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Why does an Epidemic take the bottom Infection card?

Explained by players; the rulebook states the procedure but not the reason.

  • daw65 · Community · 2008-03-08
  • MasterDinadan · Community · 2008-02-15

It guarantees a city that has not been infected since the last reshuffle, so it can only gain its cubes, not repeat a recent city. The reshuffle on top then makes already-hit cities likely to be drawn again.

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