Correct. That will be mentioned in my "Draw Cards" section.
You can trade cards using "Share Knowledge" as an action to avoid hitting eight.
If you have events and hit eight, you can play those instead of discarding them.
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You can trade cards using "Share Knowledge" as an action to avoid hitting eight.
If you have events and hit eight, you can play those instead of discarding them.
If you can't spend any events though, you must discard down to seven. It's best to trade around so you get five of the same and cure a disease. 
Drawing Cards
After you finish your four actions, you draw two player cards. Each player may only have seven cards. If they exceed the limit, they must play events if they have any or discard down to seven, even if they receive an 8th card from "Share Knowledge."
Again, if you attempt to draw a card and the deck is out, you will lose the game.
There are three main types of player cards:
1. City Cards
Every city in the game has a unique card. There are 12 of each color. They can be used for direct flights, charter flights, building research stations, and curing disease.
2. Events
Events allow you to perform special actions, but they do not cost an action. You may play events at any time, even during another player's turn, except during the middle of an epidemic. (One event allows you to break this exception, but we'll worry about that if you get that one
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3. Epidemics
Five epidemics are seeded throughout the deck. When you draw one, an epidemic will occur, instantly adding three cubes to a city. When you draw one, the following will instantly occur.
1. Increase Infection Rate
The infection rate marker moves up. The first two times it stays at 2, meaning only two cities will be infected. Then it will raise to 3, and on the last epidemic, 4.
2. Infect City
I will draw a city card off the bottom of the deck and add three cubes to that city. I'll get to the strategy implications of this later.
3. Intensify
All the infection cards in the discard pile will be shuffled (which includes the one that we just drew) and placed on top of the infection deck. This means that every time an epidemic happens, the same cities will get hit over and over, more and more cubes stacking up in the cities that have already got cubes. Fun, eh?
Just one more section: Infections!
After you finish your four actions, you draw two player cards. Each player may only have seven cards. If they exceed the limit, they must play events if they have any or discard down to seven, even if they receive an 8th card from "Share Knowledge."
Again, if you attempt to draw a card and the deck is out, you will lose the game.
There are three main types of player cards:
1. City Cards
Every city in the game has a unique card. There are 12 of each color. They can be used for direct flights, charter flights, building research stations, and curing disease.
2. Events
Events allow you to perform special actions, but they do not cost an action. You may play events at any time, even during another player's turn, except during the middle of an epidemic. (One event allows you to break this exception, but we'll worry about that if you get that one
)3. Epidemics
Five epidemics are seeded throughout the deck. When you draw one, an epidemic will occur, instantly adding three cubes to a city. When you draw one, the following will instantly occur.
1. Increase Infection Rate
The infection rate marker moves up. The first two times it stays at 2, meaning only two cities will be infected. Then it will raise to 3, and on the last epidemic, 4.
2. Infect City
I will draw a city card off the bottom of the deck and add three cubes to that city. I'll get to the strategy implications of this later.
3. Intensify
All the infection cards in the discard pile will be shuffled (which includes the one that we just drew) and placed on top of the infection deck. This means that every time an epidemic happens, the same cities will get hit over and over, more and more cubes stacking up in the cities that have already got cubes. Fun, eh?
Just one more section: Infections!
Infections
At the end of your turn, you'll draw cards off the infection deck. You draw two at the start and more as the infection rate goes up.
Every city has one card. Nine will be in the discard pile at the beginning of the game. Remember, every time you draw an epidemic, you will shuffle any more cities you drew along with those nine back in.
When you draw a card, you add a cube to the city. If there are no more cubes of that color, you lose. If three cubes are already in a city, an outbreak occurs. Chain outbreaks can happen, but not in infinite loops. Be careful leaving three cubes in a city!
That's it. Buckle up, it's gonna be a bumpy ride. I'll set up tonight or tomorrow.
At the end of your turn, you'll draw cards off the infection deck. You draw two at the start and more as the infection rate goes up.
Every city has one card. Nine will be in the discard pile at the beginning of the game. Remember, every time you draw an epidemic, you will shuffle any more cities you drew along with those nine back in.
When you draw a card, you add a cube to the city. If there are no more cubes of that color, you lose. If three cubes are already in a city, an outbreak occurs. Chain outbreaks can happen, but not in infinite loops. Be careful leaving three cubes in a city!
That's it. Buckle up, it's gonna be a bumpy ride. I'll set up tonight or tomorrow.
I'll be setting up later tonight.
If you all feel like roleplaying, propose a name for the four diseases: Blue, Red, Black, and Yellow. Pictures can be seen above.
If you all feel like roleplaying, propose a name for the four diseases: Blue, Red, Black, and Yellow. Pictures can be seen above.
Golden1Knight
Emperor
The last two fits 'black death' and 'yellow fever' perfectly. I don't know any blue or red disease however
@Marcher JovianThe last two fits 'black death' and 'yellow fever' perfectly. I don't know any blue or red disease however
@Timsup2nothin
@Synsensa
If you all have any objections to these names, this is your last chance to be competitive before we all get in a cooperative mood.
Game will start tomorrow around 11, hopefully.
Time for roles. They're not hidden, so no PM's, but you all get a special power. 
@Marcher Jovian
You are the Scientist.
You only need 4 cards to Discover a Cure.
You start with these two cards:
You are the Scientist.
You only need 4 cards to Discover a Cure.
You start with these two cards:
@Timsup2nothin
You are the Researcher.
You can do the Share Knowledge action and give any card without that card matching your current city. (i.e. if you are in the same city, you can pass any card to another player. Ignore the Lab Challenge text.)
You start with these two cards:
You are the Researcher.
You can do the Share Knowledge action and give any card without that card matching your current city. (i.e. if you are in the same city, you can pass any card to another player. Ignore the Lab Challenge text.)
You start with these two cards:
@Golden1Knight
You are the Medic.
You have two special abilites:
1. You remove all cubes of one color when treating disease, even when the disease is not cured.
2. If a disease is cured, all cubes of that color are automatically removed when you are in a city (and therefore no more cubes can be placed there while you stay there).
You start with these two cards:
You are the Medic.
You have two special abilites:
1. You remove all cubes of one color when treating disease, even when the disease is not cured.
2. If a disease is cured, all cubes of that color are automatically removed when you are in a city (and therefore no more cubes can be placed there while you stay there).
You start with these two cards:
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Expansion material. Makes the game more thematic, but it's also a lot harder than "discard five cards"
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@Marcher Jovian
@Timsup2nothin
@Synsensa
If you all have any objections to these names, this is your last chance to be competitive before we all get in a cooperative mood.
I like those and propose Blue Lip Choke and Blood Flood
Golden1Knight
Emperor
Game will start tomorrow around 11, hopefully.
11 where?
It will be one round every 24h right?
11 AM EDT. Sorry.11 where?
It will be one round every 24h right?
Yes, but I am perfectly happy to grant any extensions if needed. Also, if you all submit orders early, I will change turns as soon as I can get at my computer.
