# Fact sheet — Game 5, turn 6

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 = researcher. Config: {"epidemicCount":4,"handVisibility":"open"}.
- Model: `zai/glm-5.3-flash`; reasoning "low"; message budget 5; per-seat runtime "not recorded".
- Flags on: composites, spatial, eventLines, airliftEdge, dispatchEdge, dispatchRelocate, deckPipeline, frontier, plan, leanPrompt, spareCount, threatRank, eventPrice.
- Final phase: {"tag":"over","result":{"kind":"lost","reason":"eightOutbreaks"}}.

## The key lines

### alice's plan — #36 by alice

Hand is shed: kept all 4 yellows (BA, Mexico City, Santiago, Lima — 4/5 yellow!), Cairo(black), HK(red), Chicago(blue); dropped One Quiet Night + New York. New route this turn: I walk Beijing→Shanghai→Hong Kong, treat HK red, and move you to Shanghai so you're 1 from HK — next turn we hand HK(red) over there and I continue Kolkata→Delhi. Once I'm at Delhi station, I cure yellow the moment a 5th yellow hits either hand (Researcher: give me any yellow if you draw one — I'll be walkable-distance). Cairo(black) meet-in-Cairo is 7 moves each — only do it if you don't draw a 5th black soon. Essen/Madrid blue cluster (8 cubes) stays your containment job.

### bob's proposal — #43 by bob

Priority change: I'm IN Hong Kong holding Johannesburg(yellow) — when you arrive in HK, TAKE my Johannesburg (Researcher give, any city), then walk HK→Kolkata→Delhi and CURE YELLOW. That's a cure this cycle. Forced-discard note: taking it puts you at 8/7 — shed Chicago(blue), not Cairo: blue is only 1/5 with 10 in deck, Cairo is my 5th black. HK(red) handoff moves to a later HK meet; red is the slowest cure anyway. After curing yellow at Delhi, next cycle we sort the HK card.

### the jump — #44 by alice

`{"tag":"dispatcherJump","pawn":"alice","toPawn":"bob"}`

### the take — #45 by alice

`{"tag":"shareTake","from":"bob","card":"Johannesburg"}`

### bob's route — #46 by bob

Discard: shed Chicago(blue) as agreed (blue 1/5, 10 in deck — cheapest burn; keep Cairo for my black cure). Then spend your turn: HK→Kolkata→Delhi (2 moves), discoverCure yellow (1 action) — YELLOW CURED, auto-clears everywhere later via my Medic-adjacent treats. Use your spare to treat Delhi's black if it's still 1. After that: you're best positioned to collect blue (Essen/London/Madrid) since you're the blue collector; I'll cover Moscow/Riyadh black pre-empting and the red handoff can wait for a Delhi-area meet — actually HK card needs meet-in-HK, so keep it until we re-sync.

### the build — #48 by alice

`{"tag":"buildStation"}`

### the cure — #49 by alice

`{"tag":"discoverCure","color":"yellow","cards":["Buenos Aires","Mexico City","Santiago","Lima","Johannesburg"]}`

### alice's report — #50 by alice

YELLOW CURED ✅. I now hold Cairo(black), Karachi(black), Taipei(red) — all yours. New plan: next turn I shuttle HK→Delhi, then drive Delhi→Karachi. Meet me in Karachi: I hand you Karachi(black) (your 5th!), you shuttle back to Delhi and CURE BLACK. Cairo handoff needs a later Cairo meet; Taipei(red) needs a Taipei meet — we'll schedule after. Meanwhile you're on blue-cluster containment + black collection; I'm the firefighter now (yellow cities clear 1-treat-everything as I sweep).

## The log, #36 to #62 (alice's plan to the end of the follow-through)

**— turn 5 (bob's turn) —**

- #36 alice says [ALICE'S PLAN]: Hand is shed: kept all 4 yellows (BA, Mexico City, Santiago, Lima — 4/5 yellow!), Cairo(black), HK(red), Chicago(blue); dropped One Quiet Night + New York. New route this turn: I walk Beijing→Shanghai→Hong Kong, treat HK red, and move you to Shanghai so you're 1 from HK — next turn we hand HK(red) over there and I continue Kolkata→Delhi. Once I'm at Delhi station, I cure yellow the moment a 5th yellow hits either hand (Researcher: give me any yellow if you draw one — I'll be walkable-distance). Cairo(black) meet-in-Cairo is 7 moves each — only do it if you don't draw a 5th black soon. Essen/Madrid blue cluster (8 cubes) stays your containment job.
- #37 alice pins: Yellow is 4/5 (alice: BA, Mexico City, Santiago, Lima) — cure imminent at Delhi station once a 5th yellow lands. Blue 1/5 alice (Chicago); black 4/5 bob (Delhi, Mumbai, Moscow, Kolkata; alice holds Cairo); red 2/5 bob (HCMC, Jakarta; alice holds HK for handoff). This turn: alice Beijing→Shanghai→Hong Kong, treat HK red, dispatcherMove bob Seoul→Shanghai. Next: alice hands HK(red) to bob IN Hong Kong, walks Kolkata→Delhi; bob swings toward blue cluster (Essen/Madrid 8 cubes — his containment job) after red/black collection. Cairo(black) meet-in-Cairo only if bob doesn't draw a 5th black.
- #38 bob: `{"tag":"treatDisease","color":"red"}`
- #39 bob: `{"tag":"driveFerry","to":"Shanghai"}`
- #40 bob: `{"tag":"driveFerry","to":"Hong Kong"}`
- #41 bob: `{"tag":"treatDisease","color":"red"}`
- #42 bob: `{"tag":"discard","card":{"kind":"city","city":"Manila"}}`
**— turn 6 (alice's turn) —**

- #43 bob says [BOB'S PROPOSAL]: Priority change: I'm IN Hong Kong holding Johannesburg(yellow) — when you arrive in HK, TAKE my Johannesburg (Researcher give, any city), then walk HK→Kolkata→Delhi and CURE YELLOW. That's a cure this cycle. Forced-discard note: taking it puts you at 8/7 — shed Chicago(blue), not Cairo: blue is only 1/5 with 10 in deck, Cairo is my 5th black. HK(red) handoff moves to a later HK meet; red is the slowest cure anyway. After curing yellow at Delhi, next cycle we sort the HK card.
- #44 alice: `{"tag":"dispatcherJump","pawn":"alice","toPawn":"bob"}`
- #45 alice: `{"tag":"shareTake","from":"bob","card":"Johannesburg"}`
- #46 bob says [BOB'S ROUTE]: Discard: shed Chicago(blue) as agreed (blue 1/5, 10 in deck — cheapest burn; keep Cairo for my black cure). Then spend your turn: HK→Kolkata→Delhi (2 moves), discoverCure yellow (1 action) — YELLOW CURED, auto-clears everywhere later via my Medic-adjacent treats. Use your spare to treat Delhi's black if it's still 1. After that: you're best positioned to collect blue (Essen/London/Madrid) since you're the blue collector; I'll cover Moscow/Riyadh black pre-empting and the red handoff can wait for a Delhi-area meet — actually HK card needs meet-in-HK, so keep it until we re-sync.
- #47 alice: `{"tag":"discard","card":{"kind":"city","city":"Chicago"}}`
- #48 alice: `{"tag":"buildStation"}`
- #49 alice: `{"tag":"discoverCure","color":"yellow","cards":["Buenos Aires","Mexico City","Santiago","Lima","Johannesburg"]}`
**— turn 7 (bob's turn) —**

- #50 alice says [ALICE'S REPORT]: YELLOW CURED ✅. I now hold Cairo(black), Karachi(black), Taipei(red) — all yours. New plan: next turn I shuttle HK→Delhi, then drive Delhi→Karachi. Meet me in Karachi: I hand you Karachi(black) (your 5th!), you shuttle back to Delhi and CURE BLACK. Cairo handoff needs a later Cairo meet; Taipei(red) needs a Taipei meet — we'll schedule after. Meanwhile you're on blue-cluster containment + black collection; I'm the firefighter now (yellow cities clear 1-treat-everything as I sweep).
- #51 alice pins: YELLOW CURED. Alice = firefighter, holds Cairo(black), Karachi(black), Taipei(red) for bob. Next: alice shuttle HK→Delhi, then drive Karachi; bob drives to Karachi, takes Karachi(black) (5th black), shuttles Delhi, cures BLACK. Then: bob contains Essen–Madrid blue cluster (8 cubes) + collects blue; alice sweeps cured-yellow cities (Bogota/Sao Paulo/Lima/Johannesburg — 1 treat each clears whole city) and picks up remaining yellows for eradication. Later handoffs: Taipei(red) meet in Taipei, Cairo(black) meet in Cairo. Red 2/5 bob + Taipei with alice; blue 0/5 nobody — blue is the long pole, bob and alice both grab blue cards on draws.
- #52 bob: `{"tag":"shuttleFlight","to":"Delhi"}`
- #53 bob: `{"tag":"treatDisease","color":"black"}`
- #54 bob: `{"tag":"driveFerry","to":"Karachi"}`
- #55 bob: `{"tag":"treatDisease","color":"black"}`
**— turn 8 (alice's turn) —**

- #56 bob says: Board update: yellow supply is CRITICAL (9 left) with 15 yellow cubes on board — Lagos/Bogota/Sao Paulo all at 3. Revised split: I still take your Karachi card next turn and CURE BLACK (2-3 actions), but then I swing Africa-side: Baghdad→Cairo→Khartoum→Lagos + Johannesburg eradication — I'm the only one close to that. You take Americas yellows (Bogota/Sao Paulo/Lima, 1-treat clears since yellow cured) — you're 3 moves from Bogota via shuttle. Blue cluster stays parked for now; yellow supply-depletion is a loss condition, blue isn't urgent yet (10 blue in deck). I also hold Resilient Population — next turn I'll spend it free to remove Bogota (3 cubes) from the infect discard so an epidemic reshuffle can't re-bomb the worst cluster.
- #57 bob pins: Yellow CURED but supply CRITICAL (9 left, 15 on board) — eradication now the yellow owner-pair's job: bob takes Africa side (Lagos 3, Johannesburg, Khartoum, Kinshasa) after the black cure; alice takes Americas (Bogota 3, Sao Paulo 3, Lima). Next turn: alice delivers Karachi(black) to bob IN Karachi (bob sheds a card to receive — plan: shed Jakarta? no — bob keeps reds; shed after handoff), bob shuttles Delhi, CURES BLACK. Bob also plays Resilient Population (free) next turn to remove Bogota from infect discard. Then bob: Africa yellow sweep. Alice: Americas yellow sweep + blue collection (blue 0/5, long pole — grab blues on draws). Later: Taipei(red) meet in Taipei, Cairo(black) meet in Cairo if bob needs 6th... (post-cure not needed for cure, only eradication).
- #58 alice says: Taking the black-cure line (not the Taipei nominee — black cure is closer): shuttle HK→Delhi, drive to Karachi, hand you Karachi(black). Heads-up: the share forces you to discard immediately — shed Ho Chi Minh City(red), NOT a black; red margin is 4 and cure progress isn't affected (you still hold Delhi+Mumbai+Moscow+Kolkata for the black cure). Then your turn: play Resilient Population on Bogota, shuttle Delhi, CURE BLACK, start the Africa yellow sweep. I'll treat Karachi black and pivot to the Americas yellow sweep (Bogota→Sao Paulo→Lima).
- #59 alice: `{"tag":"shuttleFlight","to":"Delhi"}`
- #60 bob says: Confirmed — shed HCMC(red) on the Karachi handoff (keep both blacks + resilientPopulation). Sequence set: your turn delivers Karachi, my turn = RP(Bogota) → shuttle Delhi → cure black → head toward Cairo/Khartoum/Lagos. Go.
- #61 alice: `{"tag":"driveFerry","to":"Karachi"}`
- #62 alice: `{"tag":"shareGive","to":"bob","card":"Karachi"}`

## ENGINE TRUTH: the top six of the infection deck at the first decision after each key line

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

- After the alice's plan #36, before command #38: Riyadh, Bogota, Beijing, Baghdad, Karachi, Essen (top first).
- After the bob's proposal #43, before command #44: Beijing, Baghdad, Karachi, Essen, Delhi, Madrid (top first).
- After the the jump #44, before command #45: Beijing, Baghdad, Karachi, Essen, Delhi, Madrid (top first).
- After the the take #45, before command #47: Beijing, Baghdad, Karachi, Essen, Delhi, Madrid (top first).
- After the bob's route #46, before command #47: Beijing, Baghdad, Karachi, Essen, Delhi, Madrid (top first).
- After the the build #48, before command #49: Beijing, Baghdad, Karachi, Essen, Delhi, Madrid (top first).
- After the the cure #49, before command #52: Karachi, Essen, Delhi, Madrid, Hong Kong, Tehran (top first).
- After the alice's report #50, before command #52: Karachi, Essen, Delhi, Madrid, Hong Kong, Tehran (top first).

## The boards the episode states

### Before #38

- Before command #38 by bob; phase {"tag":"playerActions","remaining":4}; turn owner bob.
- alice (dispatcher) at Beijing; hand 7: Chicago, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Cairo, Hong Kong, Santiago, Lima
- bob (researcher) at Seoul; hand 6: Ho Chi Minh City, Delhi, Jakarta, Mumbai, Moscow, Kolkata
- Stations: Atlanta, Delhi.
- Cures: blue none, yellow none, black none, red none. Outbreaks 0/8; infection rate index 1.
- Cube supply: blue 16, yellow 17, black 17, red 21.
- Cities with 2 or more cubes: Essen blue×3; Sao Paulo yellow×2; Moscow black×2; Lima yellow×2; Johannesburg yellow×2; London blue×2; Madrid blue×3.
- Every city with a cube (alphabetical): Baghdad black×1; Beijing red×1; Bogota yellow×1; Delhi black×1; Essen blue×3; Hong Kong red×1; Johannesburg yellow×2; Karachi black×1; Lima yellow×2; London blue×2; Madrid blue×3; Moscow black×2; Riyadh black×1; Sao Paulo yellow×2; Seoul red×1; Tehran black×1.
- Player deck 39 (epidemics left: 3); infection deck 44, discard 4.
- Infection discard (public), oldest first: London, Moscow, Johannesburg, Lima.
- **ENGINE TRUTH, hidden from the seats unless a Forecast was played:** top of the infection deck, top first: Riyadh, Bogota, Beijing, Baghdad, Karachi, Essen.
- **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 Riyadh, Bogota (rate 2, top first); outbreaks 0 → 0.

### Before #44

- Before command #44 by alice; phase {"tag":"playerActions","remaining":4}; turn owner alice.
- alice (dispatcher) at Beijing; hand 7: Chicago, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Cairo, Hong Kong, Santiago, Lima
- bob (researcher) at Hong Kong; hand 7: Ho Chi Minh City, Delhi, Jakarta, Mumbai, Moscow, Kolkata, Johannesburg
- Stations: Atlanta, Delhi.
- Cures: blue none, yellow none, black none, red none. Outbreaks 0/8; infection rate index 1.
- Cube supply: blue 16, yellow 16, black 16, red 23.
- Cities with 2 or more cubes: Essen blue×3; Bogota yellow×2; Sao Paulo yellow×2; Moscow black×2; Lima yellow×2; Johannesburg yellow×2; London blue×2; Riyadh black×2; Madrid blue×3.
- Every city with a cube (alphabetical): Baghdad black×1; Beijing red×1; Bogota yellow×2; Delhi black×1; Essen blue×3; Johannesburg yellow×2; Karachi black×1; Lima yellow×2; London blue×2; Madrid blue×3; Moscow black×2; Riyadh black×2; Sao Paulo yellow×2; Tehran black×1.
- Player deck 37 (epidemics left: 3); infection deck 42, discard 6.
- Infection discard (public), oldest first: London, Moscow, Johannesburg, Lima, Riyadh, Bogota.
- **ENGINE TRUTH, hidden from the seats unless a Forecast was played:** top of the infection deck, top first: Beijing, Baghdad, Karachi, Essen, Delhi, Madrid.
- **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 Beijing, Baghdad (rate 2, top first); outbreaks 0 → 0.

### Before #48

- Before command #48 by alice; phase {"tag":"playerActions","remaining":2}; turn owner alice.
- alice (dispatcher) at Hong Kong; hand 7: Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Cairo, Hong Kong, Santiago, Lima, Johannesburg
- bob (researcher) at Hong Kong; hand 6: Ho Chi Minh City, Delhi, Jakarta, Mumbai, Moscow, Kolkata
- Stations: Atlanta, Delhi.
- Cures: blue none, yellow none, black none, red none. Outbreaks 0/8; infection rate index 1.
- Cube supply: blue 16, yellow 16, black 16, red 23.
- Cities with 2 or more cubes: Essen blue×3; Bogota yellow×2; Sao Paulo yellow×2; Moscow black×2; Lima yellow×2; Johannesburg yellow×2; London blue×2; Riyadh black×2; Madrid blue×3.
- Every city with a cube (alphabetical): Baghdad black×1; Beijing red×1; Bogota yellow×2; Delhi black×1; Essen blue×3; Johannesburg yellow×2; Karachi black×1; Lima yellow×2; London blue×2; Madrid blue×3; Moscow black×2; Riyadh black×2; Sao Paulo yellow×2; Tehran black×1.
- Player deck 37 (epidemics left: 3); infection deck 42, discard 6.
- Infection discard (public), oldest first: London, Moscow, Johannesburg, Lima, Riyadh, Bogota.
- **ENGINE TRUTH, hidden from the seats unless a Forecast was played:** top of the infection deck, top first: Beijing, Baghdad, Karachi, Essen, Delhi, Madrid.
- **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 Beijing, Baghdad (rate 2, top first); outbreaks 0 → 0.

### Before #52

- Before command #52 by bob; phase {"tag":"playerActions","remaining":4}; turn owner bob.
- alice (dispatcher) at Hong Kong; hand 3: Cairo, Taipei, Karachi
- bob (researcher) at Hong Kong; hand 6: Ho Chi Minh City, Delhi, Jakarta, Mumbai, Moscow, Kolkata
- Stations: Atlanta, Delhi, Hong Kong.
- Cures: blue none, yellow cured, black none, red none. Outbreaks 0/8; infection rate index 1.
- Cube supply: blue 16, yellow 16, black 15, red 22.
- Cities with 2 or more cubes: Essen blue×3; Bogota yellow×2; Beijing red×2; Sao Paulo yellow×2; Moscow black×2; Baghdad black×2; Lima yellow×2; Johannesburg yellow×2; London blue×2; Riyadh black×2; Madrid blue×3.
- Every city with a cube (alphabetical): Baghdad black×2; Beijing red×2; Bogota yellow×2; Delhi black×1; Essen blue×3; Johannesburg yellow×2; Karachi black×1; Lima yellow×2; London blue×2; Madrid blue×3; Moscow black×2; Riyadh black×2; Sao Paulo yellow×2; Tehran black×1.
- Player deck 35 (epidemics left: 3); infection deck 40, discard 8.
- Infection discard (public), oldest first: London, Moscow, Johannesburg, Lima, Riyadh, Bogota, Beijing, Baghdad.
- **ENGINE TRUTH, hidden from the seats unless a Forecast was played:** top of the infection deck, top first: Karachi, Essen, Delhi, Madrid, Hong Kong, Tehran.
- **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 Karachi, Essen (rate 2, top first); outbreaks 0 → 1, cities that outbroke: Essen.


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


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