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[Oman]

I dunno, quarantine seems like a pretty boss role. You can just shut down several regions.

Also I played Scientist. Fuck Scientist.

[GreyICE]

Quarantine specialist is boss because you can do emergency responder a lot better than Medic, which often ends up pseudo-removing a bunch of cubes, but with less outbreaks than a medic would have.

Scientist is really boss with the Researcher (notice a pattern?) but overall works pretty well with Dispatcher or revised Operations Expert (first Operations Expert is a fairly dire role). Like the Researcher, you'll be hobo squatting in labs all game. Unlike the Researcher, there's a small chance you'll briefly leave the lab to go get a card. See, you think you're playing some large map-management resource game, but in actuality you're playing

Ticket to Ride

. I'll pay 4 blue tickets to

build a route

cure a disease, it beats 5 any day!

[Sudo_Nym]

Dispatcher is also a deceptively powerful role, since you get to save a lot of actions over the course of a game, just efficiently getting people to where they need to be.

I've never played with the Bio-Terrorist, come to think of it. Does it work out well?

[GreyICE]

Dispatcher is awesome. Love the role, top notch for enabling card trading, or letting medics wander then fishing them somewhere useful. Really only have strong issues with iteration 1 Operations Expert (usefulness is entirely dependent on what cards you get, making the role randomly either "just fine" or "horrible") and contingency specialist (can randomly be pretty bad, although base effect is pretty awesome if the cards go out right).

Never played with the bioterrorist, I keep trying to convince myself to buy expansions for it, and keep investing in more

Darkest Night

expansions instead (it's a similar game that is almost entirely better, imho)

[Faraday]

on the brink is a really great expansion, I thought - tho i've not played with the actual bioterrorist

(I really like pandemic in general though, so grain of salt i guess)

[BipolarChemist]

I played with the Bio-Terrorist once. I thought it was a fun addition actually, but we also stomped the person who was the bio-terrorist. I think I'd need to play it once or twice more to get a good feel for how it actually is.

[Porochaz]

I might be forced into playing Diplomacy again soon. Someone help?

[GreyICE]

Don't play with friends.

Smoke weed so you're relaxed

Don't be Turkey

[xRECKONERx]

I'm trying out a few games online today that I've wanted to try for awhile... Race for the Galaxy, Takenoko, and Seasons. Let me know if you want to join

[GreyICE]

Seasons

is top notch. Me and Lexi were playing it last night.

[Faraday]

I'm trying out a few games online today that I've wanted to try for awhile... Race for the Galaxy, Takenoko, and Seasons. Let me know if you want to join

The best part of Takenoko is moving the panda around, the game itself is pretty mediocre. (It looks cute, though)

Played Lost Cities on Vassal. Simple, but quite fun, I found.

[Juls]

Seasons...It's on bsw yes? I would play if someone taught me.

[GreyICE]

I'm at work right now, but when I get home I wouldn't mind teaching people.

[xRECKONERx]

I'd love to learn Seasons.

Takenoko is a fun little game, not particularly deep though.

[xRECKONERx]

Seasons...It's on bsw yes? I would play if someone taught me.

I dunno if it's on BSW, I'm playing on Boardgamearena.

[xRECKONERx]

if we decide to go through with the whole playing BSW thing tonight, please let me know... ping me on here or something

[Juls]

Seasons...It's on bsw yes? I would play if someone taught me.

I dunno if it's on BSW, I'm playing on Boardgamearena.

Oh...thats where I saw it. I just registered. I will read the rules and would probably play in a little while. I have to figure out dinner for the family first

[GreyICE]

I'll be home in about 40 mins.

[chamber]

so, anything happening?

[Juls]

I'm around for whatever. My dinner is being delivered but I can eat AND play at the same time. Very impressive, I know.

[chamber]

reck appears to be 15mins into a game of lol, maybe when thats done.

[Juls]

Sure.

[chamber]

Juls, reck needs your info or something. I don't know how this site works.

[xRECKONERx]

I'm on now... should we wait for GI to play Seasons? We could fire up a quick game of Takenoko between the 3 of us while we wait

[Juls]

Dont know how to play that one either but I am game...