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Hi,
I have a question about the field operative. On the card it says that he/she has to gather three cubes of the same color and matching cards to cure a disease. I interpreted this has follow: if the field operative possess a sample from New York, Toronto and Chicago, he can cure the disease only if he also have the cards for New York, Toronto and Chicago (and discards those at a research center). Am I right?
In the rulebook, the rule is formulated differently and it seems to indicate that, if I have a sample from Chicago, Toronto and New York, I can
discard any 3 blue cards to cure the disease. This interpretation seem a little bit too easy to execute. Nevertheless, it seems to be the main interpretation here on BGG.
Your thoughts?
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Steve Wardell
United States
Carmel
Indiana
I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed.
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Ambiance wrote: Hi,
I have a question about the field operative. On the card it says that he/she has to gather three cubes of the same color and matching cards to cure a disease. I interpreted this has follow: if the field operative possess a sample from New York, Toronto and Chicago, he can cure the disease only if he also have the cards for New York, Toronto and Chicago (and discards those at a research center). Am I right?
In the rulebook, the rule is formulated differently and it seems to indicate that, if I have a sample from Chicago, Toronto and New York, I can
discard any 3 blue cards to cure the disease. This interpretation seem a little bit too easy to execute. Nevertheless, it seems to be the main interpretation here on BGG.
Your thoughts?
You don't need to keep track of what cities the samples came from. "Matching cards" just refers to matching the color.
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Keng Leong Yeo
Singapore
Singapore
aka Uncle
小富靠勤，中富靠智，大富靠德。
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My interpretation is looser than both of yours.
The three cubes do not necessarily have to come from different cities. As long as you collected three cubes of the same colour (on different turns) and have three city cards of the same colour, the Field Operative can find the cure for the disease at any research centre.
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Steve Wardell
United States
Carmel
Indiana
I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed.
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Yeoster wrote: My interpretation is looser than both of yours.
The three cubes do not necessarily have to come from different cities. As long as you collected three cubes of the same colour (on different turns) and have three city cards of the same colour, the Field Operative can find the cure for the disease at any research centre.
That's correct, they can all be from the same city. That doesn't conflict with what I said before.
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Tom Lehmann
United States
Palo Alto
California
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Ambiance wrote: This interpretation seem a little bit too easy to execute.
The trick is that only one sample can be gained per turn; it's a slow, steady, and fairly sure cure method, but often you just need to cure diseases faster...
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Thanks to all for the quick answer!
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Matt Smith
United States
Orion
Michigan
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We've found the Field Operative is too slow with 2 players, but is a nice member of a 4-5 player team.
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Tom Lehmann
United States
Palo Alto
California
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mvettemagred wrote: We've found the Field Operative is too slow with 2 players, but is a nice member of a 4-5 player team.
Personally, in 2P, I plan on getting the first and last cures with the Field Op; where the Field Op's initial cards will dictate the first cure and whatever is drawn slowest determines the last. In the mid-game the Field Op concentrates on helping the other player get cures, while prepping samples for the final cure.
Just my two cents; your mileage may vary.
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Stephen McHale
United States
Burke
Virginia
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mvettemagred wrote: We've found the Field Operative is too slow with 2 players, but is a nice member of a 4-5 player team.
We found just the opposite. In a two player game he gets more turns so he can get more cubes and cure quicker.
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