Fact sheet — Game 6, 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 = medic. Config: {"epidemicCount":4,"handVisibility":"open","rolePool":["dispatcher","medic"]}.
• 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":"won"}}.

The key lines

bob's pin — #51 by bob

PLAN v6 (yellow cure sequence): Bob has 4/5 yellow (Miami, Mexico City, LA, Kinshasa); alice holds Lagos. Alice's turn: dispatcherMove bob Sao Paulo→Lagos, dispatcherJump herself onto him (both in Lagos), spend remaining actions walking toward Atlanta. Bob's next turn: shareTake Lagos → 5/5 → drive Lagos→Kinshasa→Johannesburg, wipe 3 yellow (defuses bomb). Alice: walk to Atlanta (treat Atlanta 2 blue en route), cure BLUE when 5th blue drawn (4/5 now). When alice reaches Atlanta station: dispatcherJump bob onto her → bob cures YELLOW at station. NEW FIRE: Riyadh 3 black (armed). Black cards: alice Cairo+Riyadh, bob Delhi — none to be burned as fuel. Later fires: Kolkata 2 black, Bangkok 2 red, Lima/Santiago 2 yellow. Bob collects yellow+red; alice blue+black.

alice's correction — #52 by alice

Bob — IMPORTANT correction to your next-turn plan: do NOT detour to Johannesburg. My Resilient Population removed Johannesburg's infection card from the game permanently — its 3 cubes can never grow and can never outbreak (verified: pHit = 0). Clearing it is 6 wasted treats on a dead city. Revised plan: I'm handing you Lagos THIS turn (jumping myself to Lagos), then shuttling you back to Sao Paulo. Your next turn: drive Bogota→Miami→Atlanta (3 moves), DISCOVER YELLOW CURE as your 4th action. My draw phase costs me 1 discard, and Riyadh 3-black stays armed (infect card top-of-deck: Shanghai, Seoul, Milan, LA, SF per Forecast — so Riyadh won't fire this infect phase). After my jump I'm in Africa: I'll piggyback dispatcher jumps to your pawn to get back to the station cluster and start treating Riyadh/Kolkata legs later.

alice's reminder — #58 by alice

Bob — reminder (pinned plan is stale): skip Jo'burg entirely (card removed, cubes inert) and do NOT share Lagos back. Your 4 actions: drive Bogota → drive Miami → drive Atlanta → DISCOVER YELLOW CURE (you hold all 5). That's yellow #1 down. Then next turn I dispatcherJump to your pawn and we coordinate blue (I'm 4/5) and black legs from Atlanta.

bob's catch — #63 by bob

Alice — YELLOW CURED ✓ (1 of 4). Your turn priority: Johannesburg's 3 yellow cubes can still OUTBREAK (card removed from deck but cubes live) — you're 2 moves away and with yellow cured ONE treat wipes all 3: Lagos→Kinshasa→Johannesburg→treat (3 actions). That also puts yellow at 5 cubes from eradication (Lima 2, Santiago 2, LA 1 left). Suggested 4th action: dispatcherMove me Atlanta→Chicago — from there I cover San Francisco (2 blue) and can direct-flight Bangkok (I hold the card, 2 red) next turn, while you work black toward Riyadh (you hold Riyadh+Cairo+Karachi; black cure at 3/5). After Johannesburg, remaining yellow cubes (Lima/Santiago/LA) can wait 1-2 turns — blue cure (your 5th blue) outranks them.

alice's reply — #65 by alice

Bob — nice cure! Correction: Jo'burg can't outbreak (its card was removed from the infect deck — pHit=0), so it's inert; treat is still worth it for eradication + cube refund, and that's exactly my line this turn: Lagos→Kinshasa→Jo'burg (treat wipes all 3 yellow) → Khartoum. Next turn I clear Riyadh fully (Cairo→Riyadh + 3 treats, black NOT cured so 3 actions — I'll end at Riyadh). Your Chicago move is good; when my 5th blue lands I'll jump to your pawn and cure at Atlanta — you don't need to wait on me. Delhi(black) is the 5th black card — keep it for our black cure set (I hold Cairo/Riyadh/Karachi).

The log, #50 to #70 (bob's yellow-cure plan to alice's treat at Johannesburg)

— turn 6 (alice's turn) —

• #50 bob says: Alice — I drew Kinshasa(yellow): I'm 4/5 yellow, and I'm in Sao Paulo ADJACENT to Lagos (no charter needed). Do this on your turn: (1) dispatcherMove me Sao Paulo→Lagos [drive], (2) dispatcherJump YOURSELF to Lagos (free — I'm there), (3-4) your call: walk south/west toward Atlanta as planned. Next turn (mine): shareTake Lagos → 5/5 yellow, then drive Lagos→Kinshasa→Johannesburg and wipe its 3 yellow (2 moves + 1 treat, hand intact). Then you walk to Atlanta (cure blue when 5th blue arrives), and when you reach it dispatcherJump me onto you — I cure yellow the moment I'm at the station. Flag: Riyadh hit 3 black — it's armed; decide later who treats it (you hold Riyadh+Cairo, I hold Delhi — don't burn them as fuel).
• #51 bob pins [BOB'S PIN]: PLAN v6 (yellow cure sequence): Bob has 4/5 yellow (Miami, Mexico City, LA, Kinshasa); alice holds Lagos. Alice's turn: dispatcherMove bob Sao Paulo→Lagos, dispatcherJump herself onto him (both in Lagos), spend remaining actions walking toward Atlanta. Bob's next turn: shareTake Lagos → 5/5 → drive Lagos→Kinshasa→Johannesburg, wipe 3 yellow (defuses bomb). Alice: walk to Atlanta (treat Atlanta 2 blue en route), cure BLUE when 5th blue drawn (4/5 now). When alice reaches Atlanta station: dispatcherJump bob onto her → bob cures YELLOW at station. NEW FIRE: Riyadh 3 black (armed). Black cards: alice Cairo+Riyadh, bob Delhi — none to be burned as fuel. Later fires: Kolkata 2 black, Bangkok 2 red, Lima/Santiago 2 yellow. Bob collects yellow+red; alice blue+black.
• #52 alice says [ALICE'S CORRECTION]: Bob — IMPORTANT correction to your next-turn plan: do NOT detour to Johannesburg. My Resilient Population removed Johannesburg's infection card from the game permanently — its 3 cubes can never grow and can never outbreak (verified: pHit = 0). Clearing it is 6 wasted treats on a dead city. Revised plan: I'm handing you Lagos THIS turn (jumping myself to Lagos), then shuttling you back to Sao Paulo. Your next turn: drive Bogota→Miami→Atlanta (3 moves), DISCOVER YELLOW CURE as your 4th action. My draw phase costs me 1 discard, and Riyadh 3-black stays armed (infect card top-of-deck: Shanghai, Seoul, Milan, LA, SF per Forecast — so Riyadh won't fire this infect phase). After my jump I'm in Africa: I'll piggyback dispatcher jumps to your pawn to get back to the station cluster and start treating Riyadh/Kolkata legs later.
• #53 alice: {"tag":"dispatcherMove","pawn":"bob","via":"driveFerry","to":"Lagos"}
• #54 alice: {"tag":"dispatcherJump","pawn":"alice","toPawn":"bob"}
• #55 alice: {"tag":"shareGive","to":"bob","card":"Lagos"}
• #56 alice: {"tag":"dispatcherMove","pawn":"bob","via":"driveFerry","to":"Sao Paulo"}
• #57 alice: {"tag":"discard","card":{"kind":"city","city":"Tehran"}}

— turn 7 (bob's turn) —

• #58 alice says [ALICE'S REMINDER]: Bob — reminder (pinned plan is stale): skip Jo'burg entirely (card removed, cubes inert) and do NOT share Lagos back. Your 4 actions: drive Bogota → drive Miami → drive Atlanta → DISCOVER YELLOW CURE (you hold all 5). That's yellow #1 down. Then next turn I dispatcherJump to your pawn and we coordinate blue (I'm 4/5) and black legs from Atlanta.
• #59 bob: {"tag":"driveFerry","to":"Bogota"}
• #60 bob: {"tag":"driveFerry","to":"Miami"}
• #61 bob: {"tag":"driveFerry","to":"Atlanta"}
• #62 bob: {"tag":"discoverCure","color":"yellow","cards":["Miami","Mexico City","Los Angeles","Kinshasa","Lagos"]}

— turn 8 (alice's turn) —

• #63 bob says [BOB'S CATCH]: Alice — YELLOW CURED ✓ (1 of 4). Your turn priority: Johannesburg's 3 yellow cubes can still OUTBREAK (card removed from deck but cubes live) — you're 2 moves away and with yellow cured ONE treat wipes all 3: Lagos→Kinshasa→Johannesburg→treat (3 actions). That also puts yellow at 5 cubes from eradication (Lima 2, Santiago 2, LA 1 left). Suggested 4th action: dispatcherMove me Atlanta→Chicago — from there I cover San Francisco (2 blue) and can direct-flight Bangkok (I hold the card, 2 red) next turn, while you work black toward Riyadh (you hold Riyadh+Cairo+Karachi; black cure at 3/5). After Johannesburg, remaining yellow cubes (Lima/Santiago/LA) can wait 1-2 turns — blue cure (your 5th blue) outranks them.
• #64 bob pins: PLAN v7 (yellow cured 1/4): Alice's turn: Lagos→Kinshasa→Johannesburg, treat (wipes 3 yellow — still an outbreak bomb despite cured card removed), 4th action dispatcherMove bob Atlanta→Chicago. Bob (red 2/5: Bangkok, Osaka; holds Delhi black): from Chicago cover San Francisco 2 blue and direct-flight Bangkok (2 red) next turn. Alice then works black legs toward Riyadh 3 black (bomb) with her Riyadh/Cairo/Karachi cards; black cure 3/5. Remaining yellow cubes for eradication (low priority, AFTER blue cure): Lima 2, Santiago 2, LA 1. Blue: alice 4/5, cures on 5th draw at Atlanta station. Red collector: bob. Fires: SF 2 blue, Kolkata 2 black, Bangkok 2 red, Milan 2 blue, Manila/HK/Shanghai/Seoul 1 red each.
• #65 alice says [ALICE'S REPLY]: Bob — nice cure! Correction: Jo'burg can't outbreak (its card was removed from the infect deck — pHit=0), so it's inert; treat is still worth it for eradication + cube refund, and that's exactly my line this turn: Lagos→Kinshasa→Jo'burg (treat wipes all 3 yellow) → Khartoum. Next turn I clear Riyadh fully (Cairo→Riyadh + 3 treats, black NOT cured so 3 actions — I'll end at Riyadh). Your Chicago move is good; when my 5th blue lands I'll jump to your pawn and cure at Atlanta — you don't need to wait on me. Delhi(black) is the 5th black card — keep it for our black cure set (I hold Cairo/Riyadh/Karachi).
• #66 alice: {"tag":"driveFerry","to":"Kinshasa"}
• #67 alice: {"tag":"driveFerry","to":"Johannesburg"}
• #68 bob says: Acknowledged — keep Delhi(black) for the 5-card black set (I'm never burning it as fuel), and Jo'burg inert confirmed. My turn next: Chicago → directFlight Bangkok (spending the card, it's 2 red and my red set is Bangkok+Osaka) → treat Bangkok 2 red → treat 1 more if supply allows. That leaves me mid-red-collection with Delhi as the only non-red card in my hand. Also: once yellow's eradicated cubes are done, yellow treat refunds are automatic for me as medic whenever I pass a yellow city. Good luck at Riyadh — 3 treats since black's uncured is right.
• #69 alice: {"tag":"treatDisease","color":"yellow"}
• #70 alice: {"tag":"driveFerry","to":"Khartoum"}

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 bob's pin #51, before command #53: Shanghai, San Francisco, Seoul, Milan, Los Angeles, Osaka (top first).
• After the alice's correction #52, before command #53: Shanghai, San Francisco, Seoul, Milan, Los Angeles, Osaka (top first).
• After the alice's reminder #58, before command #59: Seoul, Milan, Los Angeles, Osaka, Mumbai, Bogota (top first).
• After the bob's catch #63, before command #66: Los Angeles, Osaka, Mumbai, Bogota, Ho Chi Minh City, Taipei (top first).
• After the alice's reply #65, before command #66: Los Angeles, Osaka, Mumbai, Bogota, Ho Chi Minh City, Taipei (top first).

ENGINE TRUTH: probes

Questions put to the engine at one decision, for a rule a seat stated.

Can a city whose infection card was removed outbreak? (state before #53)

• Johannesburg: card removed from the game: yes; cubes {"yellow":3}; neighbours Kinshasa, Khartoum. With Kinshasa at 3 yellow and drawn, infectCity outbreaks Kinshasa, Johannesburg: Johannesburg DOES outbreak.

The boards the episode states

Before #53

• Before command #53 by alice; phase {"tag":"playerActions","remaining":4}; turn owner alice.
• alice (dispatcher) at Toronto; hand 7: Cairo, Lagos, Milan, Paris, San Francisco, Toronto, Riyadh
• bob (medic) at Sao Paulo; hand 6: Miami, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Bangkok, Kinshasa, Delhi
• Stations: Atlanta.
• Cures: blue none, yellow none, black none, red none. Outbreaks 0/8; infection rate index 1.
• Cube supply: blue 20, yellow 16, black 19, red 20.
• Cities with 2 or more cubes: Johannesburg yellow×3; Atlanta blue×2; Riyadh black×3; Kolkata black×2; Bangkok red×2; Lima yellow×2; Santiago yellow×2.
• Every city with a cube (alphabetical): Atlanta blue×2; Bangkok red×2; Hong Kong red×1; Johannesburg yellow×3; Kolkata black×2; Lima yellow×2; Los Angeles yellow×1; Manila red×1; Milan blue×1; Riyadh black×3; San Francisco blue×1; Santiago yellow×2.
• Player deck 37 (epidemics left: 3); infection deck 39, discard 8.
• Infection discard (public), oldest first: Santiago, Lima, Manila, Kolkata, Bangkok, Atlanta, Riyadh, Hong Kong.
• Removed from the game: infection cards Johannesburg; events none.
• ENGINE TRUTH, hidden from the seats unless a Forecast was played: top of the infection deck, top first: Shanghai, San Francisco, Seoul, Milan, Los Angeles, Osaka.
• 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 Shanghai, San Francisco (rate 2, top first); outbreaks 0 → 0.

Before #59

• Before command #59 by bob; phase {"tag":"playerActions","remaining":4}; turn owner bob.
• alice (dispatcher) at Lagos; hand 7: Cairo, Milan, Paris, San Francisco, Toronto, Riyadh, Karachi
• bob (medic) at Sao Paulo; hand 7: Miami, Mexico City, Los Angeles, Bangkok, Kinshasa, Delhi, Lagos
• Stations: Atlanta.
• Cures: blue none, yellow none, black none, red none. Outbreaks 0/8; infection rate index 1.
• Cube supply: blue 19, yellow 16, black 19, red 19.
• Cities with 2 or more cubes: Johannesburg yellow×3; Atlanta blue×2; Riyadh black×3; Kolkata black×2; Bangkok red×2; Lima yellow×2; San Francisco blue×2; Santiago yellow×2.
• Every city with a cube (alphabetical): Atlanta blue×2; Bangkok red×2; Hong Kong red×1; Johannesburg yellow×3; Kolkata black×2; Lima yellow×2; Los Angeles yellow×1; Manila red×1; Milan blue×1; Riyadh black×3; San Francisco blue×2; Santiago yellow×2; Shanghai red×1.
• Player deck 35 (epidemics left: 3); infection deck 37, discard 10.
• Infection discard (public), oldest first: Santiago, Lima, Manila, Kolkata, Bangkok, Atlanta, Riyadh, Hong Kong, Shanghai, San Francisco.
• Removed from the game: infection cards Johannesburg; events none.
• ENGINE TRUTH, hidden from the seats unless a Forecast was played: top of the infection deck, top first: Seoul, Milan, Los Angeles, Osaka, Mumbai, Bogota.
• 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 Seoul, Milan (rate 2, top first); outbreaks 0 → 0.

Before #66

• Before command #66 by alice; phase {"tag":"playerActions","remaining":4}; turn owner alice.
• alice (dispatcher) at Lagos; hand 7: Cairo, Milan, Paris, San Francisco, Toronto, Riyadh, Karachi
• bob (medic) at Atlanta; hand 4: Bangkok, Delhi, Osaka, Bogota
• Stations: Atlanta.
• Cures: blue none, yellow cured, black none, red none. Outbreaks 0/8; infection rate index 1.
• Cube supply: blue 18, yellow 16, black 19, red 18.
• Cities with 2 or more cubes: Johannesburg yellow×3; Atlanta blue×2; Riyadh black×3; Kolkata black×2; Milan blue×2; Bangkok red×2; Lima yellow×2; San Francisco blue×2; Santiago yellow×2.
• Every city with a cube (alphabetical): Atlanta blue×2; Bangkok red×2; Hong Kong red×1; Johannesburg yellow×3; Kolkata black×2; Lima yellow×2; Los Angeles yellow×1; Manila red×1; Milan blue×2; Riyadh black×3; San Francisco blue×2; Santiago yellow×2; Seoul red×1; Shanghai red×1.
• Player deck 33 (epidemics left: 3); infection deck 35, discard 12.
• Infection discard (public), oldest first: Santiago, Lima, Manila, Kolkata, Bangkok, Atlanta, Riyadh, Hong Kong, Shanghai, San Francisco, Seoul, Milan.
• Removed from the game: infection cards Johannesburg; events none.
• ENGINE TRUTH, hidden from the seats unless a Forecast was played: top of the infection deck, top first: Los Angeles, Osaka, Mumbai, Bogota, Ho Chi Minh City, Taipei.
• 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 Los Angeles, Osaka (rate 2, top first); outbreaks 0 → 0.

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

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