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Prospero P

Sweden

Did anyone try to play Pandemic on your own? Being alone at home tonight I tried. Since in the other variants (with 2-4 players) there are a total of 8-9 cards at hand, I gave myself 8 cards. I played at the beginners level with 4 epidemic cards, but still felt that it was an easy win compared with 2-3 players that I tried before. It took no long time finding the cures (since I got the scientist role I needed only 4 cards of the same colour, which made it even faster).

Any ideas of how to make it more fun?

Posted Fri Jan 6, 2012 8:30 pm
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Tony Fanchi

(AdmiralACF)

United States
Iowa City
Iowa

Try playing with two hands, as if you're playing a two player game. Having only a single hand means that you don't have to worry about getting the right color cards into the right player's hand, which is a big part of the challenge of the game.

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Posted Fri Jan 6, 2012 8:38 pm
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Ian Klinck

(iklinck)

Canada
Toronto
Ontario

When I play solo, I play 4 characters, each with their own hand of cards.

Posted Fri Jan 6, 2012 9:06 pm
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Kevin B. Smith

(peakhope)

United States
Margate
Florida

I don't like controlling multiple pawns in a game, so my approach was to use just a single pawn.

I played a couple times with "Owl's rules", which I believe are posted in the variants forum here, and barely barely won.

I also played a few games using strictly the base game rules, with no variants at all (although I think I started with 5 cards in hand). I lost as the Ops Expert and Medic, but won all 3 games as the Scientist. That was all on the 4-epidemics level.

Posted Fri Jan 6, 2012 10:23 pm
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T.L.W.

(Phytoman)

United States

Maryland

iklinck wrote:

When I play solo, I play 4 characters, each with their own hand of cards.

That's how I do it too although sometimes I only play 3 characters. I also choose them randomly, which can make it even harder depending upon who I don't draw.

Posted Fri Jan 6, 2012 11:50 pm
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Prospero P

(asary44)

Sweden

Thanks everyone! Will try.

Posted Sat Jan 7, 2012 1:45 pm
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