Pandemic
Can the Archivist discard a City card for an action and then take it back?
The designer answered this directly on BoardGameGeek.
- Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2020-12-01
- Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2010-01-07
- byronczimmer · Community · 2010-01-07
- Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2012-08-05
Yes. Discarding it to fly, charter or build a research station and then taking the same card from the discard pile with his once-per-turn ability is legal and intended. It costs him an extra action, which is the price of his flexibility. He can also take back the card he just flew with.