Pandemic: State of Emergency

Pandemic: State of Emergency
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Pandemic: State of Emergency

This is an expansion and cannot be played alone!

Game Description

From BoardGameGeek:

Saving the world just got a little bit harder in Pandemic: State of Emergency, an expansion for Pandemic that offers three new challenges:

The Hinterlands Challenge, in which the diseases spread from animals to humans.
The Emergency Events Challenge, in which unpredictable events have nasty effects on the game and players try to use quarantines to stop the spread of disease across the globe.
The Superbug Challenge, in which a fifth disease that cannot be treated threatens the world! To fight off this threat, you must first find its cure, then produce vaccine doses. You must eradicate the superbug disease to win. This is NOT for the faint of heart...

Game Info

Ages 13 & up
45 minutes
2-4 players

Game Details

Genre(s):Strategy Games
Theme(s): Expansion for Base-game,
Medical
Mechanics: Action Point Allowance System,
Co-operative Play,
Hand Management,
Point to Point Movement,
Set Collection,
Variable Player Powers
Publisher: Z-Man Games
# of Players: 2 - 4
Age: 13 and up
Playing Time: 45 minutes
Published: 2015
Designer: Matt Leacock
Thomas Lehmann
Expansion to:
- Pandemic

Supporting Information

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