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

Just ordered and recieved recently. The misprint is not an issue any more. So I wouldnt worry about that or let it keep you from buying this product. I have played with my friends on the easiest setting a few times and love it already. I can see how it is a tough game. We have won both times so far, but it was close. So I can imagine as we up the difficulty that it is going to get tricky. That is exactly what I want in a coop game. I want to be challenged. Scared even that we will lose. The entire time you are playing there is a sense of urgency, like every decision you make will make or break if you will control the pandemic and beat the game. I love that. So if you are looking for a fun new take on board games with this cooperative, you will surely not be disappointed. Dont hesitate to buy this game.

I bought this game last April and it is my favorite board game of all time. After first playing this game and losing badly my husband and I became determined to win. We googled strategy and tips for winning at Pandemic. It took some time, but we managed to solve the puzzle that is Pandemic. We started playing Pandemic as board game novices and it has turned us into gamers. We now have a collection of almost 40 games and we host weekly to monthly game nights at our house. We have completed Pandemic Legacy: Season 1, which I consider the best gaming experience of my life, and will start Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 this summer. Pandemic has truly changed our lives. We still play occasional games of vanilla Pandemic, but we dont play as frequently as we did when we were still trying to crack the puzzle. We do sometimes still lose at Pandemic as a win in Pandemic is not something you can take for granted. Pandemic is a great game in which you can set the difficulty level. If you havent checked out Pandemic yet I highly recommend it.

My family spent an entire day playing this game while we were quarantining with COVID! It was super fun to work together as a family, instead of play against each other like most games. My 9 year old daughter particularly enjoyed this game & it was particularly enjoyable as a parent watching her use a higher level of thinking to help strategize ways & moves we can all make to beat the game. I will say that the instructions are basically a small book (not really but like 8-10 pgs long) & can be overwhelming when you read. We played 5 games the first day we opened it & every time we played, we found more instructions or rules that we didn’t know or understand the last round. This was due to multiple reasons, 1. The instructions were long & we overlooked something accidentally 2. The instructions weren’t very clear in some instances 3. The instructions didn’t address everything 4. Instructions seemed to jump around & refer you to another page. The biggest point of confusion was curing the virus VS. eradicating the virus, how you achieved curing/eradicating, what the benefits are of curing/eradicating & what the game actually intends for you to do to win the game. It got a little frustrating towards the last couple games. At one point, we even googled to clarify. I think we FINALLY understand how the game is intended to be played & I’m not going to lie, I think I liked the way we had initially played it best. All that being said, we still really enjoyed playing the game as a family & working together! I enjoyed the strategizing & higher level processing that is needed to plan for the win, along with the semi-relevance to todays climate in regards to COVID. It added a little bit of learning & deeper understanding to our fun. My daughter is still begging to play again!

Ultimately, you just need to be prepared for the fact that this is a collaborative game where you all play together to win or lose as a team. If you play with a group of players who are used to a more competitive style of game play and like to do their own thing, then this might not be for you. The game is a little complicated, but doesnt take too much effort to understand, and the rules are pretty well written so youll get there eventually. The fact that different players have different roles also makes it interesting because that DOES change-up how the game plays each time. Played it a couple of times with my family. They enjoyed it enough - not so much that theyre begging to play it again sometime, but a good time overall.

I love this game because you win or lose together. It is very fitting for the times now that we are living in a pandemic. one of the best things about this game is you can play it by yourself by playing 4 different people cooperating to save the world.

Awesome game for two players. My us and and I are always looking for games we can play together and bored of scrabble and Yahtzee. This game you work together to save the world and you have to communicate and strategize. Very fun and its either everyone loses or everyone wins! Thats nice since my husband is a sore loser ha ha comes in a high quality box, great game board design and good pieces. There are add on containers for your game pieces that would be cute but not nessicary. It does take a while to play with just two people but a great alternative to other two player boring quick games. This game does not get repetitive because there are so many varying parts from game to game that it is never the same, it also varies on the decks being shuffled.

I absolutely love this game. I’ve played it dozens and dozens of times. My 7 year old and 9 year old love to play it just as much as I do. I think it takes some time to learn but once you get the hang of it you won’t want to stop. Most kids probably couldn’t play it but if your kids usually play above their level they will like this game. I like that every time you play it’s a little different because of the different character roles you use.

My family has played this 3 times so far and had a blast every time. No play through is the same. One of the biggest things we like is that is all about teamwork, if you dont work together, you will fail. Highly recommend.

In the search for new hobbies, board gaming is the current obsession. We bought this game as it was recommended by several people I had talked to online and know at work. I have to say, that this is by far the best game I have bought so far. We started with deck builders because we were familiar with how trading card games worked (Pokemon, MTG, etc.), but found it boring after 10+ plays or so (DC: DBG at least). This however, is a promising game that is going to stay in rotation for awhile. There are so many possibilities for how the game can start, and how it can turn out. On our first two tries with 3 players, we lost to the game both times. I dont know if its just the fact that I find this game incredibly addicting already, or if its that I dont think Ive actually ever lost a competition to an inanimate thing before, but I freaking love this game. Anyways, this game is terrific. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a good game. As of right now, this is at the top of my list for board gaming, but I havent journeyed too far down the rabbit hole yet. Looking forward to more games of this, and eventually adding on the expansions for even more fun! It takes a minute to figure out how to work the game (as indicated by our two losses) but we found ourselves working together more and more and thinking things out loud as the game got further in. If youre looking for a game with good player interaction, a beautiful set of board and pieces, and an ever-changing style of play, this is the game. I would be interested in a zombie epidemic expansion or something in this game. While we were playing we joked that each color virus represented different types of zombies, and while that doesnt change the game play at all, it kind of put the game in a different perspective for us to try and combat the spread of the diseases. Either way, a great game. Recommended purchase.

Being silly, I sent this to my niece. Its a fun game, we had a good time with it. Its cooperative, so if you have some who have a hard time losing, or are ungracious winners, this is a good one. 2-4 players work together to stop the spread and find cures for 4 viruses before one of the game ending events happens. Vendor delivered in a timely fashion, and in good condition