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Pandemic: The Cure, a dice-based version of the popular Pandemic board game, sets up in less than a minute and plays in 30 minutes. As in the board game, four diseases threaten the world and it's up to your team to save humanity. You and your team must keep the world's hotspots in check before they break out of control, while researching cures to the four plagues.
Players roll dice each turn to determine the actions available to them. They can fly and sail between the six major population centers of the world, treat disease in their current region, collect samples for further study, and exchange knowledge to help them in their goal of discovering cures. Each player takes on a different role that has its own unique set of dice and abilities — and players must take advantage of their specializations if they are to have any hope of winning the game. The Dispatcher, for example, can spend dice to fly others around the board, while the Medic is particularly adept at treating disease. Players can roll their dice as often as they like, but the more times they re-roll for the perfect turn, the more likely the next epidemic will occur.
At the end of each turn, new "infection dice" are rolled to determine the type and location of newly infected populations. If any region on the board is infected with more than three dice of a given color, an outbreak occurs, spreading disease into an adjacent region. If too many outbreaks take place, too many people get infected, or the rate of infection gets too high, all the players lose. If, however, the players can discover the cures to the four diseases, they all win and humanity is saved!
Part of the Pandemic series.
Year Published
2014
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Three Minute Board Games top_10_list at 18:44 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Innovative dice mechanic creates tension and engagement
- High-stakes decision-making with potential for dramatic outcomes
Cons
- May be stressful for players who dislike dice-driven risk
- Some players may prefer harder/softer difficulty balance
Thematic elements
- cooperative disaster management with dice-driven actions
- global disease outbreak response
- tension-filled, procedural gameplay
Comparison games
- Pandemic (base game)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Biohazard risk management — Biohazards appear on dice and slow progress; players must mitigate this risk to cure diseases.
- Rerolling and lock-in — Dice can be rolled repeatedly until a biohazard appears or a chosen result is achieved, adding tension and risk.
- Yahtzee-style rolling with action dice — Each player rolls dice to determine possible actions; dice can be rerolled but some faces are bad (biohazards).
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Clues are used to seal gates in the game which is one of the main ways of winning
- one at a time after any skill check failed or not each spent clue token allows the player to roll one additional die and the result is a success
- the Provost can be moved up and down the board
- it's a fantastic atmosphere at the table
- the greatness in games is that they're fun and enjoyable
- you trick yourself into spending your important resource Clues into passing a check out of desperation
- trades are binding and you can't lie
- success is harder to move forward from than failure
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SciShow Law top_10_list at 2:13 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fast to teach
- Good co-op flow for online play
Cons
- Less thematic than the board game version
Thematic elements
- disease control
- global health crisis
- cooperative
Comparison games
- Pandemic
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative_play — All players work together to cure diseases before outbreaks escalate.
- dice drafting — Draft and assign dice to actions to manage diseases.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- tabletop simulator is a bit of software
- it's a taste of the future when we all have androids in our homes rolling our dice for us
- the beauty of encouraging every player to be selfish is that it creates suspicion
- it's like Kim Kardashian it plays 2 to 4 players in one
- this mod for clank is a thing of beauty
- Isle of Skye is the mashed-potato of board games it looks bland it sounds bland but it's secretly amazing
- the script speeds up the admin of the game just click n turn and it will draw roll and place the infection dice for you
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Rodney Smith (Watch It Played) rules_teach at 18:58 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- dice game version of Pandemic
- beautiful custom dice
- push your luck aspect
- cooperative gameplay
- equally good as board game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- disease
- pandemic
- cooperation
Comparison games
- Pandemic
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Formula D is really the epitome of roll and move games in the modern era
- Settlers of Catan which was perhaps the most significant euro game that really sparked this whole new wave of modern board games
- Yahtzee has become a mechanic in its own right
- epitomises dice games really and how far they've come
- this is a bit of a tricky one to learn, it's well worth the effort
- ridiculously more fun than it should be
- playing with children it's fantastical
- absolutely brilliant
- this is my top 10 different ways to use dice in wooden board games
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Watch It Played top_10_list at 5:08 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- More character variety than regular Pandemic
- Interesting decision space with dice
- Short playtime allows multiple games
- Push your luck element
Cons
- Occasionally unfair game loss
- Not for people who dislike dice
Thematic elements
- Fight disease outbreaks
- Modern world
- Firefighting co-op
Comparison games
- Pandemic
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Character Variety — Characters have more variety than original Pandemic
- Dice rolling — Characters use dice to determine actions
- Push Your Luck — Can re-roll but one side of dice is always bad
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- I've played about 300 solo games so this represents the top of all the solo games I've played
- These are entirely my opinions based on my personal play experience
- I think this is one of the cleverest solo modes on the market
- When you win a game of Robinson Crusoe there are very few things in solo board gaming more satisfying
- The closest experience in board gaming to being the captain on a bridge in a sci-fi movie where everything is going to shit
- I'm probably a solo board gaming masochist
- I just love Thunderbirds as a solo game
- It feels like Legendary Encounters was built for the Alien theme and was built as an upgrade to the original Legendary system
- Probably the best AI opponent in all of board gaming
- Few games have that genuine sense of exploration
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Unknown Channel top_10_list at 5:41 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- variety of character classes and expansions
- cooperative and engaging push-your-luck element
Cons
- biohazard faces introduce punishing risk
- can be punishing if luck goes against you
Thematic elements
- cooperative push-your-luck
- global disease outbreak; dice-driven cure attempts
Comparison games
- Yahtzee
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dice pools per character — each character has a unique pool of dice with special symbols
- re-rolling freedom with cautions — no fixed limit to re-rolls per character; but biohazard faces constrain outcomes
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is fundamentally the same game as yahtzee
- the biggest single difference is that all players are working off the same set of dice
- it's weirdly like a cross between a dice game of yahtzee and magic the gathering without the deck construction
- it's meanly hard at times and disturbingly unfair
- I would recommend it for people who love probability and love taking risk
- it's so silly and light that you can't take it too seriously
- this is a modern take on yahtzee
- my favorite game directly inspired by yahtzee
- you can roll and you can re-roll up to three times
- you can re-roll as much as you want but one side on each character is a biohazard
- it's on phones it's on tablets you can just pick it up and play it anywhere you want
- 30 dice worth of actions in a four- to six-player game
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Board Game Wales general_discussion at 5:50 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Cooperative tension and engagement
- Accessible dice-based engine
Cons
- Dice luck can drive outcomes
- Some players may want more strategy depth
Thematic elements
- Cooperative disease control using dice
- Global disease outbreaks
- Cooperative, dice-driven
Comparison games
- Pandemic Cthulu
- Roll for the Galaxy
- D-Day Dice
- Forbidden Desert
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative play — Players work together to prevent outbreaks and find cures.
- Dice-driven resource generation — Players roll dice to gain planes, ships, treatments, and sample containers.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's so silly isn't it it's so light it's so humorous
- let me show you how it works in flick up
- we're taking different themes we're mashing them together to create these games
- pandemic the cure is the best
- takenoko chibies is really good
- it's going to look fantastic
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer themed version of legendary would be all over it
- Dominion was the pure deck builder
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