor, and move everyone to the bottom of the mariana trench. I only just finished typing this and its not as funny as it was in my head.

I'm thinking of shuffling over to Atlanta, researching blue, and then......

I need to resolve something within Nancy/Farren. ill check what this was later (tough night; sorry).

I can also move George either to Toronto, or to Nancy's position in Algiers, for blue virus mitigation.

[the worst]

George to Toronto would actually be kinda inefficient. George to Algiers isn't bad though.

[the worst]

Nancy to Farren. That's right.

How's this?

1. Move to Atlanta.
2. Research blue.
3. George to Algiers (Nancy).
4. Nancy to Tokyo (Farren).

[the worst]

I think having someone in Europe is prudent given the direction the virus is heading, and the fact Farren and Nancy have a luxury all-expenses-paid trip to Tokyo that neither should miss out on. I think having George next to a 3-square city that we aren't *quite* ready to cure probably has some merit.

[Farren]

Hm. Think I can actually clean up Madrid.

Assuming we go with our original plan of teleporting Nancy to meet me so I can give her the Tokyo card, my next move would look like this:
1) Give Tokyo card to Nancy
2) Travel to Sao Paolo (via card)
3) Move&Treat Madrid
4) Move&Treat New York (or Paris ... but Paris just got hit again, so New York's probably the smarter play here?)

Using Resilient Population on Kolkata may not be a bad idea either at this point ...

Downside is that it would involve spending a card for an uncured disease. We've already got six yellows between us, but Sao Paolo is a hub location unlike, say, Santiago.

[Nancy Drew 39]

Nancy to Farren. That's right.

How's this?

1. Move to Atlanta.
2. Research blue.
3. George to Algiers (Nancy).
4. Nancy to Tokyo (Farren).

Just checking in.

[the worst]

If you intend to cure Madrid, might George be better placed exactly where he is?

Not sure if there's tonnes of value in treating New York quite yet, since we have the cure and both George and I where we are, does it make more sense for you to focus on Europe while we clean up the blue virus next turn?

If this is so, maybe I'll do;

1. Move to Atlanta.
2. Research blue.
3. Move to Washington (getting ready for cleanup duty ).
4. Nancy to Tokyo (Farren).

[the worst]

Nancy to Farren. That's right.

How's this?

1. Move to Atlanta.
2. Research blue.
3. George to Algiers (Nancy).
4. Nancy to Tokyo (Farren).

Just checking in.

Shout out if you have any thoughts or questions at all.

[Nancy Drew 39]

Nancy to Farren. That's right.

How's this?

1. Move to Atlanta.
2. Research blue.
3. George to Algiers (Nancy).
4. Nancy to Tokyo (Farren).

Just checking in.

Shout out if you have any thoughts or questions at all.

I’ll definitely do that. <3

[Farren]

If you intend to cure Madrid, might George be better placed exactly where he is?

Not sure if there's tonnes of value in treating New York quite yet, since we have the cure and both George and I where we are, does it make more sense for you to focus on Europe while we clean up the blue virus next turn?

If this is so, maybe I'll do;

1. Move to Atlanta.
2. Research blue.
3. Move to Washington (getting ready for cleanup duty ).
4. Nancy to Tokyo (Farren).

Sorry, didn't realize this was aimed at me. Please poke me if it looks like I'm ignoring something important and/or relevant.

After Madrid, I can either steamroll west or east, depending on which looks more problematic. But yeah, if there's coverage to the west, might make more sense for me to head east if all else is equal.

[the worst]

No problems. I feel pretty confident, waa mostly just making sure you & George had enough time to check in as well since I think Nancy is cool with the plan.

Let's kick some virus cube butt.

1. Move to Atlanta.
2. Research blue.
3. Move to Washington (getting ready for cleanup duty ).
4. Nancy to Tokyo (Farren).

[lendunistus]

currently V/LA, won’t be able to process for about a week

[lendunistus]

Player cards: Kinshasa and

EPIDEMIC

Epidemic city: Tokyo

Infections: Kolkata, Paris and Tokyo

Outbreaks have occurred in Kolkata and Tokyo! Currently at 3/8 outbreaks.
The infection rate is now 3! 3 infection cards will now be drawn every Infect phase instead of 2.

Discard pile:



Current turn: Turn 4.2, Medic: Farren

[Nancy Drew 39]

Hi, checking in, feel free to ask me whatever.

[Farren]

Well then. Maybe my plans need to change up a bit.

Still want to give Tokyo card to Nancy. Now should probably treat in Tokyo, since it went from zero to plague zone in the blink of an eye. Question is, where to after that? Chennai -> Kolkata (treating both as I move), move to Osaka and treat it, or warp to Sao Paulo and move&treat Madrid?

Also, is this a good time to use Resilient Population? Looking for opinions.

[the worst]

... Tokyo and Paris come on what are you both doing

Tokyo Chennai Kolkata makes the most sense to me, i think. There's quite a lot of activity in that part of the board, and we aren't across it at the moment.

I wonder if there's some value in Nancy just working on treating Seoul & Shanghai next turn, to stay in the area? Ideally we want to end up with George and Nancy in that region aorn, but I agree with you staying there for the moment for crisis control. I think I (+hopefully George (please dont leave me)) can probably start doing cleanup on the blue/black spread on our turns.

I'll read up on Resilient Population.

[Farren]

(not my official submission)

1. Treat Disease - Tokyo
2. Give Tokyo card to Nancy Drew 39
3. Move to Chennai & Treat (play Chennai card)
4. Move to Kolkata & Treat

Other advantage to not burning Sao Paolo is keeping it available for curing Yellow later. Yeah, I think I like this. Will wait longer to see if GeorgeBailey and/or Nancy have any opinions.

[the worst]

(not my official submission)

1. Treat Disease - Tokyo
2. Give Tokyo card to Nancy Drew 39
3. Move to Chennai & Treat (play Chennai card)
4. Move to Kolkata & Treat

Other advantage to not burning Sao Paolo is keeping it available for curing Yellow later. Yeah, I think I like this. Will wait longer to see if GeorgeBailey and/or Nancy have any opinions.

*thumbs up* i like your thinking!!

Is the best use of Resilient Population just removing an Epidemic card from the game? I read it earlier and had another look just now, and I feel like I'm misunderstanding it some way or another. If I am right, I think using it now makes a lot of sense.

[Farren]

I need to re-read the rules about how Epidemics work. There's some funny business about how that discard pile works, and I'm not 100% sure about it off the top of my head.

[Farren]

Okay. Whenever Epidemic cards are drawn, everything in the Infection Discard pile gets shuffled and placed back on the top of the Infection Deck. So that's why Kolkata and Paris showed up again so soon - the Epidemic put them back into play and guaranteed that they'd show up again.

Here's a problem: Resilient Population can be used during an Epidemic, between the Infect and Intensify steps. But I wasn't given an opportunity to use it.

At that time, if processing had paused between Infect and Intensify, we would know with 100% certainty that Kolkata and Paris would be hit - those were the only two cards in the discard pile at the time, and they'd get moved to the top of the deck.

@mod

:

does this justify a rewind back to the Epidemic processing, between Infect and Intensify, so we can decide whether to use Resilient Population on Kolkata, preventing one of the outbreaks?

(Something else will get hit instead, so I don't think it's a 100% no-brainer ... ?)

[lendunistus]

Okay. Whenever Epidemic cards are drawn, everything in the Infection Discard pile gets shuffled and placed back on the top of the Infection Deck. So that's why Kolkata and Paris showed up again so soon - the Epidemic put them back into play and guaranteed that they'd show up again.

Here's a problem: Resilient Population can be used during an Epidemic, between the Infect and Intensify steps. But I wasn't given an opportunity to use it.

At that time, if processing had paused between Infect and Intensify, we would know with 100% certainty that Kolkata and Paris would be hit - those were the only two cards in the discard pile at the time, and they'd get moved to the top of the deck.

@mod

:

does this justify a rewind back to the Epidemic processing, between Infect and Intensify, so we can decide whether to use Resilient Population on Kolkata, preventing one of the outbreaks?

(Something else will get hit instead, so I don't think it's a 100% no-brainer ... ?)

…yikes. I did indeed forget that Resilient Population can be used during an Epidemic.

This was a mistake on my part, so I’ll allow the use of Resilient Population as if it was during an Epidemic. If you want to do so, please submit the action on its own.