Pandemic | Our Review

[@Board_Game_Beans]

Hello, just a couple of mistakes to fix: At 03:04 , the outbreak tracker increases on any outbreak, not just a chain outbreak. At 12:29 , Joana had meant the Scientist player roll (which is the white pawn) not the medic. Thanks 💜

[@teaNgames]

We got & played Pandemic during the actual global pandemic, very early in lockdown, before we realized just how bad things would get. On one hand, we thought it was an excellent game, BUT...we never played it again, & culled it after a few years. The theme is just too "real world" & not in a good way. We just couldn't face playing a game about something that killed our neighbors😢 The game design is good, but there's a lot of good co-op games that have themes we like better. (A number of games have borrowed the pandemic system🎉)

[@Board_Game_Beans]

Fair enough to your reasons why you wouldn't want to play this game - which other co-ops do you enjoy instead? :)

[@teaNgames]

@Board_Game_Beans We probably play Horrified more than anything, but we also like games in Forbidden series (Island & Desert especially) , Switch and Signal, the Captain Is Dead, and Robinson Crusoe. Last Christmas the family gave us Scooby Doo The Boardgame and we've had a silly amount of fun with that, too! 🤣

[@Board_Game_Beans]

@@teaNgames Amazing recommendations - Thanks! we will check those out; I recall you talking about The Captain is Dead before, it sounds really interesting :)

[@teaNgames]

@@Board_Game_Beans A lot of the appeal of The Captain Is Dead is the theme😆 I also really recommend Switch and Signal, a co-op train game. Hard to get in the US, but you might have better luck!