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[Schneau]

I will go to bed soon. Should I update without cards being played or wait?

I think so. I don't think it's a good idea, and I hope SFS agrees.

[Qvist]

Schneau Operations Expert draws Airlift, Epidemic
Airlift Move a pawn (yours or another player's) to any city. You must have a player's permission to move their pawn.

EPIDEMIC
Increase: Infection Rate rises.
Infect: Epidemic in Seoul (3 cubes)
Intensify: Infection Discard Pile is shuffled and placed on top of the draw pile.
Infector: Toronto, New York, Seoul

Outbreak 6: Disease in Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo



Player 1: Jimmmmm Scientist (white)
Manila, Kolkata, Tehran, Los Angeles, Khartoum, Milan, Osaka

Player 2: SwitchedFromStarcraft Researcher
Sydney, Beijing, Seoul, Forecast, Chicago
Forecast Examine the top 6 cards of the Infection Draw Pile, rearrange them in the order of your choice, then place them back on the pile.

Player 3: Schneau Operations Expert
Lima, Atlanta, Bangkok, Karachi, Madrid, Tokyo, Dehli, Airlift
Airlift Move a pawn (yours or another player's) to any city. You must have a player's permission to move their pawn.

Player 4: shraeye Medic
Algiers, Sao Paolo, Mexico City, Istanbul, Lagos, Santiago, Bogotá


Schneau, please discard 1 card.
shraeye's next.

[Schneau]

I will discard Lima.

[Schneau]

Infection discard: New York, Toronto, Seoul
Infection top of deck (don't know order): Lima, Bogotá, Los Angeles, Johannesburg, Ho Chi Minh City, Chicago, Paris, Mexico City, Madrid, Cairo, Riyadh, Atlanta, Miami, Beijing, Istanbul, Sao Paulo

Critical Cities:

Yellow - none
Blue - none
Red - Seoul
Black - none

Epidemic Schedule:

------------------- 1st Epidemic Cycle
2 - Jimmmmm
2 - SFS (EPIDEMIC)
2 - Schneau (safe)
2 - shraeye (safe)
2 - Jimmmmm (safe)
------------------- 2nd Epidemic Cycle
2 - SFS (EPIDEMIC)
2 - Schneau (safe)
2 - shraeye (safe)
2 - Jimmmmm (safe)
2 - SFS (safe)
------------------- 3rd Epidemic Cycle
2 - Schneau - (no epidemic)
2 - shraeye (no epidemic)
2 - Jimmmmm (no epidemic)
2 - SFS (no epidemic)
2 - Schneau (EPIDEMIC)
------------------- 4th Epidemic Cycle
2 - shraeye (CURRENT TURN)
2 - Jimmmmm
2 - SFS
2 - Schneau
2 - shraeye
------------------- 5th (last) Epidemic Cycle
2 - Jimmmmm
2 - SFS
2 - Schneau
2 - shraeye
2 - Jimmmmm

[Schneau]

I think we should use Forecast now, and then decide what shraeye should do with his last 3 actions. I also wouldn't mind airlifting shraeye to Seoul if necessary.

[Jimmmmm]

We're in dangerous territory now. Another epidemic would be brutal.

[Jimmmmm]

Although I guess we're still doing pretty well considering.

[Jimmmmm]

I suggest for shraeye: cure, airlift to Asia and treat Beijing and Seoul in whichever order you think would be best.

[shraeye]

How does the airlift work?  Does it take one of my actions?  If so, then treating Seoul is the most critical.  If not, then I will play
Cure (airlift)
treat seoul,
to beijing,
treat beijing.

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

I would say it would be most helpful to not play Airlift or Forecast right away, but to wait until the beginning of shraeye's turn to use Forecast. If we use Forecast now, all we'll get to know is what 3 cards will come up right away and what 3 cards will come up after shraeye's turn. But, if we use it before shraeye's turn, we can prioritize where shraeye should go as well as which cards we get which turn. That's my vote, but I'll leave it up to SFS. Also, I see no reason to use Airlift right away.

I agree with this, but I haven't re-examined the board.

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

How does the airlift work?  Does it take one of my actions?  If so, then treating Seoul is the most critical.  If not, then I will play
Cure (airlift)
treat seoul,
to beijing,
treat beijing.

Special event cards do not take actions to play, and can be played on anyones turn.  I can play forecast on anyone's turn.  Anyone can be airlifted upon play of that card.  AND, according to my reading of the rules, you can play (and therefore discard) a special event card to satisfy the requirement of IMMEDIATELY discarding a card when your hand exceeds 7 cards.  It has saved me many times from discarding key city cards in late-game situations.

[shraeye]

Cool, thanks SFS.  What do you all think?  Treat Seoul, then Beijing?

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

I think your turn, as you outlined it above, is perfect.

[Schneau]

I also like shraeye's outlined move above, conditioned on one thing: I think we should use Forecast first before making the move. It could change things depending on what's coming up soon. But, if the Forecasted cards don't change much, then I think that move looks perfect.

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

I also like shraeye's outlined move above, conditioned on one thing: I think we should use Forecast first before making the move. It could change things depending on what's coming up soon. But, if the Forecasted cards don't change much, then I think that move looks perfect.

That is an option.

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

I also like shraeye's outlined move above, conditioned on one thing: I think we should use Forecast first before making the move. It could change things depending on what's coming up soon. But, if the Forecasted cards don't change much, then I think that move looks perfect.

That is an option.

No posts today.  Are you guys waiting for me to play the forecast?

[Schneau]

I like playing the Forecast before shraeye's turn; what do others think?

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

Jim is asleep, he is roughly opposite forum time (180 degrees out of phase, less 1 hour or so).

[Jimmmmm]

What's the point of Forecasting if we have no critical cities? Unless there's a very good reason to do it now, I'd save it for the next epidemic.

[Schneau]

I think the point of using Forecast would be to know what cards are coming up soon and will become critical soon - that way, shraeye can treat them before they get bad. But, I see your point as well, so it's fine if we don't use it.

[Jimmmmm]

It can be very handy when there's a chance of two epidemics in a row. What's even better is One Silent Night.

[shraeye]

Yeah, I don't know about using the Forcast;  I'll defer to all your opinions here.

[SwitchedFromStarcraft]

Yeah, I don't know about using the Forcast;  I'll defer to all your opinions here.

Based on my limited RL play, I think it's better to use DURING an epidemic.  Resolve the "Intensify" phase, where you reshuffle the infection discard pile, then use Forecast to minimize the damage of the 1st 6 cards.  Depending on shuffle luck, it can be as good as One Quiet Night.  It's especially helpful if you have a disease eradicated.

[Schneau]

This is all fine with me. Feel free to make your move, shraeye.

[shraeye]

1. Find yellow cure.
1 and a half. Airlift me to Seoul
2. Treat Seoul
3. drive to Beijing
4. treat Beijin.