TY - GEN AU - Leacock,Matt TI - Pandemic: a game PY - 2013///] CY - Roseville, MN PB - Z-Man Games, KW - Cooperative games KW - local KW - Trading games KW - Set collection games KW - Library of things, games KW - Tabletop games KW - Board games KW - lcgft N1 - For 2-4 players; Duration of play: 45 minutes; The 2013 edition of Pandemic includes two new characters-the Contingency Planner and the Quarantine Specialist-not available in earlier editions of the game; Ages 8 and up N2 - "In Pandemic, several virulent diseases have broken out simultaneously all over the world! The players are disease-fighting specialists whose mission is to develop cures and prevent outbreaks before 4 deadly diseases contaminate humanity. Taking a unique role within the team, players must plan their strategy to mesh with their specialists' strengths in order to conquer the diseases. For example, the Operations Expert can build research stations which are needed to find cures for the diseases and which allow for greater mobility between cities; the Scientist needs only four cards of a particular disease to cure it instead of the normal five-but the diseases are spreading quickly and time is running out. If one or more diseases spreads beyond recovery or if too much time elapses, the players all lose. If they cure the four diseases, they all win!" - adapted from Boardgamegeek.com description ER -