Pandemic (2nd Edition)
In Pandemic, several virulent diseases have broken out simultaneously all over the world! The players are disease-fighting specialists whose mission is to treat disease hotspots while researching cures for each... (read more)
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Noble Knight GamesReviews
mostly positive, 76% of all reviews are favorable
Playtime
45 minutes
Published
2013
Age
8+
Publisher
Z-Man Games
Players
2 to 4 players
Designer
Matt Leacock
Playstyle
Involved
Game's Categories
Z-Man Games, Medical, Hand Management, Cooperative Game, Strategy Game, Variable Player Powers, and Hobby Japan
Description
In Pandemic, several virulent diseases have broken out simultaneously all over the world! The players are disease-fighting specialists whose mission is to treat disease hotspots while researching cures for each of four plagues before they get out of hand.
The game board depicts several major population centers on Earth. On each turn, a player can use up to four actions to travel between cities, treat infected populaces, discover a cure, or build a research station. A deck of cards provides the players with these abilities, but sprinkled throughout this deck are Epidemic! cards that accelerate and intensify the diseases' activity. A second, separate deck of cards controls the "normal" spread of the infections.
Taking a unique role within the team, players must plan their strategy to mesh with their specialists' strengths in order to conquer the diseases. For example, the Operations Expert can build research stations which are needed to find cures for the diseases and which allow for greater mobility between cities; the Scientist needs only four cards of a particular disease to cure it instead of the normal five—but the diseases are spreading quickly and time is running out. If one or more diseases spreads beyond recovery or if too much time elapses, the players all lose. If they cure the four diseases, they all win!
The 2013 edition of Pandemic includes two new characters—the Contingency Planner and the Quarantine Specialist—not available in earlier editions of the game.
Contents:
Board, showing the world's major cities
7 Role cards, with matching pawns
6 Research stations
6 Wooden markers
96 Disease cubes
48 Infection cards
59 Player cards
Reference cards and rulebook
The game board depicts several major population centers on Earth. On each turn, a player can use up to four actions to travel between cities, treat infected populaces, discover a cure, or build a research station. A deck of cards provides the players with these abilities, but sprinkled throughout this deck are Epidemic! cards that accelerate and intensify the diseases' activity. A second, separate deck of cards controls the "normal" spread of the infections.
Taking a unique role within the team, players must plan their strategy to mesh with their specialists' strengths in order to conquer the diseases. For example, the Operations Expert can build research stations which are needed to find cures for the diseases and which allow for greater mobility between cities; the Scientist needs only four cards of a particular disease to cure it instead of the normal five—but the diseases are spreading quickly and time is running out. If one or more diseases spreads beyond recovery or if too much time elapses, the players all lose. If they cure the four diseases, they all win!
The 2013 edition of Pandemic includes two new characters—the Contingency Planner and the Quarantine Specialist—not available in earlier editions of the game.
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Game's Categories
Mechanics
Publishers
- ADC Blackfire Entertainment
- Boardgame Space
- Enigma (Bergsala Enigma)
- Galápagos Jogos
- Hobby Japan
- Kaissa Chess & Games
- Korea Boardgames Co., Ltd.
- Lautapelit.fi
- Nordic Games GmbH
- Rebel Sp. z o.o.
- Siam Board Games
- MINDOK
- Pegasus Spiele
- Stratelibri
- Lifestyle Boardgames Ltd
- White Goblin Games
- Devir
- Ігромаг
- Gém Klub Kft.
- Albi
- Z-Man Games
- Brain Games
- Lacerta
- HaKubia
- Asterion Press
- Filosofia Éditions
- Paladium Games
- Zhiyanjia
- Quined White Goblin Games
- Wargames Club Publishing
- HomoLudicus
- Jolly Thinkers
- Взрослые дети
Designer
Artists
- Chris Quilliams
- Josh Cappel
- Monica Helland
- Christian Hanisch
- Régis Moulun
- Tom Thiel
