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Embark on an epic adventure to bring humanity back from the brink of extinction in this standalone follow-up to the acclaimed Pandemic Legacy: Season 1. Black and Yellow Editions have variant covers game contents are the same.
1000rpm
4 games in, including the prologue. It’s pretty depressing so far, not feeling it like season 1, something about it is just less fun. I’m hoping for a big twist that makes it more enjoyable. It also seems randomly harder than vanilla or season 1, in Feb we lost twice due to terrible starts and unlucky finishes. 6 games in. Just lost April after winning March on the 2nd try. Actually feeling slightly more positive after a couple of little reveals. Should win April 2nd try (before probably getting destroyed again in May). June and Wow, finally unlocked something that makes the game playable. We'd missed something, which is unfortunately easy to do in the design. Upgraded rating from 6 to 7.
Akado
Incredibly tense, and the "your fate depends on the shuffle" element of vanilla pandemic is everpresent and even magnified. The overall idea and narrative is great, but some of the details are problematic. Overall, I enjoyed the play and would possibly recommend it to others (but not blindly), but there were some real annoyances while playing that could be dealbreakers. There are definitely points in the game where the outcome is completely out of your hands, due to the game not having many ways to mitigate luck of the draw, and the steep death spiral starts (and ends) quickly. There are ways to mitigate the luck, but that depends on how well your group is doing and it's possible to exhaust those methods, leaving future months more random. Oddly enough, I'm not sure that "fun" is the word I would use to describe it, because it feels almost like push-your-luck in trying to rack up achievements before time runs out. That being said, there are lots of fun moments talking about how Washington is threatening to infect the whole country.
acharland
Awards & Honors 2018 Spiel des Jahres Special Prize Winner 2018 RPC Fantasy Award Board Game Winner 2018 Origins Awards Best Board Game Nominee 2017 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee 2017 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Nominee 2017 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee 2017 Golden Geek Best Cooperative Game Nominee 2016 Dragon Awards Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game Winner