Pandemic (Victory!)

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As a profoundly disruptive person, I'd also be interested in playing if it isn't too late.

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very excited to cure diseases with you all!

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I need to get a nap in, but will be around tomorrow. First timer (but very excited to roll dispatcher!) so open to any suggestions. Should we perhaps be focusing on curing the blue disease as a priority? It is both closer, and appears to be fairly spread out.

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Thanks for the pointers. I can see the map much more clearly on a monitor, and *wow* you can wreak some un-havoc in Milan/Instabul/Khartoum/Kinshasa.

It doesn't seem practical to trade off my cards yet (we do likely want Nancy doing research). I believe I can use my blue city cards to shift one of us straight back to North America, and then my ability to move others to that city? So it makes a lot of sense fmpov to use my turn to set up some coverage on other continents.

What if I:
1) move Farren (medic) from Atlanta to Washington;
2) move Farren (medic) from Washington to New York;
3) move myself (dispatcher) to New York;
3) move Farren (medic) from New York to Madrid;

On Farren's next turn, he'd be able to access the {Paris, Milan} cluster. On my next turn, I can start cleaning up New York unless I have some more ✫彡 dispatcher magic ミ✫ to do?

I'll let the others check in first.

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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).

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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

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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.

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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. )

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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.

As long as we have people on different continents, I can use my ability to zip you around the map quite a lot. So for this turn, if you can get to one of mine or Charles' black card cities, that would be cool. On my next turn I can send myself or Charles over there to prepare to trade you the card. Charles may be better off using his turn to clean up cities nearby his spawn point, so your best play may be to move towards an appropriate city and do as much treating as you can on the way.

As I write this I'm realising I should go back and read the posts made since. And ah what Farren said is a more involved version of what I'm thinking. I'd listen to Farren, Nancy - shout out if you'd like me to help planning specifics when I'm at the PC.

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1) Move to (your choice of Washington DC or Miami; don't think it matters which?)
2) Treat Disease
3) Move to Atlanta
4) Move to Riyadh

i weakly prefer this in the short term.

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Ouch, that sucks. Hope youre mended up soon.

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Recover well Charles. <3
Welcome George!

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that works for me.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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Ace move. Thanks Farren <3

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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?

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Ah good point, I hadn't done enough counting for 3.2. My spending 4.1 by teleporting to you, taking the SF card, then (ideally) researching a cure is probably the better move to set up.

So for my turn:
- teleport over to Washington.
- take Washington card from George.
- teleport George to Khartoum.
- move Nancy to Karachi? i'd probably appreciate Nancy's input on this if she's around. to me it makes sense to have some spread towards the east (especially since we're all headed to NA).

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- teleport over to Washington.
- take Washington card from George.
- teleport George to Khartoum.
- move Nancy to Karachi? i'd probably appreciate Nancy's input on this if she's around. to me it makes sense to have some spread towards the east (especially since we're all headed to NA).

I'll lock this in, please.

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Sorry! I had completely failed to notice I was the holdup here.
Final move:

- teleport over to Washington.
- take Washington card from George.
- teleport George to Khartoum.
- move Nancy to Khartoum.

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I'll discard Osaka thanks for the reminder dm Len, glad you're past covid!

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I'm of two minds I think.
There's a few places at 2 infections in Africa/NA which we might need you for next turn? But also getting to Tokyo would be ace.

If you end up in Tokyo my next turn could be moving, developing the blue cure, then sending someone to Tokyo to meet you (Nancy?) and grabbing the other person (George?) to help mitigate numbers over here?

Looking back over the board I definitely think it'd be ideal if you & Nancy went to Tokyo.

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George's abilities might be more useful in North America given that it's more of a hot zone.

That's where I'm at by suggesting you/Nancy in Tokyo + George/I in NA, for the record.
Very minor benefit to Nancy handling the red cure due to hand size etc., but I think the mitigation effect is more useful on that side.

I'm not really needed in the red zone right now, so apart from handing off Tokyo, I'd probably aim to head to North America after that, depending on how things develop.

Sounds ace. My biggest issue is having really nobody across the black zone, but we can probably play that by ear this turn. Something tells me that the black virus is the sleeper threat here, but as long as it doesn't get out of control, then it's probably manageable.
The fact you're holding two black cards does make me feel a bit less daunted by it. They're not in immediate danger tbf, but going Instanbul => Algiers* => Treat next turn if needed is a cool clutch.

* I think it's Algiers? It's in the right place, but I mean "Alg..." at the top of Africa with 2 black infections.

Forgot: once Blue is cured, cleaning it up would be easier. I think that once it's cured, everyone else basically gets my level of treatment skill, while I no longer need to spend actions at all to treat. So maybe I wouldn't be needed there at all ... ?

Ooh. Perhaps you would just be well placed in Europe/Africa?

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Looks great

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All of Farren's feedback is awesome. If you have ideas about what you could do, feel free to speak up about them. We can plan as much as we need, so there's no bad ideas - just ideas. We can also help plan stuff out.

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

I had a look at how I'd do Nancy's turn before I read your recommendations, and this is what I came to.

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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!

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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.

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

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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).

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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).

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... 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.

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(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.

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For what it matters, I'd have yea'd using Resilient Population there, too. Makes a lot of sense.

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Woah. My rng in this game has been quite funny - constant blue draws into constant yellow draws. I hope posting this doesn't jinx it.

I feel like maybe the red virus is a bit more pressing than helping in NA - George and I could walk to Bogotã and Mexico City starting next turn. Maybe its still worth George doing a little bit of blue cleanup first - like, maybe Toronto/cure => Washington/cure (or NY/cure and i move him to washington on my turn) to set up for a trade next turn?

Would it be worth Nancy heading to Kolkata for now, just so we have someone there to keep an eye on the black virus?

Red might need a little bit of attention this turn. Now that I'm thinking about it, there's probably more value in you being in east Asia/west NA given the chance of spread, if George and I are occupied.

Just kinda throwing ideas out there, let me know if you think any of these aren't great. I'm not sure how best to use Nancy's ability, right now, given it's so rng dependent. But I think having her in a place where we aren't is pretty valuable, maybe?

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I think that's a turn well-spent, honestly.

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I was kinda wondering if we could do something similar. Like you doing Toronto/cure => NY/cure, then for my turn I could cure Washington, move to Miami, move to Bogotã, then pull you over to Bogotã (for example). Blue is becoming such a non-threat that I think it's worth keeping up momentum on the yellow cure, but I do like the idea of kinda pushing it back even further.

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on point <3

.Afterwards I think I think i'll use my red card to go to Manila/Beijing and give Nancy my other red card. Although maybe planning ahead that much with 3 cards per turn is futile.

i'm sure *something* will happen to ruin our day before then, but as a medium-term plan, i think that's solid.

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I like operation Seoul/Shanghai for Nancy slightly more than operation Osaka.

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fistbumps all round!

you guys got in a lil bedore i was awake but i dig it.

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Duckspatcher

love this

just refreshing myself on where we're at.

1) Should probably always be to treat Washington. It's just right there.
Still think my plan is reasonably sound:
2) move to Miami;
3) move to Bogotã;
4) drag George to Bogotã.

Though I wonder if there's suddenly an argument to get George or Farren somewhere near Bangkok/Kolkata instead?

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That's actually probably pretty decent plan given how many 3-cube cities we have I think. George and I can always handle our cure later.

1) Move me to Paris (which should auto-treat it - maybe confirm with lendunistus?)

@lendunistus

- sorry for the informal question, posting quickly. Would this work within one action from me?


My fourth action there should be curing Washington still I think, Farren.

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1) Move me to Paris (which should auto-treat it - maybe confirm with lendunistus?)
2) Move me to Shanghai
3) Move me to Hong Kong
4)

Treat Washington

how would this be? any objections George/Nancy?

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Gonna do it as I'm about to turn in;

1) Move Farren to Paris
2) Move Farren to Shanghai
3) Move Farren to Hong Kong
4) Treat Washington

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Oh my gosh, these outbreaks are toast. Fist-bumps incoming!!

That plan suits me, Farren

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Sorry, busy few days. That works for me

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Good discard.

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Play one Quiet night

Move to Washington
Move to Miami
Treat Miami
Move to Bogota

Everyone good with that?

Rad.

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Am I right in thinking me going to George in Bogotá (1), taking the card, either moving myself or moving George to Atlanta (2) -- Nancy going to Riyadh to research red - me researching white next turn is it?

Should I move George over to Asia afterwards instead to mitigate some of that carnage?

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1) Move to George,
2) Take Bogotá card,
3) Move George to Farren,
4) Move George to [Shanghai,Taipei].

or;

1) Move to George,
2) Take Bogotá card,
3) Move Farren to Shanghai,
4) Move Farren to Beijing.

I think they're roughly the same thing. If anything, I weakly prefer the former as George's ability is wasted in South America. If the choice of location isn't important, I'll select Shanghai.

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1) Move to George,
2) Take Bogotá card,
3) Move George to Farren,
4) Move George to Taipei.

Sorry gang, here we go.

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discard Baghdad[/v]

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Wasn't around yesterday, sorry about that. I think that turn is ace.

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if we get all the cures live this turn, I can work some magic at the top of next turn. think we should be fine tbh

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Nobody expected the fifth strain: the computer virus.

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It doesn't sound like an actual real computer virus, but "suddenly maybe-hardware failure" didn't really fit the punchline.

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Is this the way to go?
1) moving to osaka
2) treating osaka
3) moving to taipei
4) moving to manila (blocks Sydney)

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Hold on. Sydney is in danger?? Those are my people

I propose:
1) move to Mexico City
2) move to LA
3) move to Sydney
4) treat Sydney

Air-tight plan, can't have koalas getting infected.


... though a party in Riyadh does sound like a blast do we all play the turn out?

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If no objections when I get to my desk I'll lock in:

Move self to Riyadh, research yellow, move GB to Riyadh, move Nancy to Riyadh. I'll grab some aguardiente for the party.

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Nancy's already in Riyadh.

Sorry, haha, I had Nancy's and your colours mixed up.

1) Move self to Nancy (Riyadh)
2) Move GeorgeBailey to me (Riyadh)
3) Move Farren to me (Riyadh)

aaaaaaaaand

4) Research yellow cure

5)


Take THAT you nasty viruses!

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Yeah, this was a lovely crew to spend 6 months fighting to the death against viruses with. I'd play again.