Pandemic (Victory!)

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Pandemic

Pandemic is a co-op game for 2-4 players where everyone must cooperate to find cures for 4 diseases before one of several loss conditions is reached.

I will be running the game myself and posting board images using a program, although I am also capable of playing if there's a shortage of players. You will not need a copy of the game or any other app installed to your device, since this game will be played entirely via the forum.

Please refer to the Original Rules (image heavy) for how to play the game.

Spoiler: Game-specific Rules

1. Each turn will last up to 48 hours from the time of the board being posted. The turn can be ended earlier if the player in charge at the moment decides to submit actions early. Extensions can be granted if necessary.
2. Only the player whose turn it is at the moment can submit their actions, unless the host allows the other players to do so.
3. If you don't post for 72 hours in a row or miss an action deadline twice in a row, I will start looking for a replacement. I can also replace you of my own accord if I feel that you haven't been active enough.
4. If you are not playing, please do not post in the game thread while a game is in progress.
5. Make sure to bold your action submissions.
6. No rule-breaking moves. Obviously.

This game will be a standard "no expansions" game with up to 4 players. I might later start more games with expansions included if interest is high enough.

To enter, just post /in or something similar in this thread. The game will start on the 6th of November, 2021 or whenever we get 4 players.

1. Farren
2. Nancy Drew 39
3. Charles510
4. the worst

Subs:
1. GeorgeBailey
2.
etc.

Thanks!

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Game Info

Currently playing with:

Content from the base game. Normal game, no variants. 4 epidemics.

Playing Order:
the worst - Dispatcher
Farren - Medic
Nancy Drew 39 - Scientist
Charles510 - Quarantine Specialist

Role Cards:






Event Cards:

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Current Board

Turn 7.1, Dispatcher: the worst

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still accepting signups, bump

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thanks for signing up!

if you still want to play, we have one decision left to make before the game starts: how many epidemics do we play with?

4 is recommended for newer players who want an easy game, 5 is a “normal” difficulty of sorts, 6 is quite a bit harder and 7 is extremely hard and suitable for experienced players

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/in if I'm not too late.

I've never played before.

I’d be happy to let you play here!

I’m assuming that you want 4 epidemics because you’ve never okayed before but if you want something else, let me know

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hey! sorry for not really dealing with this at all.

I haven’t heard anything from nancy but if you’d like, we can do a 3-player game like I said before. since charles said he has never played pandemic before, we’ll go with 4 epidemics.

let me know if this is okay and if it is, we’ll be starting soon!

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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!

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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)

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Where can we see what Event cards (like Resilient Population) do?

I don’t see the explanations anywhere in the official rules so I’ll just put them in the second post when I can

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

Current turn: Farren, Medic

Discard pile:



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

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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)

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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

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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.

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I've added all 5 event cards in play into the second post

hooray I finally remembered to do that

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@mod

: just to clarify on Government Grant: could I use that right now to drop a Research Center in Riyadh? (not saying I want to right now, but at least considering it)

If you wanted to, yes.

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a decision still hasn’t been made so I’m extending the deadline by about 24 hours.

please still make a decision as soon as you can. if you have any questions abut how the game works in general, let me know

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Please submit a turn as soon as possible.

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

It would take the worst two of his four actions to move to Riyadh on his next turn and give you the Riyadh card this way. Alternately, you could do this:

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

It would take the worst to three of his four actions to move you to Riyadh, meet up with you, and give you the card.

Would one of these be okay? (also, the next time you want to play event cards, please play them as part of a full turn submission; it’s easier to track that way)

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Play Government Grant

- place a Research Center in Riyadh.

+1

Alright @mod, I’ll do this then.

@mod, I did do that.

I meant as part of a full turn submission, like this:

Play Government Grant, put RS in Riyadh
1. Move to Riyadh
2. Treat
3. Treat
4. Treat

as an example.

Also, I still need a full turn submission: right now the only thing that has been submitted is an event card being played.

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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.

+1

@mod, let’s go with this then, thanks.

Alright.

Just choose a city for the first action and then I’ll process it as soon as I can.
(also, apologies for putting this off, I should’ve sent a prod or something)

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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.

+1

@mod, let’s go with this then, thanks.

Alright.

Just choose a city for the first action and then I’ll process it as soon as I can.
(also, apologies for putting this off, I should’ve sent a prod or something)

Miami

I didn't notice this at first, but apologies: the fourth action seems to be illegal since there's no way for the Scientist to move to Riyadh (the Dispatcher does have a Riyadh card but unless the Dispatcher is controlling someone, only the Dispatcher can use the card to move someone).

Please submit a new action or change the fourth action.

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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.

+1

@mod, let’s go with this then, thanks.

Alright.

Just choose a city for the first action and then I’ll process it as soon as I can.
(also, apologies for putting this off, I should’ve sent a prod or something)

Miami

I didn't notice this at first, but apologies: the fourth action seems to be illegal since there's no way for the Scientist to move to Riyadh (the Dispatcher does have a Riyadh card but unless the Dispatcher is controlling someone, only the Dispatcher can use the card to move someone).

Please submit a new action or change the fourth action.

Disregard this: I forgot that Government Grant was played earlier, which placed a research station in Riyadh. Apologies.

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Current player marker was not moved to Quarantine Specialist. Fixed in save file.

Player card draws: Miami and EPIDEMIC!
Epidemic city: Chicago (blocked by Quarantine Specialist)
Infections: Paris, Toronto

Discard pile:



Current turn: Turn 1.4, Quarantine Specialist: Charles510

Deadline: (expired on 2021-12-01 19:00:00)

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Sorry I have been so silent, I’m in the hospital with a broken leg

that's awful. I hope you get better soon.

would you like me to replace you or can you still play?

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GeorgeBailey replaces Charles510.

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Aight. Imma start heading over to Istanbul. I guess I should always stay on a node that's connected to 4 or more cities. So if anyone has a better idea lemme know.

1. MOVE TO WASHINGTON
2. Move to new york
3. Move to Madrid
4. Move to Paris

@Nancy we can meet in Moscow for the share research

Please bold your action submissions.

I’ll also be extending the deadline by 24 hours since you didn’t have a chance to catch up very quickly.

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Due to some circumstances, action processing will have to be delayed by a couple days. Apologies!

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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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.

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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.

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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.

Action 4 is illegal: there's no way to move the Scientist to Karachi in one move. Please revise that action or tell me if I'm wrong for some reason.

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let’s get this going again. better late than never.

please submit a move before

1PM EST on the 18th of January, Tuesday, 2022.

Current Turn: Turn 3.1, Dispatcher: the worst

Please either submit a new turn or correct my mistake if I happened to make one.

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welp, I said I would get this going, but

I have COVID and I currently don't have access to the computer with the Pandemic files on it

sorry, but this is going to be delayed for at least a week

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so I forgot

I've been covid-free for about a week and a half now. should be able to continue with the game today

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The two player cards that have been drawn are Osaka and Toronto.

This puts the Dispatcher's hand at 8 cards, which is one card above the 7-card hand limit.

Please select one player card to discard.

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Player cards: Osaka (discarded) and Toronto

Infections: Algiers, Bangkok

Discard pile:



Current turn: Turn 3.2, Medic: Farren

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I'm dropping deadlines because we don't seem to be that good at adhering to a schedule

just check in when you want

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I got a java update today and oracle thinks I haven't used java in over 6 months

nice

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Player cards: Sao Paulo and Santiago

Infections: Cairo, Moscow

Discard pile:



Current Turn: Turn 3.3, Scientist: Nancy Drew 39

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will try to get an update in during this weekend

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i'll get to it tomorrow

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Player card draws: Chicago, Cairo

Infections: Sydney, Osaka

Discard pile:



Current turn: Turn 3.4, Quarantine Specialist: GeorgeBailey

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errors related to Farren's cards and position should be fixed

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Player card draws:

EPIDEMIC

and Bogota

Epidemic city: Madrid

Infections: Paris and Kolkata

Discard pile:



Current Turn: Turn 4.1, Dispatcher: the worst

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

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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

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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.

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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.

Use Resilient Population on Kolkata, during the Epidemic.

Noted. Resilient Population has been discarded and the outbreak in Kolkata has been undone. Currently at 2/8 outbreaks.

Also, I removed the red cube from San Francisco since it was in range of Quarantine Specialist at the time of the Tokyo outbreak and thus, the cube couldn't have been placed.

Infections: Paris, Tokyo and Cairo



Discard pile:

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Player card draws: Hong Kong and Buenos Aires

Infections: Chicago (blocked by Quarantine Specialist), Washington and New York

Discard pile:



Current turn: Turn 4.3, Scientist: Nancy Drew 39

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Player card draws: Tehran and Bangkok

Infections: Sydney, Madrid (blocked by Medic), Bangkok

Discard pile:



Current Turn: Turn 4.4, Quarantine Specialist: GeorgeBailey

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may not be able to process a new turn until next week's weekend

stay tuned

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Player card draws:

One Quiet Night

and Milan

Infections: Kinshasa, Moscow and Milan

Discard pile:



Current Turn: Turn 5.1, Dispatcher: the worst

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

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

Since Farren is in Madrid and Paris is connected to Madrid, this is indeed achievable in one action (since Dispatcher csn move pawns as if they were moving themselves).

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

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

Since Farren is in Madrid and Paris is connected to Madrid, this is indeed achievable in one action (since Dispatcher csn move pawns as if they were moving themselves).

Oh, wait, this was about the auto-treat. There is a clarification on the final page of the rules that says the following:

“The Medic’s automatic removal of cubes can occur on other players’ turns, if he is moved by the Dispatcher or the Airlift event.”

As such, Medic does indeed auto-treat Paris if he’s moved there by the Dispatcher.

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Player card draws: Khartoum and Baghdad

Infections: Osaka, Istanbul and Algiers

Discard pile:



Current Turn: Turn 5.2, Medic: Farren

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@mod

: the card draws got put into my hand instead of the worst's.

Apologies. Fixed.

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1. Move&Treat Kolkata
2. Move to Bangkok
3. Treat Bangkok
4. Move to Hong Kong.

well, didn't notice this

new turn coming up

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Player card draws: Taipei and Kolkata

Infections: Riyadh, Miami and Toronto (blocked by Quarantine Specialist)

Discard pile:



Current Turn: Turn 5.3, Scientist: Nancy Drew 39

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Move to Hong Kong
Take HongKong (Discard Tehran)
Direct flight to Cairo
Treat Cairo

Okay?

The player cards drawn are London and Atlanta. This brings you over the 7-card hand limit. Please select a player card from your hand to discard.

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Infections: Khartoum, Buenos Aires and Johannesburg

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Player card draws: Lima and

EPIDEMIC!

Epidemic city: Beijing

Infections:

None due to One Quiet Night

The infection discard pile is empty.

Current Turn: Turn 6.1, Dispatcher: the worst

You have 5 turns left to cure both Yellow and Red. Good luck!

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so what's your turn going to be

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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.

The player cards that have been drawn are Sydney and Delhi. This brings you to 8 cards, which is one card over the 7-card hand limit. Please discard one player card from your hand.

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dammit I fucked up the spacing again

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Player card draws: Sydney and Delhi

Infections: Kinshasa, Tokyo and Khartoum

Discard pile:



Current Turn: Turn 6.2, Medic: Farren

my computer's SSD decided yesterday that it wants to start failing. it's functioning right now and the save file is fine but I'm going to RMA it so this will likely go on pause for a while

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good news: I managed to RMA my SSD 6 days or so ago
bad news: estimated handling time is 3 weeks

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I wish I'd have more news, but my drive continues to sit in a warranty office somewhere

no news of where the process is atm

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Nobody expected the fifth strain: the computer virus.

who knew that viruses have the capability to ruin flash memory

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RMA was successful and I got my money back!

might be able to get a new drive soon and post a new turn next week, stay tuned

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Player card draws: Lagos and Jakarta

Infections: Buenos Aires, Sydney and Osaka (blocked by Quarantine Specialist)

Discard pile:



Current Turn: Turn 6.3, Scientist: Nancy Drew 39

got a new SSD! to celebrate, here's a turn

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Move to Riyadh
Cure Red Disease
Treat Riyadh

Waiting on mod to determine the 4th.

I'll allow skipping actions

turn coming up

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Player card draws: Ho Chi Minh City and

Airlift

Infections: Istanbul (blocked by Medic), Cairo and Algiers

Discard pile:



Current Turn: Turn 6.4, Quarantine Specialist: GeorgeBailey

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@Nancy

if you see this before Lend does the turn, use your airdrop to move Farren to Algiers.

Event cards may be used by any player at any time, regardless of who has them in their hand.

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Player card draws:

Forecast

and Algiers

Infections: New York, Chicago and Miami

Discard pile:



Current Turn: Turn 7.1, Dispatcher: the worst

Last turn!

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All 4 cures have been discovered and victory has been achieved!

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thanks for playing, everyone! we did eventually finish this, even though it took 7 months or so

i'd be up to run this again with content from the on the brink expansion if people want to play this again (although I don't know if you want to spend another half a year here)

the length of the game was unfortunate but I couldn't really prevent a few of the circumstances (such as save files not being portable between computers, grrrr)