Pandemic State of Emergency | Rahdo's Final Thoughts

[@rahdo]

+Sebastian S *maybe* you could squeeze everything in if you got rid of the rules, and the dishes, and the memo pad from on the brink, but even then it probably won't all fit. I've got 3 pandemic boxes on my wall (of the 4 that I own): i put the boards and rules in one box, all the 'stuff i use' in the 2nd box (so i only pull those two down) and all the extra left over stuff I don't use in the 3rd box. it's so stupid that zman continues to do these clearly undersized boxes, no idea why...

[@Devotee110]

+rahdo Thank you :) I totally agree your statement.

[@TheDreamingofFreedom]

my second edition pandemic box fits the on the brink and in the lab expansions. The lid just sits slightly high.

[@baktrax]

22:22 Why would you have 15 event cards in the player deck? My understanding is that On the Brink changes the rules for the event cards so that you add 2 per player, so for a 4-player game, you would have 8 event cards in the player deck. Did you play without this rule or is there something else that changes it?

[@sethlocke7788]

Ooooo! I just re read the rules. Lol It says, "add 8 event cards to the 5 base game event cards and shuffle face down. Add 2 event cards per player to the player cards..." haha the way that reads it it makes it sound like you put all those into the player deck. Whoops! Good call! Well, hey! Don't make the game any harder than it already was. Lol

[@PineleafNeedles]

I am seeing this after watching your On the Brink video. I found it funny when you said that you'd likely never use the BioTerrorist challenge. It's interesting how much can change in a few months.

[@TheFlymar]

I thought that number of events is fixed and with expansions you choose/randomize them... need to check the rules.

[@BoardGamesUnLocked]

+TheFlymar No, you're correct. I misunderstood the rules but, come on... the game is already hard enough as it is. Lol

[@TheFlymar]

+FatNastyNerd Runthroughs I have absolutely nothing against it unless it's some kind of ranked/tournament play. Whatever gives you more fun:) A challenge: Alhambra with all the expansions:)

[@BoardGamesUnLocked]

Lol. I can agree with that! Now Alhambra... I watched Tabletop play that, it didn't look too bad! What makes it difficult with all expansions?

[@TheFlymar]

+FatNastyNerd Runthroughs AFAIR in TT it was just the base, but deluxe components. Expansions give you more, I mean MORE opportunities to score points, you can add Exchange, Camps, Diamonds and Gates quite easy, but with Marketplace, Worker Camps, Treasure Chest and Culture it could be too fiddly to still be enjoyable:)

[@Straddllw]

You guys are not missing much for not playing the bio terrorist. The other investigators can just go around curing the diseases without stopping the bio terrorist so it's not really like whitechapel or dracula. I think they could have implemented the bio terrorist module much better, it's a missed opportunity.

[@Devotee110]

Hey Richard, all of the former expansions and the base game actually fit in one box. Is this with this new stuff still possible or do you have to use two boxes? Thank you for your videos :)

[@zwicky93]

I haven't played or own "State of Emergency" but after this I will be getting it :)If I understand the rules on the vaccine (pick up and deliver) and you didn't like it, maybe if for 1 action a player could send the vaccine to a player if you have the appropriate city card, or to another research station, so a fly action with only the vaccine and not the player moving?

[@rahdo]

+zwicky93 maybe... i'm hesitant to try to come up with variants though :)

[@ericaschaidt8588]

The worst play thru of pandemic (I believe we were playing vanilla I can't quite remember) we had four players. And the player to the left of me started (putting me last I'm rotation) and we lost before I got to play ONCE. Lol. We got massacred. I believe it was due to running out of a disease. We got a massive outbreak chain. We may have played the outbreak chains wrong. But it was a cascading failure. Though as I've told people and heard various other board game run thru folks say this is the most fun you'll have losing a game. AND even our massacre was no exception

[@zackd4928]

I really, truly think you were playing incorrectly ;) that shouldn't happen in the first few turns