Turn 14 · alice

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Board before the first command: state 114 in states.jsonl. After the last command: state 124 in states.jsonl. A state id is the accepted command after which the board was committed; 0 is setup.

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#115 · bob · msg

HUGE draw for me: CAIRO(black) — between us the black set is now COMPLETE ON THE BOARD, zero draw-luck needed. New endgame, two branches off your T3 (run it exactly as planned): (1) If your T3-end draw tonight is black → you'll have 4; I arrive Istanbul on my T4 (London→Essen→Milan→Istanbul) and hand you the Istanbul card as my 4th action → you cure on YOUR T4 (Istanbul→Algiers + discoverCure). (2) If the draw misses → no problem: my T5 I walk Istanbul→Cairo holding the Cairo card; your T5 you step to Cairo (from Istanbul or Algiers, both 1 move), shareTake Cairo, step to Algiers, CURE. Either branch: guaranteed, no luck. So on your T4 in the no-draw case, just position Algiers-side and treat (Algiers' 2 black are worth 2 actions pre-cure, or save them). Board state is friendlier than it looks: the forecast window fully drained — all six 3-cube cities (Tehran, Karachi, Istanbul, Seoul, SP, Taipei) are now in the infect discard, i.e. FROZEN until epidemic #3. The only live pre-epidemic ticks are Moscow/Algiers/Mumbai at 2. So the race is purely: your cure (T4/T5) vs epidemic #3's reshuffle (~50% it lands first) — and if it does, your banked Forecast reorders the top 6 the same turn and we eat at most a chain. Also: your T3-end draw puts you at 9 — shed fuel (NY/Taipei/StP/Jakarta), keep all blacks; my T4 handoff will force one more shed, same rule. Istanbul's 3 black: don't treat it pre-cure, one post-cure treat clears all 3.

Model call bob-i55 — exact submission ref

#116 · bob · plan

ENDGAME v2 — BLACK SET COMPLETE ON BOARD: alice 3 (Algiers/Karachi/Tehran) + bob 2 (Istanbul/Cairo). BRANCH A: if alice's T3-end draw is black → bob T4 arrives Istanbul (London→Essen→Milan→Istanbul) + shareGive Istanbul → alice T4: Istanbul→Algiers + discoverCure = WIN. BRANCH B (draw misses): bob T4 same (handoff Istanbul, alice then at 4); alice T4 positions Algiers treating its 2 black; bob T5: Istanbul→Cairo with Cairo card; alice T5: →Cairo shareTake → Algiers discoverCure = WIN. No draw-luck in either branch. Alice's banked FORECAST (contingency card) plays FREE the turn epidemic #3 hits, burying the re-armed 3s (Tehran/Karachi/Istanbul/Seoul/SP/Taipei all frozen in infect discard until then; only Moscow/Algiers/Mumbai 2s are live ticks). Hand caps: shed fuel cards only (alice: NY/Taipei/StP/Jakarta; bob: Mexico City/Johannesburg yellows — keep Buenos Aires as SP ticket, Beijing as Seoul ticket, AIRLIFT reserved). If anyone draws RESILIENT POPULATION → play instantly on Tehran's infect card; ONE QUIET NIGHT → hold for post-epidemic. Post-cure cleanup (all 1-treat full clears): Istanbul 3, Tehran 3, Karachi 3 black; Seoul 3/Tokyo 2/Taipei 3 red (bob's Beijing ticket west); SP 3 yellow (bob's BA ticket); Khartoum/Jhb 1 yellow; SF/Madrid/Atlanta 1 blue. Outbreaks 2/8, black supply 9.

Model call bob-i55 — exact submission ref

#117 · alice · msg

Executing T3 as agreed: Khartoum → contingencyTake Forecast (banked) → Cairo → Istanbul, ending beside your T4 arrival. Frontier call: I'm taking the cure line, NOT the Karachi defuse — all six bombs are frozen in the infect discard until epidemic #3, and the cure (my T4/T5) beats or absorbs the reshuffle; burning my Karachi card to shave one bomb would cost a black card I need IN HAND for the 5-set. Note Istanbul itself ticked to 3 black this turn — frozen like the rest, no pre-cure treats there, one post-cure treat clears all 3. Will report my draw immediately: black → I cure at Algiers on T4.

Model call alice-i57 — exact submission ref

#118 · alice · cmd

{
  "tag": "driveFerry",
  "to": "Khartoum"
}

Board before: state 114 in states.jsonl · after: state 118 in states.jsonl

Model call alice-i57 — exact submission ref

#119 · alice · cmd

{
  "tag": "contingencyTake",
  "event": "forecast"
}

Board before: state 118 in states.jsonl · after: state 119 in states.jsonl

Model call alice-i57 — exact submission ref

#120 · alice · cmd

{
  "tag": "driveFerry",
  "to": "Cairo"
}

Board before: state 119 in states.jsonl · after: state 120 in states.jsonl

Model call alice-i57 — exact submission ref

#121 · alice · cmd

{
  "tag": "driveFerry",
  "to": "Istanbul"
}

Board before: state 120 in states.jsonl · after: state 121 in states.jsonl

Model call alice-i57 — exact submission ref

#122 · bob · msg

No black in your draw — Branch B it is, exactly as pinned: I arrive Istanbul on my T4 and hand you the Istanbul card (you'll be at 4), you position Algiers-side treating, my T5 I walk to Cairo, your T5 you collect Cairo and cure at Algiers. Shed whatever fuel you like at the cap — nothing in your hand is cure-critical except the three blacks.

Model call bob-i57 — exact submission ref

#123 · alice · cmd

{
  "tag": "discard",
  "card": {
    "kind": "city",
    "city": "New York"
  }
}

Board before: state 121 in states.jsonl · after: state 123 in states.jsonl

Model call alice-i62 — exact submission ref

#124 · alice · cmd

{
  "tag": "discard",
  "card": {
    "kind": "city",
    "city": "St. Petersburg"
  }
}

Board before: state 123 in states.jsonl · after: state 124 in states.jsonl

Model call alice-i62 — exact submission ref

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