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

This game is a fast-paced, exciting, and challenging co-op strategy game for almost all ages. Its almost impossible to imagine having more fun trying to avert the end of the human race. You start out finding out about outbreaks of deadly diseases all over the world, and then each player is assigned a role with a special power useful for holding back the spread of disease or finding a cure. Within a round or two, it becomes clear that the contagions mean to put an end to humanity, and youre on your heels the whole game. Its so finely balanced, though, that the pace is fast, and youre just barely surviving, and it could go either way until the very end. If youve never played a co-operative game before, and youre a very competitive person, youre probably skeptical that a co-operative game can be fun. After all, what sad loser is there to gloat over after you win? A box? A deck of cards? Boxes dont hang their heads in shame. Decks of cards dont cry. Wheres the fun in that? Let me tell you: your breathing will be quick and shallow, and youll be thanking your lucky stars, if you make it through this game with the human race intact. It is a roller coaster of intense strategic fun and random catastrophe. I once thought as you do, but I tried Pandemic, and I was not disappointed. You wont be, either. Play it.

Ive loved this game since it came out and I finally found it at a price that works for me. This game is easy to learn and perfect for the board-game enthusiast with friends who hate to lose. In this game, everyone either wins or loses. Together. Love the game. If you are thinking about it and have the cash, hit Add to Cart now. I promise, you wont regret it! (Even my bf who hates board-games likes this one!)

My family loves this game. You are a team of CDC workers racing around the globe trying to squelch several series of ever spreading infections. In this game you are not competing with each other, but rather must work together. There are a lot of intricacies which at first are a little confusing. I started off by watching a couple you tube videos and then read through the instructions as we played a practice game. Once you do a few rounds of turns everyone gets it. The complexity of the game makes it fun but since youre working together, you can help newcomers out. My 8 year old daughter gets it just fine and when shes unsure we can help. Since were working together its not like you cant see each others cards. We have played it maybe 4-5 times. Each game lasts 45-60 minutes. We still havent beat it. Oddly thats what makes it fun. We cant wait until we have another hour to get back together to team up and beat this thing. Dont hesitate to get this one. Its great!

This is one of my familys favorite games. Its easy to learn, easy to play, relies on teamwork and strategy with an element of chance. Most of the time my son (9 years old) and I play a 2 player game together. During the work/school week when brains are tired at the end of the day, we play a lower difficulty game (fewer epidemic cards in the deck). We have to pay attention, but win consistently. On the weekends though, we crank up the difficulty using all of the epidemic cards! We often lose. When we win, were usually curing the last disease just a handful of cards before total annihilation of the human race, so it feels like a real victory! I definitely see why Zee Garcia of the Dice Tower loves this game so much and also why Wil Wheaton of Tabletop says hes had more fun losing this game than winning many others. Its surprisingly true.

Saw this got reviewed highly from boardgamegeek.com. It plays very well with three people. My wife isnt much of a gamer of any kind. But we really enjoyed playing this for the first time with her best friend. Now her friend wants to buy the game too. There were a few things that we were unsure of which were cities with research centers can be infected. You do not have to clear the entire board of diseases to win. Just need to find cures. And third the medic can automatically wipe out a city of a disease without an action if the disease has been cured. First co-op game loved it and so does my wife.

This is an amazing game to play with friends who all want to work towards a the same goal, curing COV... errr viruses. Even on the easiest setting, you will have to find how to play to your roles strengths. Then even when you think youve won the game on the next round, all your cities will outbreak and you will lose the game. Overall super fun, just do not let that one person tell everyone how they need to spend their turns.

Purchased this for a game night with a couple of friends. Three ups: -Beautiful game. Detailed, bright, and simple. -Innovative gameplay. A truly cooperative game, unlike anything Id ever played before. Also, extremely hard. We have yet to win a game. But, not frustrating. Just difficult, extremely strategic and different enough to throw you off. -Immersive, which I found odd for a boardgame. Theres minimal plot, yet you feel attached to the outcome of the game. As time ticks down and you realize how close you are to winning and how close the game is to winning, it really affects you. Three downs: -Teamwork can edge some people out. Once a strategy is agreed upon there is a bit of autopilot action and it can leave some people bored. This is the only reason this review isnt five stars. -The board gets busy in the late game. While the stress of outbreaks is intentional, Asia gets crowded. -Setup and teaching the game both take a while, about three times as long as many games. Take home points: The game is well made and thoughtful, but mind your audience. Cooperative games arent for everyone.

Our first experience with cooperative board games, we bought this on a whim because Amazon had it on sale. But the other reviews are right: this game is SO MUCH FUN. Absolutely love it....want to try the other versions too eventually, but its a great game for building cooperation. Id even postulate that older kids using this in the classroom as a game to build teamwork skills is definitely a possibility with some adult guidance to learn the game.

We play games as a family once a week, this game has been added to our rotation and we love it. It is a co-operative game, meaning either everyone wins or no one wins. There are several ways to lose and you really have to talk and work as a team to plan your game or you will lose. Even when we lose everyone has a great time. This game has some great dynamics that keep it fresh and entertaining every time you play it. The only bad thing i could say about this game is it appears they have changed the playing cubes from wood (in earlier editions) to plastic, while i can understand the need to keep costs down, it did disappoint me some not knowing in advance.

This is by far my favorite game ever and I love playing it. The only reason I am leaving a review (because usually I dont) is because my board was slightly damaged (almost like it had been folded a bunch previously) and a lot of the blocks were chipped. I would give this product 5 stars because the game itself is marvelous and fun, its just the quality of the pieces and board that made me give this 4 stars. I would still recommend buying because its a good price for a fun game, just beware you may not get the best quality in terms of how its made.