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

I bought this game after playing with friends and loving it. I moved away from my board game group and fully intended to start a new one with this game. Upon receiving the game, I was disappointed to open it up and find that there were missing pieces. We did not recieve a yellow disease piece and all the pieces were much cheaper plastic than the nice painted wood version I was use to playing with. These didnt stop me from enjoying the game but it does make me think twice about ordering more expansions online.

My second exposure to cooperative board games. My first co-op board game was Arkham Horror. A.H. was a bit much for me, and I did have to have an experienced player guide me through the game. (We won though, yay!) However, Pandemic has been the most fun ive had with any board game to date. It brought me the joy of playing with friends instead of against them, but the longest game was only around 40 minutes as opposed to A.H. which was a daunting 3 hours game. Pandemic was a easy to pick up, and the rules only needed little clarification which I was able to find from the publisher with a little google research. I have purchased the On The Brink expansion which did nothing but enhance Pandemics base game even further. I also bought In The Lab but have yet to try it... waiting for that game night.

Una vez que uno se ha familiarizado con las mecánicas después de un par de partidas es super entretenido, es la primera vez que juego un cooperativo y me encantó.

I got this for my brother for Christmas. He was so excited about it. It’s a little difficult to learn, and we did watch some YouTube videos to figure a few things out, but overall we enjoyed it.

Its a really fun game, but I knew that going into this purchase. I assume most people on this page are also aware of this games existence so we will just skip the fun to play great for game night stuff. Most importantly, this product arrived sealed and in perfect condition. I got exactly what I paid for and am very pleased with the purchase.

Nothing less than the best board game of all time. Learned to play a few years ago with a friend. I didnt think Id be able to get my wife into it until the real pandemic hit. She LOVES it and we play virtually over video chat with multiple other couples. The strategy is at the same time easy to learn and complex to master. Highly recommended!

Rare that I come across a game that is conceptually well thought out, quickly learned, and a lot of fun to play! Pandemic (original and not expansion) was all of that and more. Board setup was fast and rules intuitive, so a quick learn and you encounter all scenarios within a game or two so makes it easier to become familiar with the situations. Everything very well constructed and high quality. A super fun cooperative game for 2-4 players.

We spend several hours at a shot playing games, probably an average of once a week. Some of our favorites: Settlers of Catan, Fluxx, Munchkin, Phase 10, Parcheesi, Sushi Go!, some of the Cheap-Ass games, just to give you an idea. We like having a variety of types of play to switch things up & keep us interested, but once in a while a game is simply addictive & we can play it over & over for hours. Settlers is like that for us (even after many years). And now Pandemic is, too. We just cant stop playing! Its definitely challenging. One of the great features is that you can increase the difficulty level once you start feeling like the game has become easy. But dont judge that too fast, either. There are so many factors that add variety to the game from play to play. For example, the random assignment of a Role for each player means that your characters combination of special abilities are different each game, so you need to adjust your strategy to take the best advantage of them. One reason I chose this is because feedback about playing with two players was positive. Most of our games require at least the 3 of us to be any fun. And pretty soon my son will be moving out, so well need some good two player games. This weekend we got to test it with 2 people, and it was absolutely just as fun as with 3. In fact, it surprised us because it required such a different strategy than with the 3 of us. And once we adjusted and began winning at the lowest difficulty, we tried the next level and found we had to shift gears again. (And wow that level is tough) This is the first cooperative game weve owned, and we love that about it. None of us is particularly competitive, so we find this a really nice change from the usual. Maybe if we can stop playing this incessantly, well simply use it as a nice break between other games in a sitting.

I love this game for all of the same reasons that everyone has so eloquently explained. I am just a little frustrated by the packaging and pieces though. I played this game with family this weekend and they had a version that had larger 3-D, translucent colored vials for each of the cures AND their cubes for the contagions were all in cool little plastic petri dishes. Apparently you can now buy those dishes separately but the game does not come with those upgraded pieces anymore. Im a sucker for marketing, so I would much prefer the upgraded pieces and containers.

Cooperative games are an uncommon breed, but this one pulls it off. I highly recommend watching the Tabletop episode for this game to get a great feeling for it. [...] Make sure to read the rules carefully for deck setup as our first time out I botched it and we ended up with 3 epidemics rather early in the game and lost badly. The time element will sneak up on you faster than the others so keep an eye on the player deck and plan to cure those diseases asap. I hope to try the 5-6 player expansion in the near future, but for a group of 4, this game is worth it. As a note, I got the 2nd edition in late March 2013 and had no issues with the printing of the game or its contents.