So, option 1: blue eradication via GG to madrid, NY, toronto, hedge to me to cure stp next turn
Option 2: cure black - hedge to chennai, goose to him, GG to somewhere
Roles, current hand sizes & cards - Preda - Epidemiologist (7) - Bogota; Beijing; Seoul; Bangkok; Osaka; Tokyo; "Commercial Travel Ban" Special (Infection Rate Becomes 1 Until The Start Of Current Player's Next Turn.) Grunt's Ghosts - Medic (3) - Lima; Sao Paulo; "Borrowed Time" Special (Current player may take 2 additional actions this turn.) Goose! - Scientist (3) - Toronto; Chennai; Sydney Phyphor - Dispatcher (3) - Khartoum; Manila; "Re-Examined Research" Special (Current player may draw any one city card from Player Discards and add it to his hand.) Hedgethorn - Troubleshooter (4) - Algiers; Delhi; Baghdad; Moscow
Blue Flu is the Virulent Strain.
Blue Flu has been cured! (Indicated bottom-middle of board with a vial.)
So, option 1: blue eradication via GG to madrid, NY, toronto, hedge to me to cure stp next turn
Option 2: cure black - hedge to chennai, goose to him, GG to somewhere
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Option #3: Use borrowed time. Move GG to Madrid and Toronto. Move me to Chennai. Move Goose to me.
On my turn, I can grab Chennai, fly to Moscow (using my power to keep the card) move to St Petersburg, and eradicate blue (assuming you don't draw a blue). Then I'll have five blacks and will just need to get to a research station on my next turn.
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HedgethornAssociate Professor of Historical Hobby HorsesIn the Lions' DenRegistered Userregular
Looking at my notes, the odds of your not drawing a blue aren't all that good, @Phyphor.
The cards at the top of the deck are:
Paris, New York, Atlanta, Toronto, Kolkata, Beijing, LA, Lagos, and Johannesburg. That's four blues in the next nine infection cards.
Option #3: Use borrowed time. Move GG to Madrid and Toronto. Move me to Chennai. Move Goose to me.
On my turn, I can grab Chennai, fly to Moscow (using my power to keep the card) move to St Petersburg, and eradicate blue (assuming you don't draw a blue). Then I'll have five blacks and will just need to get to a research station on my next turn.
HedgethornAssociate Professor of Historical Hobby HorsesIn the Lions' DenRegistered Userregular
edited August 2014
I like that idea best. Nullifying all the blue cards in our infection deck and all but one* of the virulent strain epidemic cards will make things easier. It also leaves my turn free to treat Istanbul, which is an ugly city to outbreak.
*The "Hidden Pocket" epidemic uneradicates the disease and adds cubes to every blue city in the discard pile. It sucks.
@Phyphor
You drew Lagos & Epidemic! for your Player card draws. Sao Paulo got hit with 3 cubes because of the Epidemic.
Would anyone like to play any Special card now, before the discards are shuffled back in?
Roles, current hand sizes & cards - Preda - Epidemiologist (6) - Bogota; Beijing; Seoul; Bangkok; Osaka; Tokyo Grunt's Ghosts - Medic (2) - Lima; Sao Paulo Goose! - Scientist (3) - Toronto; Chennai; Sydney Phyphor - Dispatcher (4) - Lagos; Khartoum; Manila; "Re-Examined Research" Special (Current player may draw any one city card from Player Discards and add it to his hand.) Hedgethorn - Troubleshooter (4) - Algiers; Delhi; Baghdad; Moscow
Blue Flu is the Virulent Strain.
The Epidemic Event is Chronic Effect. "Commercial Travel Ban" in effect until start of Phyphor's next turn.
Infection Card Draws at 1.
Troubleshooter Infection Card Preview (Placed in upper-left corner) - Madrid
Roles, current hand sizes & cards - Preda - Epidemiologist (6) - Bogota; Beijing; Seoul; Bangkok; Osaka; Tokyo Grunt's Ghosts - Medic (2) - Lima; Sao Paulo Goose! - Scientist (3) - Toronto; Chennai; Sydney Phyphor - Dispatcher (4) - Lagos; Khartoum; Manila; "Re-Examined Research" Special (Current player may draw any one city card from Player Discards and add it to his hand.) Hedgethorn - Troubleshooter (6) - Washington; Algiers; Delhi; Baghdad; Moscow; "New Assignment" Special (Any player may discard their current role and select one from the remaining roles.)
Blue Flu is the Virulent Strain. "Commercial Travel Ban" in effect until start of Phyphor's next turn.
Infection Card Draws at 1.
Possible move for GG: use sao paulo to fly there, treat, move, move to lima. I warp to him, grab lima, pick sao paulo out of the discards, move to bogota, move preda to me. Preda gives me bogota, I then cure yellow next turn
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edited August 2014
Edit 2: Forgot that Goose didn't have Sydney anymore. That messes up my plan.
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Okay, here's a fixed plan. If Preda draws a yellow, we can win on his next turn:
- GG flies to Sao Paulo, treats Sao Paulo, ferries to Lagos, treats Lagos.
- Goose drives to Toronto, charter flight to Chennai
- Phyphor moves himself to Lagos, Preda to Lagos, me to Chennai, uses New Assignment to become the Operations Expert, builds a research station in Lagos.
- I grab Chennai from Goose, fly to Washington, cure black in Atlanta
- Preda grabs Lima from GG, Lagos from Phyphor, uses Re-examined Research to draw Sao Paulo, cures yellow in Lagos.
If Preda doesn't draw a yellow, we can go with Phyphor's plan, but I think that will require almost two full rounds in order to cure both yellow and black.
Roles, current hand sizes & cards - Preda - Epidemiologist (3) - Essen; Milan; Bogota Grunt's Ghosts - Medic (2) - Lima; Sao Paulo Goose! - Scientist (2) - Toronto; Chennai Phyphor - Dispatcher (4) - Lagos; Khartoum; Manila; "Re-Examined Research" Special (Current player may draw any one city card from Player Discards and add it to his hand.) Hedgethorn - Troubleshooter (6) - Washington; Algiers; Delhi; Baghdad; Moscow; "New Assignment" Special (Any player may discard their current role and select one from the remaining roles.)
Blue Flu is the Virulent Strain.
Red Plague has been cured! (Indicated bottom-middle of board with a vial.)
Any player may remove all red cubes in a city for one action & the Medic can do it for free.
"Commercial Travel Ban" in effect until start of Phyphor's next turn.
Infection Card Draws at 1.
HedgethornAssociate Professor of Historical Hobby HorsesIn the Lions' DenRegistered Userregular
We won't draw Lagos at least until your turn -- Bogota, Osaka, Karachi, and Istanbul are the top four cards on the deck (not necessarily in that order).
Hmm, GG fly to sao paulo, cure, move to Bogota, cure. I warp to GG, warp hedge to goose, then change to researcher and dump both cards to GG. Preda flies to essen/milan, moves to the other one, charters to bogota, then gives GG bogota. GG picks sao paulo back up and wins the game
Roles, current hand sizes & cards - Preda - Epidemiologist (3) - Essen; Milan; Bogota Grunt's Ghosts - Medic (3) - Chicago; Lima; Istanbul Goose! - Scientist (2) - Toronto; Chennai Phyphor - Dispatcher (4) - Lagos; Khartoum; Manila; "Re-Examined Research" Special (Current player may draw any one city card from Player Discards and add it to his hand.) Hedgethorn - Troubleshooter (6) - Washington; Algiers; Delhi; Baghdad; Moscow; "New Assignment" Special (Any player may discard their current role and select one from the remaining roles.)
Blue Flu is the Virulent Strain.
"Commercial Travel Ban" in effect until start of Phyphor's next turn.
Infection Card Draws at 1.
No, has to be in chennai - preda is the one who can take anywhere. At this point though there's almost no sequence of cards that could cause us to lose, so don't worry about treating
Roles, current hand sizes & cards - Preda - Epidemiologist (3) - Essen; Milan; Bogota Grunt's Ghosts - Medic (3) - Chicago; Lima; Istanbul Goose! - Scientist (3) - Mexico City; Mumbai; Chennai Phyphor - Dispatcher (4) - Lagos; Khartoum; Manila; "Re-Examined Research" Special (Current player may draw any one city card from Player Discards and add it to his hand.) Hedgethorn - Troubleshooter (6) - Washington; Algiers; Delhi; Baghdad; Moscow; "New Assignment" Special (Any player may discard their current role and select one from the remaining roles.)
Roles, current hand sizes & cards - Preda - Epidemiologist (3) - Essen; Milan; Bogota Grunt's Ghosts - Medic (5) - Chicago; Lagos; Khartoum; Lima; Istanbul Goose! - Scientist (3) - Mexico City; Mumbai; Chennai Phyphor - Researcher (4) - Los Angeles; Ho Chi Minh City; Manila; "Re-Examined Research" Special (Current player may draw any one city card from Player Discards and add it to his hand.) Hedgethorn - Troubleshooter (5) - Washington; Algiers; Delhi; Baghdad; Moscow
Blue Flu is the Virulent Strain.
Troubleshooter Infection Card Preview (Placed in upper-left corner) - Atlanta; Los Angeles; Johannesburg
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Option 2: cure black - hedge to chennai, goose to him, GG to somewhere
Roles, current hand sizes & cards -
Preda - Epidemiologist (7) - Bogota; Beijing; Seoul; Bangkok; Osaka; Tokyo; "Commercial Travel Ban" Special (Infection Rate Becomes 1 Until The Start Of Current Player's Next Turn.)
Grunt's Ghosts - Medic (3) - Lima; Sao Paulo; "Borrowed Time" Special (Current player may take 2 additional actions this turn.)
Goose! - Scientist (3) - Toronto; Chennai; Sydney
Phyphor - Dispatcher (3) - Khartoum; Manila; "Re-Examined Research" Special (Current player may draw any one city card from Player Discards and add it to his hand.)
Hedgethorn - Troubleshooter (4) - Algiers; Delhi; Baghdad; Moscow
Blue Flu has been cured! (Indicated bottom-middle of board with a vial.)
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On my turn, I can grab Chennai, fly to Moscow (using my power to keep the card) move to St Petersburg, and eradicate blue (assuming you don't draw a blue). Then I'll have five blacks and will just need to get to a research station on my next turn.
The cards at the top of the deck are:
Paris, New York, Atlanta, Toronto, Kolkata, Beijing, LA, Lagos, and Johannesburg. That's four blues in the next nine infection cards.
That's 5 moves. Oh yeah borrowed time
*The "Hidden Pocket" epidemic uneradicates the disease and adds cubes to every blue city in the discard pile. It sucks.
You drew Lagos & Epidemic! for your Player card draws.
Sao Paulo got hit with 3 cubes because of the Epidemic.
Would anyone like to play any Special card now, before the discards are shuffled back in?
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Roles, current hand sizes & cards -
Preda - Epidemiologist (6) - Bogota; Beijing; Seoul; Bangkok; Osaka; Tokyo
Grunt's Ghosts - Medic (2) - Lima; Sao Paulo
Goose! - Scientist (3) - Toronto; Chennai; Sydney
Phyphor - Dispatcher (4) - Lagos; Khartoum; Manila; "Re-Examined Research" Special (Current player may draw any one city card from Player Discards and add it to his hand.)
Hedgethorn - Troubleshooter (4) - Algiers; Delhi; Baghdad; Moscow
The Epidemic Event is Chronic Effect.
"Commercial Travel Ban" in effect until start of Phyphor's next turn.
Infection Card Draws at 1.
Troubleshooter Infection Card Preview (Placed in upper-left corner) -
Madrid
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Roles, current hand sizes & cards -
Preda - Epidemiologist (6) - Bogota; Beijing; Seoul; Bangkok; Osaka; Tokyo
Grunt's Ghosts - Medic (2) - Lima; Sao Paulo
Goose! - Scientist (3) - Toronto; Chennai; Sydney
Phyphor - Dispatcher (4) - Lagos; Khartoum; Manila; "Re-Examined Research" Special (Current player may draw any one city card from Player Discards and add it to his hand.)
Hedgethorn - Troubleshooter (6) - Washington; Algiers; Delhi; Baghdad; Moscow; "New Assignment" Special (Any player may discard their current role and select one from the remaining roles.)
"Commercial Travel Ban" in effect until start of Phyphor's next turn.
Infection Card Draws at 1.
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Cure Red with all the red card but Osaka;
Direct flight to Osaka;
Treat all cubes in Osaka.
- GG flies to Sao Paulo, treats Sao Paulo, ferries to Lagos, treats Lagos.
- Goose drives to Toronto, charter flight to Chennai
- Phyphor moves himself to Lagos, Preda to Lagos, me to Chennai, uses New Assignment to become the Operations Expert, builds a research station in Lagos.
- I grab Chennai from Goose, fly to Washington, cure black in Atlanta
- Preda grabs Lima from GG, Lagos from Phyphor, uses Re-examined Research to draw Sao Paulo, cures yellow in Lagos.
If Preda doesn't draw a yellow, we can go with Phyphor's plan, but I think that will require almost two full rounds in order to cure both yellow and black.
Roles, current hand sizes & cards -
Preda - Epidemiologist (3) - Essen; Milan; Bogota
Grunt's Ghosts - Medic (2) - Lima; Sao Paulo
Goose! - Scientist (2) - Toronto; Chennai
Phyphor - Dispatcher (4) - Lagos; Khartoum; Manila; "Re-Examined Research" Special (Current player may draw any one city card from Player Discards and add it to his hand.)
Hedgethorn - Troubleshooter (6) - Washington; Algiers; Delhi; Baghdad; Moscow; "New Assignment" Special (Any player may discard their current role and select one from the remaining roles.)
Red Plague has been cured! (Indicated bottom-middle of board with a vial.)
Any player may remove all red cubes in a city for one action & the Medic can do it for free.
"Commercial Travel Ban" in effect until start of Phyphor's next turn.
Infection Card Draws at 1.
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Roles, current hand sizes & cards -
Preda - Epidemiologist (3) - Essen; Milan; Bogota
Grunt's Ghosts - Medic (3) - Chicago; Lima; Istanbul
Goose! - Scientist (2) - Toronto; Chennai
Phyphor - Dispatcher (4) - Lagos; Khartoum; Manila; "Re-Examined Research" Special (Current player may draw any one city card from Player Discards and add it to his hand.)
Hedgethorn - Troubleshooter (6) - Washington; Algiers; Delhi; Baghdad; Moscow; "New Assignment" Special (Any player may discard their current role and select one from the remaining roles.)
"Commercial Travel Ban" in effect until start of Phyphor's next turn.
Infection Card Draws at 1.
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Roles, current hand sizes & cards -
Preda - Epidemiologist (3) - Essen; Milan; Bogota
Grunt's Ghosts - Medic (3) - Chicago; Lima; Istanbul
Goose! - Scientist (3) - Mexico City; Mumbai; Chennai
Phyphor - Dispatcher (4) - Lagos; Khartoum; Manila; "Re-Examined Research" Special (Current player may draw any one city card from Player Discards and add it to his hand.)
Hedgethorn - Troubleshooter (6) - Washington; Algiers; Delhi; Baghdad; Moscow; "New Assignment" Special (Any player may discard their current role and select one from the remaining roles.)
"Commercial Travel Ban" has ended.
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Hedge to chennai, me to bogota, swap to researcher, lagos & khartoum to GG
Roles, current hand sizes & cards -
Preda - Epidemiologist (3) - Essen; Milan; Bogota
Grunt's Ghosts - Medic (5) - Chicago; Lagos; Khartoum; Lima; Istanbul
Goose! - Scientist (3) - Mexico City; Mumbai; Chennai
Phyphor - Researcher (4) - Los Angeles; Ho Chi Minh City; Manila; "Re-Examined Research" Special (Current player may draw any one city card from Player Discards and add it to his hand.)
Hedgethorn - Troubleshooter (5) - Washington; Algiers; Delhi; Baghdad; Moscow
Troubleshooter Infection Card Preview (Placed in upper-left corner) -
Atlanta; Los Angeles; Johannesburg
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