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Pandemic Board Game (Base Game) | Cooperative Board Game for Adults and Family | Ages 8+ | 2 to 4 players | Average Playtime 45 minutes | Made by Z-Man Games

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Theme Strategy
Genre Strategy
Number of Players 2 to 4 players

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  • STRATEGY GAME: Players must work together playing to their characters' strengths as they plan their strategy of eradicating the diseases before they overwhelm the world with ever-increasing outbreaks. A truly cooperative game where you win or lose together.
  • COOPERATIVE BOARD GAME: Only through teamwork will you keep the world safe from outbreaks and epidemics. Your team must work together and plan carefully to stem the tide of infection while working toward finding the cures.
  • WORK TOGETHER AND SAVE HUMANITY: Four diseases threaten the world, and your elite team of specialists must find a cure for each of them before it’s too late. Everyone must work together applying their unique character skills to benefit the team—and the world.
  • GIFT FOR ADULTS AND TEENS: Pandemic is the perfect Christmas or birthday gift for anyone who loves a bit of problem solving! A perfect way to bring together friends and family, be sure to check out our full line of Pandemic games!
  • NUMBER OF PLAYERS AND AVERAGE PLAYTIME: This easy to learn family and adult board game can be played with 2 to 4 players. The average playtime is 45 minutes.

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Pandemic Board Game (Base Game) | Cooperative Board Game for Adults and Family | Ages 8+ | 2 to 4 players | Average Playtime 45 minutes | Made by Z-Man Games


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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. The Scientist needs only 4 cards of a particular disease to cure it instead of the normal 5. But the diseases are out breaking fast and time is running out: The team must try to stem the tide of infection in diseased areas while also towards cures. A truly cooperative game where you all win or you all lose.

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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. The Scientist needs only 4 cards of a particular disease to cure it instead of the normal 5. But the diseases are out breaking fast and time is running out: the team must try to stem the tide of infection in diseased areas while also towards cures. A truly cooperative game where you all win or you all lose.

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Work together to save humanity in the 2008 bestselling cooperative board game! Four diseases threaten the world, and your elite team of specialists must find a cure for each of them before it’s too late.

Travel around the world, treat local populations, and collect sets of City cards to complete research. Make sure to contain the spread—if there are too many outbreaks, you’ll lose the game.

As you cure each disease, they become easier to treat and remove from the board. When you’ve cured all four diseases, your team wins the game!

Each player can take advantage of their role’s special abilities. Use your strengths to support your team’s strategy as you work to discover cures.

All players start in Atlanta at the Center for Disease Control. Build research stations in other parts of the globe to travel and discover cures more efficiently!

Use Event cards for their special one-time effects to help your team get ahead. And when you’re ready for a new challenge, adjust the game’s difficulty by adding more Epidemic cards to the deck.

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Number of Players 2-4 2-4 2-4 2-5 2-4 1-5
Average Playtime 45 minutes 60 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 40 minutes 45 minutes
Recommended Player Age 8 and up 14 and up 8 and up 8 and up 14 and up 8 and up
Game Objectives Fight diseases Fight diseases Fight diseases Fight diseases Fight against the Darkness Fight against Invading Hordes
Cooperative Game
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Play over the course of 1 year

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    4.8 out of 5 stars
    4.8 out of 5
    18,362 global ratings

    Customers say

    Customers like the quality, replay value, and fun of the game. For example, they mention it's well-machined, welcoming, and has great replay value. Some appreciate the complexity, and cooperative nature. That said, opinions are mixed on ease of winning, ease of use, and simplicity.

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    1,832 customers mention1,787 positive45 negative

    Customers find the game fun, welcoming, and easy to play. They say it's a great problem-solving game for young adults and is equally fun with two or more players. They also mention that the premise of the game is cool, exciting, and a good strategy game. Overall, customers find the physical game itself outstanding and addictive.

    "...It’s fresh and exciting every time I play it, and I always enjoy upping the difficulty to see how much better I can do against the diseases...." Read more

    "...It is equally fun with two or more players, although the more players, the more challenging it is...." Read more

    "...Overall, this game is a lot of fun and very approachable for beginner board gamers like ourselves without being so simplistic that it's boring...." Read more

    "The premise of the game is really cool (and relevant). You and your team of experts need to research the cure to four different colored viruses...." Read more

    766 customers mention743 positive23 negative

    Customers find the game Pandemic to be a truly cooperative game that encourages teamwork. They say it's won by everyone working together. Customers also say the game is fun and teaches cooperation. They mention that the game has good player interaction and is a great bonding game for families.

    "...So altogether, Pandemic is probably the single best cooperative board game that was ever created...." Read more

    "...Because I keep coming back.InteractionInteraction is very high...." Read more

    "...We both love the idea that it is cooperative, especially since we are noobs to the more serious/strategic type of board games...." Read more

    "...are likely spiraling out of control and it's a great bonding experience to work together even if you can't beat the disease.3...." Read more

    263 customers mention217 positive46 negative

    Customers like the quality of the game. They say the design is outstanding, with high-quality components. The materials used are really good, and the role cards are unique. The cards are sturdy, and come in a very sturdy box. The game is awesome, and never gets boring. Customers also say the item was not damaged from shipping, and that the components are much more thought-out.

    "...Okay I've rambled enough. If you're on the edge, buy this game! It's awesome. Every game is different and it never gets boring...." Read more

    "...popular strategic board games, I came across this one and it seemed promising...." Read more

    "...4. The game board looks nice and is made of good quality materials...." Read more

    "...𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧The high quality of the game board and all other components made all the difference.𝐒𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩Takes 10 mins...." Read more

    204 customers mention204 positive0 negative

    Customers find the replay value of the game high. They say the random setup of diseases, events, and other things adds to the game's replayability tremendously. The game is unique, which also helps the replayability. The gameplay is fantastic and easy to play repeatedly.

    "...I've had friends over 4 or 5 times now and the game feels fresh each time.2. I like that the game becomes more intense as time goes on...." Read more

    "...The experience of gameplay is different every time, because the players draw roles that feature special abilities..." Read more

    "...Pandemic is a fantastic example of that and has great replay value. However,𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬..." Read more

    "...The fake is passable and playable as a game, but nowhere near the quality of the genuine game...." Read more

    149 customers mention149 positive0 negative

    Customers find the game complex. They say it balances dumb luck with careful strategic planning, and requires players to strategize and make decisions together. They also say the game is highly engaging and requires complex thinking, patience, and doomsday scenarios. Customers also say it's good for problem-solving skills, and good for fun, planning, teamwork, and communication. They mention the rules are not overly complex but are a bit more involved than the more basic.

    "...Pandemic also balances dumb luck with careful strategic planning, because it’s possible you’ll already have the cure for a disease within the first..." Read more

    "...Overall Pandemic is a great game. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in trying out a collaborative style of game." Read more

    "...It requires complex thinking, patience, and doomsday scenarios, which is difficult to gain for younger kids, so it is a bit restricted in my..." Read more

    "...We can't say enough how much we enjoy playing this game; it makes you think, and, more importantly, you have to work together!..." Read more

    863 customers mention558 positive305 negative

    Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the game. Some find the rules straightforward, and the game-play simple. They say it takes all of ten minutes to explain the game and the directions are on the box. Others however, say that the game is difficult to learn, and that the instructions are terrible.

    "...The art direction is also very complimentary of the theme...." Read more

    "...Learning CurveLow. It takes all of ten minutes to explain and there are directions on the board and the turn cards.Downtime..." Read more

    "...Ugh! As you increase the number of players, the game gets more difficult...." Read more

    "...Overall, this game is a lot of fun and very approachable for beginner board gamers like ourselves without being so simplistic that it's boring...." Read more

    195 customers mention134 positive61 negative

    Customers are mixed about the ease of winning. Some mention that it's not easy enough to win every game, but not so difficult that it becomes too easy to keep winning. Others say that it can be quite challenging to win, especially on the hardest setting. Some say that the game is sophisticated and difficult to remember all the rules. Overall, opinions are mixed and it'd be best to read reviews carefully before making a purchase.

    "...If you're on the edge, buy this game! It's awesome. Every game is different and it never gets boring...." Read more

    "...It’s fun since it plays a little bit differently each time." Read more

    "...Some reviewers have suggested that the game becomes too easy to win once you get the hang of it - to these players, I'd suggest using the maximum..." Read more

    "...but we especially love that it's a different game every time...." Read more

    129 customers mention75 positive54 negative

    Customers are mixed about the simplicity of the game. Some mention that it has lots of pieces and rules, making it confusing at first. However, the overall rules are simple enough that kids can definitely grasp it after a few lessons. However some customers feel that some of the rules are not readily apparent from the rule book, making them difficult to remember. Overall, the game requires a lot of foresight and strategy if you want to win.

    "...After that, the rules became much clearer and we were able to start playing a game with the two of us...." Read more

    "...𝐒𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩Takes 10 mins. There are quite a few elements to set up before beginning play, and various different cards to keep a track of but it is..." Read more

    "...3. I like that you can put the game at varying difficulty levels...." Read more

    "...The rules are simple but the offers a ton of depth and decision space, wanting you to keep playing until you have beaten the game in a session." Read more

    Diseases, Infections & Outbreaks...Oh My!!!
    5 Stars
    Diseases, Infections & Outbreaks...Oh My!!!
    If anyone has read my reviews and/or answers on questions you will see that in the past year my family has gotten really into the Ticket To Ride (TTR) games. Well, while purchasing one of my latest TTR expansions I stumbled upon the Pandemic games; which are similar to the TTR ones in that you start with a base game, get the foundation for rules and game play and then you start moving on to expansions with additional features. I purchased Pandemic and with Amazon Prime it was delivered in less than 24 hours, no kidding! As is my usual custom I read the instruction manual and then because I am a visual learner I went to You Tube to watch some videos. ZManGamesOfficial does a 9.5 minute brief tutorial. WatchItPlayed does a wonderful job walking you through the game prep for a 2-player game including where all pieces, cards, etc. go. This was very helpful as there are specific instructions on how to shuffle and stack the Player Cards. My niece and I had this video up while setting up the first game. Finally, I watched Geek & Sundry do their TableTop version of the game where you actually get to see the players play. They have an abbreviated video and then a 1.5 hour extended game play. So, these are just tips that helped us get an understanding of the game play and we had a blast!Pandemic allows you to travel from the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta and you travel throughout the world trying to cure and eradicate 4 diseases. The instructions make it sound so easy but oh boy; it is not. Game play can be learned in about 15-30 minutes. The difficult part and it is not the actual game-play; is trying to come up with enough strategies fast enough to cure and eradicate the diseases before you and your team die! Yes, team...unlike TTR this is not a game 1 player wins. It's a collaborative game in which all players work together...you discuss how you can unite forces, share your special roles, your cards, etc. But be careful of an alpha player who may start bossing people around, telling them what to do and takes charge of the game. If you get an alpha player just let them have the game board, pawns, etc. and tell them to play the game by them self but as if they were many players. In the end if it's your turn you can listen to others, even the alpha player, but what you do is totally up to you. If you don't have a good strategy everyone loses...my niece and I call it dying because we have succumbed to the disease.So, why is it a race against the clock? Well, no matter how well your strategy, your team can "die" IF you: Have 8 outbreaks before curing/eradicating all 4 diseases, you run out of Disease Cubes or Player Cards. Note: You don't have to eradicate all 4 diseases to win; you just have to cure all 4. First game we cured all 4 diseases and eradicated the yellow ("Crazy Banana Disease") but we got 8 outbreaks...we saved the world! 2nd game; yes, we played another because we were feeling lucky! We cured all 4 diseases, didn't eradicate any and once again we saved the world. We named our diseases the Black Zombie Plague, Purple People Eater (Blue cubes), Angry Bird Virus (red) and of course the Crazy Banana Disease (yellow) because my niece named it while infecting Miami.During your turn you can play up to 4 actions, draw 2 Player Cards but you cannot be holding more than 7 at any given time and then you MUST infect cities! The Infection Rate starts at 2 cities per player, per turn. But every time a player draws an Epidemic Card they have to move the Infection Rate marker and it slowly increases the Infection Rate from 2 cities up to 4 cities. The Epidemic card also requires you to draw 1 city from the bottom of the Infection cards and you must infect that city with 3 disease cubes; 1 more cube of the same color and you have an outbreak, oh my! Finally, the Epidemic Card requires you to "intensify" the Infection Cards. That means you must shuffle all the Infection Cards (cities) that have been played since the last epidemic, including the city card you just drew from the Infection Card pile and then put them back on top of the Infection Card pile so they now go back into play. See the intensity? With just my niece and me playing we didn't have as many cards to reshuffle so we kept infecting the same cities; which in essence was then producing outbreaks faster. I "think" you may have a longer game play with more people because then the other players will also be contributing cards.An outbreak occurs if/when a city accumulates 4 of the same color disease cubes. When this happens you must put a disease cube of that same color in every city that is directly attached to the city that the outbreak occurred in, thus, the epidemic. Note: It's possible that you have infected a city with more than 1 disease so IF you have 4 or more disease cubes but they are different colors you do NOT have an outbreak. The outbreak is only when you get 4 of the same color in the same city but the 4th cube (same color) will not be placed on the city. So watch those disease cubes and treat and cure so you can prevent the outbreaks.Now when you play up to 4 actions during each turn you have an option to treat a disease. You treat by removing 1 or more disease cubes from the city you are in (each cube being an action) that you have used your actions and/or role to get to. I was the Medic during first game and one of my roles allowed me to remove ALL disease cubes from the city I was in or traveled to! The Dispatcher can move players from city to city with their permission so once again...If you have a Dispatcher in the same game with a Medic you can move the Medic to the city that needs to be treated and get rid of all the disease cubes. IF the disease has been cured (see above pic...the disease markers are solid colors and moved above the disease logos) then you get to remove ALL the disease cubes in that city EVEN IF you aren't the Medic. To eradicate the disease you must remove ALL disease cubes of the same color from every city on the board. When you have eradicated the disease you flip the disease marker over to reveal the little log for eradicated. Note: Cities can still be infected if the disease has been cured but NOT if it has been eradicated.Back to the outbreaks. There's also an outbreak chart with marker and each time an outbreak occurs you have to move the marker. If you have 8 outbreaks the game is over and there is no winner because everyone has died. You also have Research Stations and these are nice because there is one action that allows you to shuttle from station to station and that can get you closer to an infested area to have a chance to treat, cure and/or eradicate several or all cities. There are also Role Cards and pawns to match the color of your role. Each role has special duties that only that player can perform (see above with Medic and Dispatcher). You don't get to choose your color/role. Pandemic is for 2-4 players and there are 6 Role Cards so you won't have all 6 roles in game play at the same time. There is another extension that adds a 5th player.I know there is a lot more that can be said and I or someone else can try to answer your questions. I just played for the first time last night (4/13/19) and while playing the 2nd game I came to Amazon and we read descriptions for some the expansions. I immediately ordered Pandemic: The Cure--Experimental Meds and then about 2 hours later I ordered Pandemic: State Of Emergency (this introduces diseases/infections from animals). So as you can see this is how pleased I was with Pandemic and yes, we are still playing TTR...I will be posting some more reviews on those as well because I currently have 9 versions.I think I got infected with a board game virus but hey, what can I say; my family/friends still love games the old-fashioned way...totally unplugged, board games and card games around the table. On a side note I must share what happened during our game. My daddy called and my sister held the phone out so he could hear my niece and me playing. We had one part of the map covered and ready to explode with black Disease Cubes. My niece was trying to tell me how I could (as the Medic) take care of all the blacks. She said, "Auntie, if you just get rid of all the blacks we won't die! Can you just take care of all the blacks over there?" and she pointed to the area that was well infected AND we were trying to treat/cure some the disease so that we could remove some the black Disease Cubes off the board and continue game play. Later I dropped a Dorito on the map and I told my sister, "Shay-Bo, I think I just killed everyone in Moscow because a large UFO has landed on them." We are a Christian family that doesn't drink, smoke, etc. We just like to have good clean fun but I told my family if anyone was a fly on the wall during our game play they would have been questioning our integrity. We have already planned our next family game day for Good Friday and yes, it will be good!!
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