Fact sheet — Game 4, turn 7

Generated from the game log and the replayed engine state; nothing here is interpreted. Lines marked ENGINE TRUTH hold information the seats could not see.

The game

seating ["alice","bob"].
Roles: alice = dispatcher, bob = quarantineSpecialist. Config: {"epidemicCount":4,"handVisibility":"open","rolePool":["dispatcher","quarantineSpecialist"]}.
Model: zai/glm-5.3-flash; reasoning undefined; message budget 5; per-seat runtime "not recorded".
Flags on: composites, spatial, airliftEdge, dispatchEdge, dispatchRelocate, deckPipeline, frontier, plan, leanPrompt, spareCount, threatRank, deckMargin, eventPrice.
Final phase: {"tag":"over","result":{"kind":"lost","reason":"deckExhausted"}}.

The chain

proposal — #64 by bob

Pinned v4. This turn I take the containment+cure line in one: Delhi first (NOT Mumbai) — your dispatcherMove me Chennai→Delhi, then shareGive Delhi(black). That completes my 5/5 black set THIS turn, before any epidemic can force a shed. Then I walk Delhi→Karachi (2 moves, shield freezes the cluster on arrival) and treat Karachi next turn. The 36% epidemic window: Karachi is armed, but with the black set complete, a black outbreak costs 0 cure cards — acceptable risk. After Delhi handoff you can walk Chennai→Bangkok and start Asia red/blue cleanup.

revision — #66 by alice

Confirmed — but the Delhi share happens on MY turn (drive me→Delhi + jump you to me + give Delhi = 3 actions), so plan your turns around that: this turn do what's best for containment in Asia (e.g. walk toward Karachi via Mumbai so your shield covers the black cluster; Delhi handoff from me comes next turn wherever you are — I can dispatcherJump you to me in Delhi from any distance, so don't detour to Delhi yourself). After the share: you shed Beijing(red), walk Delhi→Karachi, treat ×2 then clear; then Karachi→Baghdad→Cairo→Khartoum→Kinshasa, cure black at station. I go Bangkok→Asia red/blue cleanup. One ask: protect Madrid+London(blue) in your hand — they're my cure cards, don't shed them at the cap.

refinement — #67 by bob

Split call: containment — drive Karachi + treat black ×2 (3 actions). Note I'm ALREADY in Delhi (I drove here), so your handoff is cheaper than you think: dispatcherMove me Karachi→Delhi (1), shareGive Delhi(black) (1), dispatcherMove me back Delhi→Karachi (1) — no jump needed, and I never lose the shield. I'll shed Beijing(red) when the Delhi card lands. Madrid/London stay protected.

The log, #53 to #92 (from the earliest message the episode relies on to the end of the follow-through window)

— turn 6 (alice's turn) —

#53 bob says: Chennai plan approved — black cure line is the fastest win on the board. Confirmed: if the Chennai handoff pushes me over 7, I shed a RED (Sydney or Beijing, margin 6), keeping all black + Madrid/London for you. After I'm in Karachi I'll hold the shield and treat black ×2, then route Karachi→Baghdad→Istanbul for your Istanbul(black) → 5/5 black, then head to Kinshasa station via Cairo/Khartoum to cure. Note: with yellow cards burned, don't route your yellow collection through Kinshasa station timing — black cure first. Also FYI when you jump me to Chennai, you can leave me holding Karachi(black) — I'm going there anyway, no need to take it back.
#54 alice: {"tag":"driveFerry","to":"Chennai"}
#55 alice says: Frontier wants me to walk to Karachi myself, but that strands the Chennai handoff (only sharable in Chennai) and duplicates work — you're the black owner. Executing as agreed: jump you→Chennai + give you Chennai(black) → 4/5 black. Your next turn: drive Mumbai→Karachi, treat ×2 (3→1, shield freezes the cluster), turn after treat → cleared, then Baghdad→Istanbul for my Istanbul(black) → 5/5, cure at Kinshasa via Cairo/Khartoum. Shed a red if the share caps you. I hold position in Chennai (Asia reds @1 + my cure cards) and take St. Petersburg(2 blue) when I fly out via Paris/Europe next turn.
#56 alice: {"tag":"dispatcherJump","pawn":"bob","toPawn":"alice"}
#57 alice: {"tag":"shareGive","to":"bob","card":"Chennai"}
#58 bob: {"tag":"discard","card":{"kind":"city","city":"Sydney"}}
#59 bob says: HUGE: you just drew Delhi(black) — I'm 1 move away and holding Riyadh/Moscow/Karachi/Chennai (4/5). Next turn: walk me Chennai→Delhi, take Delhi from you = 5/5 black, shed one card (I'd drop Beijing(red), red margin 5, your Taipei still alive), then Karachi→Baghdad→Istanbul for your Istanbul(black) later if the Delhi cure path fails — but if you take Delhi now, cure plan becomes: I get 5/5, shuttle to Atlanta station (Delhi→Tehran→Moscow→St. P? no — better: after Karachi treats I walk Karachi→Baghdad→Istanbul→... or you GovernmentGrant... simplest: I walk to Atlanta via charter? Decide after I treat Karachi). Either way: DO NOT fly/charter on Delhi(black) — it's the 5th black card, hand it to me in Delhi.
#60 alice says: Discarding Istanbul(black) — with Delhi coming to you it's redundant (you'll hold the full 5/5: Riyadh/Moscow/Karachi/Chennai/Delhi). Next turn I walk to Delhi, you walk Chennai→Delhi, I hand you Delhi → 5/5, you shed Beijing(red) as agreed. Cure route suggestion: after you treat Karachi 3→1→0, charter is off the table (would burn your black set), so walk Karachi→Baghdad→Cairo→Khartoum→Kinshasa and cure black at the Kinshasa station — it also sets up the yellow cure there later. I'll take St. Petersburg(2 blue) / Europe blue duty while you're in the black cluster.
#61 alice: {"tag":"discard","card":{"kind":"city","city":"Istanbul"}}

— turn 7 (bob's turn) —

#62 alice says: Nothing to add — bob has the full plan (Chennai→Delhi handoff, Karachi treats, then the Kinshasa cure walk) and I've already confirmed my side. Staying quiet through his turn.
#63 bob pins: TEAM PLAN v4 — black cure is the win clock. Alice's next turn: dispatcherMove bob Chennai→Delhi (1 action), shareGive Delhi(black)→bob (bob 5/5 black, sheds Beijing(red)); bob then drives Delhi→Karachi treating black 3→0 en route/staying (shield freezes black cluster), walks Karachi→Baghdad→Cairo→Khartoum→Kinshasa, discovers BLACK CURE at Kinshasa station. Alice meanwhile: Europe/Asia blues + yellows (collecting to 5), treats St. Petersburg(2 blue) and passes Asia reds @1 when near. After black cure, bob (auto-remover for black) sweeps Karachi/Cairo/Baghdad/Moscow black free, then takes red/remaining cures; alice keeps Madrid/London blue handoff option open via rendezvous. Yellow: alice collects; SA yellows bob-if-near. Events free; never burn Delhi/Chennai/Moscow/Karachi/Riyadh as fuel.
#64 bob says [PROPOSAL]: Pinned v4. This turn I take the containment+cure line in one: Delhi first (NOT Mumbai) — your dispatcherMove me Chennai→Delhi, then shareGive Delhi(black). That completes my 5/5 black set THIS turn, before any epidemic can force a shed. Then I walk Delhi→Karachi (2 moves, shield freezes the cluster on arrival) and treat Karachi next turn. The 36% epidemic window: Karachi is armed, but with the black set complete, a black outbreak costs 0 cure cards — acceptable risk. After Delhi handoff you can walk Chennai→Bangkok and start Asia red/blue cleanup.
#65 bob: {"tag":"driveFerry","to":"Delhi"}
#66 alice says [REVISION]: Confirmed — but the Delhi share happens on MY turn (drive me→Delhi + jump you to me + give Delhi = 3 actions), so plan your turns around that: this turn do what's best for containment in Asia (e.g. walk toward Karachi via Mumbai so your shield covers the black cluster; Delhi handoff from me comes next turn wherever you are — I can dispatcherJump you to me in Delhi from any distance, so don't detour to Delhi yourself). After the share: you shed Beijing(red), walk Delhi→Karachi, treat ×2 then clear; then Karachi→Baghdad→Cairo→Khartoum→Kinshasa, cure black at station. I go Bangkok→Asia red/blue cleanup. One ask: protect Madrid+London(blue) in your hand — they're my cure cards, don't shed them at the cap.
#67 bob says [REFINEMENT]: Split call: containment — drive Karachi + treat black ×2 (3 actions). Note I'm ALREADY in Delhi (I drove here), so your handoff is cheaper than you think: dispatcherMove me Karachi→Delhi (1), shareGive Delhi(black) (1), dispatcherMove me back Delhi→Karachi (1) — no jump needed, and I never lose the shield. I'll shed Beijing(red) when the Delhi card lands. Madrid/London stay protected.
#68 bob: {"tag":"driveFerry","to":"Karachi"}
#69 bob: {"tag":"treatDisease","color":"black"}
#70 bob: {"tag":"treatDisease","color":"black"}
#71 alice says: Nothing to add — bob's already in Karachi with his shield up, and his discard choice is his call. Waiting through his turn.
#72 bob: {"tag":"discard","card":{"kind":"city","city":"Beijing"}}
#73 bob: {"tag":"discard","card":{"kind":"city","city":"Manila"}}

— turn 8 (alice's turn) —

#74 bob says: Handoff sequence for your turn (3 actions): drive Chennai→Delhi, dispatcherJump me Karachi→Delhi, shareGive Delhi(black)→me. My hand hits 8 — I'll shed Washington(blue) (team blue drops to 4/5 but margin 7, easily redrawn; red is the tight one at margin 3, don't ask me to shed more red). With your 4th action, walk back toward Bangkok — it's at 2 red and yours (Chennai→Bangkok). Next turn I jump/drive back to Karachi, clear the last black cube, then start the Kinshasa cure walk. Also: red stock is tightening (4 burned, 6 in deck) — protect Taipei/Seoul, and let's NOT plan more red sheds; red collection can shift to you once black lands.
#75 alice: {"tag":"driveFerry","to":"Delhi"}
#76 alice: {"tag":"dispatcherJump","pawn":"bob","toPawn":"alice"}
#77 alice: {"tag":"shareGive","to":"bob","card":"Delhi"}
#78 bob: {"tag":"discard","card":{"kind":"city","city":"Washington"}}
#79 bob says: Black set complete (5/5 in hand) — the cure is bankable as soon as I reach a station. My plan next turn: drive Karachi (1 move), treat the last black cube (auto... no, still 1 action), then Karachi→Baghdad→Cairo→Khartoum→Kinshasa and discoverCure black at the Kinshasa station. That's ~4 moves + cure = 6 actions, roughly 2 turns out. Alice: your remaining actions — if you're heading Europe, go for it; Bangkok(2 red) still needs someone, you're closest. After black cures, red collection stays with you (you hold Taipei+Seoul = 2/5).
#80 alice: {"tag":"dispatcherMove","pawn":"bob","via":"driveFerry","to":"Karachi"}
#81 bob says: If you must shed one: drop San Francisco(blue) — blue margin 6 is the loosest (red at margin 3 is the tight one, protect Taipei+Seoul). Then your best 4: Delhi→Kolkata→Bangkok (2 moves) + treat red ×2 — Bangkok is at 2 and you're nearest. I'm on Karachi: next turn I treat the last black cube, then walk Karachi→Baghdad→Cairo→Khartoum→Kinshasa — black cure lands ~2 turns out. Note you now hold 3 blue + 3 yellow; you're the bank for both, so keep picking up blue/yellow city cards when near, avoid red burns.
#82 alice: {"tag":"discard","card":{"kind":"city","city":"San Francisco"}}

— turn 9 (bob's turn) —

#83 alice says: Discard done (San Francisco, as agreed with bob). Nothing further to advise during his turn — waiting.
#84 bob says: FYI: my cure run forces a cost — I'm at 7 cards with 5 black (the cure set) and only Madrid+London(blue) as sheddable, so my mandatory draw-sheds will burn Madrid and London. Blue drops to alice-2/5 held + 6 drawable (margin fine, just slower). Black cure is worth it: this turn I clear Karachi's last black cube and walk Baghdad→Cairo→Khartoum; next turn Kinshasa → BLACK CURE. After the cure, I auto-remove all remaining black cubes for free (eradication sweep). Red stays the tight color (margin 3) — you own red collection now.
#85 bob: {"tag":"treatDisease","color":"black"}
#86 alice says: OK on the Madrid/London burn — blue at 2 held + 6 in deck is recoverable, black cure first. Two notes: (1) my 2 held blues are Milan+Paris, so the blue set now needs 3 of: Madrid/London/Washington/Toronto/Atlanta/SF/Chicago/NY — pick up every blue you draw toward Kinshasa and hand me extras at a rendezvous; (2) I'm walking Delhi→Kolkata→Bangkok now to clear Bangkok(2 red), then I'll sweep Asia reds (HK/Manila/Jakarta/Tokyo @1) and hold Taipei+Seoul toward the red cure. Karachi(1 black) — treat it on your way out so it's gone from the infect discard.
#87 bob: {"tag":"driveFerry","to":"Baghdad"}
#88 bob: {"tag":"driveFerry","to":"Cairo"}
#89 bob: {"tag":"driveFerry","to":"Khartoum"}
#90 alice says: Nothing to add — bob's at Khartoum, 1 move from Kinshasa and the black cure; his discard is his call. Waiting.
#91 bob: {"tag":"discard","card":{"kind":"city","city":"Mumbai"}}
#92 bob: {"tag":"discard","card":{"kind":"city","city":"Atlanta"}}

ENGINE TRUTH: the top six of the infection deck at the first decision after each chain message

Hidden from the seats unless a Forecast was played; listed so a claim about the deck can be checked.

After the proposal #64, before command #65: Bangkok, Toronto, San Francisco, New York, Osaka, Khartoum (top first).
After the revision #66, before command #68: Bangkok, Toronto, San Francisco, New York, Osaka, Khartoum (top first).
After the refinement #67, before command #68: Bangkok, Toronto, San Francisco, New York, Osaka, Khartoum (top first).

The board before the first command of each run that carried the plan out

Before #65

Before command #65 by bob; phase {"tag":"playerActions","remaining":4}; turn owner bob.
alice (dispatcher) at Chennai; hand 7: Lima, Taipei, Milan, Paris, Seoul, Bogota, Delhi
bob (quarantineSpecialist) at Chennai; hand 7: Beijing, Madrid, Riyadh, London, Moscow, Karachi, Chennai
Stations: Atlanta, Kinshasa.
Cures: blue none, yellow none, black none, red none. Outbreaks 1/8; infection rate index 1.
Cube supply: blue 19, yellow 20, black 19, red 17.
Cities with 2 or more cubes: Bogota yellow×2; Karachi black×3; Madrid blue×2; St. Petersburg blue×2; Beijing red×2; Cairo black×2.
Every city with a cube (alphabetical): Atlanta blue×1; Bangkok red×1; Beijing red×2; Bogota yellow×2; Buenos Aires yellow×1; Cairo black×2; Hong Kong red×1; Jakarta red×1; Karachi black×3; Madrid blue×2; Manila red×1; Mexico City yellow×1; St. Petersburg blue×2; Tokyo red×1.
Player deck 35 (epidemics left: 3); infection deck 36, discard 12.
Infection discard (public), oldest first: Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Bogota, Madrid, Ho Chi Minh City, Kinshasa, Atlanta, Beijing, St. Petersburg, Karachi, Cairo, Tokyo.
ENGINE TRUTH, hidden from the seats unless a Forecast was played: top of the infection deck, top first: Bangkok, Toronto, San Francisco, New York, Osaka, Khartoum.
ENGINE TRUTH, infect-phase preview (exact only if the draw before it puts no epidemic in play (3 left in the player deck)): the next infect phase would draw Bangkok, Toronto (rate 2, top first); outbreaks 1 → 1.

Before #75

Before command #75 by alice; phase {"tag":"playerActions","remaining":4}; turn owner alice.
alice (dispatcher) at Chennai; hand 7: Lima, Taipei, Milan, Paris, Seoul, Bogota, Delhi
bob (quarantineSpecialist) at Karachi; hand 7: Madrid, Riyadh, London, Moscow, Karachi, Chennai, Washington
Stations: Atlanta, Kinshasa.
Cures: blue none, yellow none, black none, red none. Outbreaks 1/8; infection rate index 1.
Cube supply: blue 18, yellow 20, black 21, red 16.
Cities with 2 or more cubes: Bogota yellow×2; Madrid blue×2; St. Petersburg blue×2; Beijing red×2; Cairo black×2; Bangkok red×2.
Every city with a cube (alphabetical): Atlanta blue×1; Bangkok red×2; Beijing red×2; Bogota yellow×2; Buenos Aires yellow×1; Cairo black×2; Hong Kong red×1; Jakarta red×1; Karachi black×1; Madrid blue×2; Manila red×1; Mexico City yellow×1; St. Petersburg blue×2; Tokyo red×1; Toronto blue×1.
Player deck 33 (epidemics left: 3); infection deck 34, discard 14.
Infection discard (public), oldest first: Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Bogota, Madrid, Ho Chi Minh City, Kinshasa, Atlanta, Beijing, St. Petersburg, Karachi, Cairo, Tokyo, Bangkok, Toronto.
ENGINE TRUTH, hidden from the seats unless a Forecast was played: top of the infection deck, top first: San Francisco, New York, Osaka, Khartoum, Manila, Chicago.
ENGINE TRUTH, infect-phase preview (exact only if the draw before it puts no epidemic in play (3 left in the player deck)): the next infect phase would draw San Francisco, New York (rate 2, top first); outbreaks 1 → 1.

ENGINE TRUTH marks hidden state, such as the infection deck order.

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