Pandemic

Do You Have What It Takes to Save Humanity?

Four diseases have broken out in the world and it is up to a team of specialists in various fields to find cures for these diseases before mankind is wiped out.

Players must work together, playing to their characters' strengths and planning their strategy of eradication before the diseases overwhelm the world with ever-increasing outbreaks. For example, the Operation Specialist 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 outbreaking fast and time is running out: the team must try to stem the tide of infection in diseased areas while also towards cures.

This is one of our current favorites because the cooperative game play is unique for many board games and makes everything highly interactive. And best of all, the game can be as hard as you like; play on the "easiest" set up and win maybe half the time. Make it harder as you get better, and good luck to us all.

All the Little Details

• # Players: 2-4
• Duration: 45-60 minutes
• Publisher: Z-Man Games
• Awards Won: Origins Awards Winner 2009, Spiel des Jahres 2009 nomination
• Online Price: $26.94