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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.
chrisromer
Extraordinarily expensive given the components are really a rules leaflet and special 57 dice plus a pack of role and event cards. I'd pay a quarter of the price happily, half and think fair but at over $60 in UK I'd seriously think twice about buying this had I not ordered a copy in advance. One of my purple dice is badly made but usable. We played with the new occupations and won easily first game at standard difficulty: played the Mutation Challenge and enjoyed the purple dice but won first game. I like the expansion but for a weeks grocery shop money equivalent in the UK I'd think carefully about if you want it. If like me Pandemic: the Cure is your favourite Pandemic might be worth it. The problem really may be a strong dollar versus a weak pound and nothing more. We did lose the Hot Zone Challenge which uses yet another set of dice and was mildly amusing.
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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.
Duxa
Must have, doubles number of roles, events, and adds 2 game variants. Only downside is the price. Great if can be picked up for $30 or less. This is one of those expansions that you immediately shuffle into the base game and never play without.