Pandemic: The Cure
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Do the dice locked up as a sample come free after a failed cure attempt?
The designer confirmed the locked dice stay locked until the colour is cured, which clarifies the rulebook's phrasing.
- mleacock · Designer · 2014-10-21
- Pandemic: The Cure rulebook · Rulebook · Failure
- SaltyHorse · Community · 2014-10-19
- BoardGameBeacon · Community · 2017-06-11
- peakhope · Community · 2023-10-29
- TwentySides · Community · 2014-11-18disagrees
No. A failed attempt keeps the samples on your Role card with their dice, and they stay locked until that colour is cured. Only a successful cure returns them, and handing samples to another player does not free them. The rulebook's wording 'or try to find a cure' is clarified by this ruling. The one exception is the Fine Points rule: if all your dice are locked at the start of your turn, you may unlock one.