You are specialists at the CDC/Atlanta where you watch several virulent diseases break out simultaneously all over the world. The team mission is to prevent a worldwide pandemic outbreak, treating hot spots while researching cures for each of the four plagues before they get out of hand.
Players must plan their strategy to mesh their specialists' strengths before the diseases overwhelm the world. For example, the Operations Expert 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 breaking out fast and time is running out: the team must try to stem the tide of infection in diseased areas while developing cures. If disease spreads uncontrolled, the players all lose. If they can cure all four diseases, they win.
The board shows earth with some big population centres. On each turn a player can use four actions to travel, cure, discover and build. Cards are used for this but the deck also contains Epidemics...
Operation: Eradicate (iPhone, iPod, iPad version - Virus replaced by zombies but it is the same game)
Some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q: I have 2 of the same card but am missing another card! A: Allegedly during collation of the decks, some of the cards were duplicated or missed. You should have 1 for each city in the Infector deck (48 total) and 1 for each city in the Player deck (48 total). There should also be 6 identical Epidemic cards, 5 distinct Role Cards, 5 distinct Special Event cards, and the 4 Reference cards for a total of 116 cards. If you are missing any cards, contact Z-Man games and they will replace them.
Q: Why is the start city Atlanta? A: Atlanta is the home of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Q: Can you pass cards when it is not your turn? A: The active player may spend one action point to give-or-take a city card. Standard passing rules still apply.
Q: Can Special Event Cards really be played at "any" time? A: (Quoted from game designer Matt Leacock) You can play the cards at any time, however, you can't play them between an event and the representation of the event on the board. Some scenarios may help explain this:
Scenario 1:
Player #1 has a Special Event card for "Resilient Population." During the draw, an Epidemic card is drawn. Since an Epidemic card was drawn, player #1 decides to play their Special Event card to remove a city from the infection discard pile before they are reshuffled. This is legal because the card was played before the cards were reshuffled.
Scenario 2:
A player may use the Forecast card to rearrange the cards on the top of the infection deck before they're drawn - but once a card is drawn, the player can't rearrange the cards.
Scenario 3:
The Red disease has been cured. A player draws the Taipei card which results in the 8th Outbreak. Since no time elapses between the drawing of the Taipei card (resulting in the infection) and the placing of the cubes (representing the infection), the players lose the game. It's not OK to Airlift the medic over to Taipei to cure because the cubes have already been added and the game has already been lost.
Q: Can this game be played with 1 or 5 players? The rules imply I might use all 5 role cards. A: The game was designed for 2 to 4 players. The comment in the rulebook was a carry over from when the game only had 4 Roles. It was not caught before the rulebook was published. However, you may attempt to play with 1 or 5 players and report your findings in the threads.
Q: Our first game was easy! Are we doing something wrong? A: Probably. But the game is easier with fewer players and/or fewer Epidemics in the deck. You may also visit this thread to see if you missed something: Common mistakes.
Pandemic_Short Guide_v1 - Game summary for game explainers. This is basically an index sized cheat sheet to aid in teaching the game and refreshing your memory on subtle hard-to-remember rules. It also includes a components list for quick setup/cleanup.
[b]*Go here for [geeklist=56867]more Short_Guides[/geeklist] of other games*[/b]
These are Toy203's fantatstic tuckboxes in a new size! The dimensions were changed to fit the cards available from Pegasus Games in Europe (base game + expansion "On the Brink".
Enjoy,
Dark
Ich darf euch Toy203s großartige Kartenboxen in neuem Format präsentieren. Die Abmessungen wurden so geändert,dass die deutschen Karten (Grundspiel inkl. Erweiterung "Auf Messers Schneide") perfekt reinpassen.
Viel Spaß,
Dark
A PSD file for play-by-forum moderators.
This template can be used to create clear visualizations of any board state including:
- location of players, research stations and disease cubes
- number of epidemics/infecttion rates and outbreaks
- number of player cards and disease cubes left
The images will look similar to this one (from a slightly outdated version):
http://www.mediafire.com/b69db9a95ec8e1d001fd35ff48b2be6e4a88ae504bc1d2c696bc38794564fa436g.jpg
The zip includes the PSD and a README containing a manual.
The file does not support the On The Brink expansion.
Also, the file does not support visualization of the contents of players' hands or the different card piles (I use google docs for those).
Ever had your sleeves caught in the flap of the tuckbox when you were closing it? So here's a new design with an horizontal layout that will no longer cause this issue. It also features nice graphics and fits the space in the box. Based on the generator by Craig P Forbes.
For a full list of horizontal design tuckboxes see:
[geeklist=66710][/geeklist]
Ever had your sleeves caught in the flap of the tuckbox when you were closing it? So here's a new design with an horizontal layout that will no longer cause this issue. It also features nice graphics and fits the space in the box. Based on the generator by Craig P Forbes.
For a full list of horizontal design tuckboxes see:
[geeklist=66710][/geeklist]
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