In Pandemic , multiple virulent diseases have broken out simultaneously all over the world! Players are disease-fighting specialists whose mission is to treat disease hotspots while researching cures for each of the four plagues before they get out of control.
The game board depicts several major population centers on Earth. Each turn, a player can use up to four actions to travel between cities, cure infected populations, discover a cure, or build a research station. One deck of cards provides players with these abilities, but sprinkled throughout this game are Epidemic! cards that accelerate and intensify disease activity. A second, separate deck of cards controls the "normal" spread of infections.
Playing a unique role within the team, players must plan their strategy to integrate with their specialists' strengths in order to defeat diseases. For example, the Operations Expert can build research stations that are needed to find cures for diseases and allow for greater mobility between cities; the Scientist only needs four cards of a particular disease to cure it instead of the normal five, but diseases spread quickly and time is of the essence. If one or more diseases spread beyond cure or if too much time passes, all players lose. If they cure all four diseases, they all win!
The 2013 edition of Pandemic includes two new characters - the Emergency Planner and the Quarantine Specialist - not available in previous editions of the game.
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