Pandemic the Board Game (Play-by-Forum)

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Before I head out, other suggestions include:
Beijing so Tim can move out fast.
Lagos to just move straight there.
St. Peter's so Marcher can easily cure black.

I'm sure there's other good spots too. Sao Paulo is also a good pick. Just remember the event is free so it takes no actions.

 

[Golden1Knight]

I'm thinking on cleaning both Karachi and Baghdad on my turn

 

[Timsup2nothin]

There's a good chance I think that I flip a Baghdad card and the black explodes before you get there G1K, but we are about to have a cure for black. Marcher can clean two blues and get to Algeria, and Syn can clean Algeria and give Marcher the black card. If Marcher hasn't drawn a black card we use the card transfer event to get him a fourth black and that's it. Even if I flip the bad card you can just motor around cleaning up the mess and then use your Baghdad card to fly out. So I think I should just clean out Beijing while I'm here and move back towards Hong Kong. Remember, if we have the black cure sorted start using black cards to pay for whatever can be paid with cards.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

I think Sao Paulo is best for a station but I don't see any of us needing it this turn and it seems we can literally build it immediately when we need it so maybe hold that one.

1-3 eat red cubes
4 Hike to Shanghai

 

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There's a good chance I think that I flip a Baghdad card and the black explodes before you get there G1K, but we are about to have a cure for black. Marcher can clean two blues and get to Algeria, and Syn can clean Algeria and give Marcher the black card. If Marcher hasn't drawn a black card we use the card transfer event to get him a fourth black and that's it. Even if I flip the bad card you can just motor around cleaning up the mess and then use your Baghdad card to fly out. So I think I should just clean out Beijing while I'm here and move back towards Hong Kong. Remember, if we have the black cure sorted start using black cards to pay for whatever can be paid with cards.

This is what happens when I do updates too late.

Syn drew Baghdad last turn but I put Delhi in the discard. I fixed it.

 

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Baghdad does have three cubes but you can't get it unless you draw an epidemic.

 

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I think Sao Paulo is best for a station but I don't see any of us needing it this turn and it seems we can literally build it immediately when we need it so maybe hold that one.

1-3 eat red cubes
4 Hike to Shanghai

This is good advice. If you don't need it now, don't use it. Maybe you get stuck on one side of the world and have a cure but no station - boom, use the card. Or even just to get a cure done a turn early. Saving it is a good idea unless you need it to get somewhere.

Anyway I'll knock out an update so G1K can go.

 

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End of Turn Seven
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Tim's study of Blood Flood paid off. He was able to help Beijing knock down the virus, but he wasn't able to find a permanent cure. In any case, he decided to head south to Shanghai, where he stopped for the time being. While he was there, he met a wizened old man in a local restaurant. The man gave him some papers, written in Chinese. Tim looked at them, puzzled, but he stuck them in his back pocket and went back to his hotel.

[Three red cubes have been removed from Beijing. Timsup2nothin is now in Shanghai.]

CARD DRAW

Timsup2nothin has drawn two cards:

INFECTION DRAW

Australian doctors are concerned at the high case load in the city of Sydney. Blood Flood is rapidly becoming difficult to control, with multiple patients reporting nausea in addition the obvious symptoms. [Sydney receives one red cube.]

The city of Delhi previously thought its Black Death cases had been eliminated, but apparently improper burial practices allowed the disease to spring up again in certain parts of the city. [Delhi receives one black cube.]

Turn Eight
Year 2033, March 5th​

State of the World:

@Golden1Knight:
You are in Delhi. You have 4 actions. Choose any in a mix and match fashion:

Drive/Ferry: Move to a connected city.
Direct Flight: Discard a card to fly to that city.
Charter Flight: Discard a card to fly from that city to anywhere.
Shuttle Flight: Move between research stations.

Treat Disease: Remove 3 disease cubes from your city. (Cured disease cubes are cured automatically.)
Discover a Cure: Spend 5 cards of the same color at a research station to cure a disease.
Share Knowledge: Take or give a card that matches your city with someone also in that city.
Build Research Station: Discard a card matching your current city to build a research station there.

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).

Location: Delhi

Current Cards

Infection Rate: 2 Cities per turn

Outbreaks: Zero.

Epidemic Possible?: Yes. (8/11 cards remain in the section)

 

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Players and Card Hands:

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Synsensa
You are the Operations Expert.

You have two special abilities:
1. You can do the Build Research Station action without discarding a card.
2. Once per turn, you can move anywhere by discarding a city card if you are at a research station.

Location: Algiers

Current Cards

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Marcher Jovian
You are the Scientist.

You only need 4 cards to Discover a Cure.

Location: St. Petersburg

Current Cards

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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.)

Location: Shanghai

Current Cards

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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).

Location: Delhi

Current Cards

 

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Infection Discard Pile:

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Upcoming Cards in the Infection Draw Deck (Random Order):

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@Marcher Jovian:
If you want, I can offer some advice on how to cure black next turn, but it will cost both of Synsensa's events. It's up to y'all.

 

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I'll be busy after 3 today but I'll update as much as possible before then.

 

[Golden1Knight]

Oh well, guess I'll follow my original plan and treat Karachi and Baghdad this turn. I/someone will need to get back anyway to clean Kolkata, so Delhi can be skipped right now.

 

[Golden1Knight]

Its is also worth noting that my Baghdad card can be traded next turn, since I'll be at the city.

 

[Golden1Knight]

Oh well, guess I'll follow my original plan and treat Karachi and Baghdad this turn. I/someone will need to get back anyway to clean Kolkata, so Delhi can be skipped right now.

Next turns I can go back to Delhi and Kolkata treating diseases along the way and leaving through Hong Kong when possible

 

[Timsup2nothin]

For the record I see how to do it but don't think we need to burn the cards. We cure black the turn after anyway. Black isn't our biggest problem here.

Yeah, if Marcher doesn't draw a black card Baghdad could be a fourth. I think that card also can be used to fly G1K out of Baghdad though and we might be better off using the event to ship my black card so G1K can fly to Australia. See how Marcher's draw goes first.

 

[Golden1Knight]

Ok, I'll

A1: drive to Karachi
A2: treat disease in Karachi
A3: drive to Baghdad
A4: treat disease in Baghdad

 

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Right, using minimal movement and max treats for G1K is best. So flying outta Baghdad is a good idea.

 

[Golden1Knight]

For the record I see how to do it but don't think we need to burn the cards. We cure black the turn after anyway. Black isn't our biggest problem here.

Yeah, if Marcher doesn't draw a black card Baghdad could be a fourth. I think that card also can be used to fly G1K out of Baghdad though and we might be better off using the event to ship my black card so G1K can fly to Australia. See how Marcher's draw goes first.

Hmm, if I leave the region then I guess you will need to stay to deal with the central asian black cubes.

 

[Golden1Knight]

There is also the option of leaving from Cairo if someone can get a Station up before, that would save the card. Yet, since black cards wont be that valuable anyway after we get the cure maybe I should just burn it.