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Pandemie Im Labor

Laboratory steps to a cure

Four deadly plagues threaten mankind. Players fight as specialist in various regions of the world against those infections and search for cures. In a round you have four actions for travel, healing, research and construction. New outbreaks and epidemics speed up the spreading of the plague.

The expansion introduces four new roles - Chefaufseher, Virologin, Pilot and Informantin – and can be used with the core game and the expansion „Auf Messers Schneide“. For Module 1 from this expansion there are two new epidemic cards. For Module 2 „Mutation“ you now take 24 plague cubes and two mutation cards from the new expansion, and in the stage “infect 9 cities“ as with mutation cards you add additional purple cubes. In the new Module 4 “Im Labor” with a separate laboratory board, Forscherin, Epidemiologin and Informantin have additional laboratory actions. New rules apply for: After “Forschungszentrum errichten” you can now do an additional laboratory action. Laboratory action options are characterize plague, test cure and sequence plague. Laboratory actions can only be implemented in cities for research centers. In the step “Krankheit behandeln” you can now place a removed cube into one of the entry dishes at the laboratory. “Heilmittel entdecken” can only happen when the research line in the laboratory has been completed.

„Im Labor“ is an attractive expansion, which works especially well when combined with the first expansion; the flair and flow of the game is explicitly changed and you need now plan for more actions, which in turn enhances challenges and tension in the game. A must-have for friends of Pandemic.

Players: 1-6

Age: 8+

Time: 45+

Designer: Matt Leacock, Tom Lehmann

Artist: Chris Quilliams

Price: ca. 30 Euro

Publisher: Z-Man Games 2015

Web: www.asmodee.de

Genre: Cooperative development

Users: With friends

Version: de

Rules: de en fr it pl

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Good expansion

Best in combination with Expansion 1

Attractive components

Well-structured rules

Compares to:

All other editions of Pandemic

Other editions:

Z-Man Games USA; Filosofia, France;  Asterion, Italy; Lacerta, Poland;

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 2

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0