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From the S-CAR 7.4 page 177


“It is also possible to divide a swarm of fleas by choosing to move one of them.”   

Does moving a (presumably active) flea take the place of choosing a flea from the supply or selecting a latent flea to move?

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Re: The Plague - divide a swarm of fleas by choosing to move one of them
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2015, 10:48:44 PM »
I didn't understand the question properly, but the rules describe the order how you must use the fleas:
1) from the supply; if supply is empty then
2) latent fleas; if there isn't any left then
3) active fleas.

This order can't be changed.
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Re: The Plague - divide a swarm of fleas by choosing to move one of them
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2015, 05:21:25 AM »
Thanks for the answer,  I just wish that the instructions for order in which to pick fleas were as clear as you had stated, but unfortunately that is not how I understand the rules  as in the S-car

“It is also possible to divide a swarm of fleas by choosing to move one of them.”

this statement is written without regard to there being any fleas in the supply or available as latent.

also


“The region affected is now an ‘inactive’ Plague region. All adjacent flea tokens
should be turned onto their ‘latent' sides; from this point on, fleas tokens must
be moved out of an latent epidemic region, rather than the supply
.”


states that latent fleas should be used  before any remaining fleas in the supply.

again thanks for the prompt response

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Re: The Plague - divide a swarm of fleas by choosing to move one of them
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2015, 05:38:16 AM »
No, you took it out of context.

Let's have a look into previous section:
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When, at the start of a player’s turn, there are no more flea tokens left in the supply, the Outbreak token with the lowest visible number should be eliminated – turned onto the ‘field’ side.
This means that latent flea tokens can appear ONLY after all tokens from the supply are used. So you quoted statement means that there is no more tokens in supply left, and now fleas should be taken from the latent ones.

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Re: The Plague - divide a swarm of fleas by choosing to move one of them
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2015, 11:23:34 PM »
Thanks for the answer,  I just wish that the instructions for order in which to pick fleas were as clear as you had stated, but unfortunately that is not how I understand the rules  as in the S-car

“It is also possible to divide a swarm of fleas by choosing to move one of them.”

this statement is written without regard to there being any fleas in the supply or available as latent.

About this one: again you took it out of context. Let's see previous section:
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The next Outbreak (and always the token with the lowest number currently in play) is only eradicated when there are no more latent flea tokens which could be moved at the start of a player's turn.
(emphasis mine)

So your quoted statement could happen when only active fleas are in play.



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