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Requires:Pandemic
Designed by Matt Leacock, Thomas Lehmann
Published by Z-Man Games, ADC Blackfire Entertainment + 22 more
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Since 2009, Pandemic: On the Brink has captivated fans of co-op and hand management with its medium complexity design.
How It Plays
Action Points
You get a limited number of action points each turn and choose how to spend them — prioritizing is everything.
Cooperative Game
Everyone works together against the game itself — you win or lose as a team, so get ready to strategize together!
Hand Management
You have a hand of cards and deciding which to play, save, or discard is the core puzzle.
Hidden Movement
One player moves secretly while others try to track them down — it's like a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase.
Point to Point Movement
You move between connected locations on the board — the map's layout decides your travel options.
Secret Unit Deployment
You place your units face-down so opponents don't know what you've got — the reveal is always exciting.
Set Collection
You're gathering matching groups of cards or tokens to score points — the more complete your sets, the better you do.
Team-Based Game
Players split into teams and work together to outplay the other side — teamwork makes the dream work!
Trading
You can swap resources or cards with other players — making clever trades can give you a serious edge.
About This Game
Pandemic: On the Brink includes new event cards, new role cards, rules for five players, and optional game challenges to increase the difficulty of the Pandemic base game. These new challenges, which can be used individually or combined for even more difficult play, are as follows: The Virulent Strain challenge makes one disease become particularly deadly in unpredictable ways. The Mutation challenge adds a fifth (purple) disease that behaves differently than the original four.…
Source: BoardGameGeek
Players
2-5
Play Time
45 min
Complexity
2.7 / 5
Rating
8.0
Year
2009
Variable Player Powers
Each player has unique abilities that make their experience different — finding the best way to use yours is half the fun.