Pandemic
About the Game
As members of an elite disease control team, you must work together to stop four deadly diseases from spreading across the globe. Time is running out as outbreaks and epidemics accelerate the collapse of humanity.
Reviews
Pandemic
I’ve played **Pandemic** countless times and it still gets my heart racing. Few games nail the feeling of “the world is collapsing if we don’t work together” like this one. I love the cooperative strategy – we’re constantly shouting out ideas and coordinating moves to stem outbreaks. Each role, from Medic to Researcher, makes me feel like a hero with a unique job, and it’s so satisfying when a well-timed action saves a city in the nick of time. The tension ramps up perfectly; every time we flip an Epidemic card, everyone holds their breath. When we finally cure that last disease, the table erupts in high-fives. Of course, over the years we’ve noticed some cracks. If one player is more experienced, they can fall into quarterbacking (telling everyone what to do) [oai_citation:7‡youtube.com](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiMswswgXmk#:~:text=Is%20Orloj%20worth%20it%3F%20Review,Solo%20Dados%20para%20m%C3%A1s). And after dozens of plays, the base game’s map and patterns can start to feel familiar – there’s a bit of “sameness” each game once you’ve mastered it. It can also be brutally hard, which is great for me but not all my friends enjoy losing by turn five to unlucky outbreaks. For this review I leaned on an AI to gather other players’ experiences too, and it seems most agree that Pandemic is cooperative gaming at its finest despite its quirks. — This review was generated with AI based on published information and community impressions.
✓ Pros
- • Fantastic cooperative teamwork experience
- • Tense and thematic gameplay
- • Unique player roles add variety
✗ Cons
- • Prone to quarterbacking (alpha player issue)
- • Same map/setup each game
- • Can be punishingly difficult
