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Face dangerous new threats as a fifth virus spreads across the globe and Hot Zones make their entrance, changing the rules? for the worse! Fortunately, new medical experts have joined the fight to help you. Experimental Meds is a healthy dose of expansion contents to Pandemic: The Cure.
birdsong703
[microbadge=34746] I love how it practically doubles the content of the base game - there's endless epidemic-fighting fun with this one.
Cheesechick
I like the the way the Hot Zone dice work generally. They're probably fairly situational - they didn't really swing things too much one way or the other in our game, but I'm willing to bet depending on the state of your board they could make a big difference. I also like the purple dice, but here's where we get into tricky territory. It feels weird to say, but I think the systems in The Cure may actually be [i]too[/i] interconnected. The great thing about original Pandemic's expansion challenges is that they each push your strategy in a different direction - generally by making one of the ways you die more likely. The concerning thing to me here is I'm not sure how we could have played differently. The loss conditions are so entwined that making progress against one generally means you're making progress against all of them. If you love The Cure, this is probably a good addition. If you're a veteran Pandemic player who found it a little too swingy, though, I'm not sure this will do much to change your mind. Personally I'm somewhere in between, so I'm happy to keep this, but it's not [i]quite[/i] the game-changer I wanted.
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I like The Cure with the expansion and I like the Cure more than Pandemic boardgame because the dice game is less deterministic and the roles and events are more effective. The purple disease and new roles smooth out gameplay. Some very clever roles like Field op, Troubleshooter, Quarantine spec and events like Major research grant, Short term planning, Questionable methods add to the enjoyment. Product quality is better than the base game (player dice are a bit bigger and feel better in hand). Got this for half the price of the base game so can't complain about pricing either. I'll even argue that the expansion is essential.