Players
2 - 4
(recommended: 4)
Recommended Age
10
Playing Time
45 min
Pandemic
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Four diseases have broken out in the world and it is up to a team of specialists in various fields to find cures for these diseases before mankind is wiped out. Players must work together, playing to their characters' strengths and planning their strategy of eradication before the diseases overwhelm the world with ever-increasing outbreaks. For example, the Operation Specialist can build research stations, which are needed to find cures for the diseases.
Theme: Medicine
Mechanics: Cooperative Hand Management Set Collection Variable Player Powers
Game Details
- Title:
- Pandemic
- Designer:
- Matt Leacock
- Publisher:
- Z-Man Games
- Year:
- 2008
Awards
- 2015 Hungarian Board Game Award Nominee
- 2015 Guldbrikken Special Jury Prize Winner
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