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Our once great Empire was struck by a devastating plague… will you answer the call to save it?
Once standing tall and great, we now need to rediscover and rebuild our fallen cities. There are still survivors among the ruins – we must take them in our care and cure them. In order to stay ahead of the plague, we must implement new inventions and technologies. Our influence will expand as we rebuild, but the plague will still lurk in the shadows, ready to strike when we least expect it. Once it does, it will be difficult to adapt, but we will survive. In addition to the procurement of important resources, our imperative will be to get the plague under control.
In Pest, players slip into the roles of leaders of the ruling houses of a once great empire that was struck by a cataclysmic plague. The plague has left much of the empire in ruins, so now it is up to the players to restore it to its former glory.
Pest is played in 6 rounds. Each round before players take their turn, a plague card will be revealed which shows how the plague will spread in that round. On their turn, players will be able to select among many actions on their player board using a unique action selection system. Thus, players will be able to move their containment team on the board, quarantine and cure infected people, rebuild, assign workers, harvest for resources, and more.
As their house influence grows, players will be able to play more actions, generate more resources, and house more people. This will bring forth new technological advancements which are much needed to get the plague under control.
The game ends after the 6 round is over and players count their final amount of Renown (victory points). The player with the most Renown is the winner and declared the savior of the empire!
—description from the publisher
- Fight against a cataclysmic plague and rebuild the fallen empire.
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- It's just okay at best.
- It is 100% a flicking game. If you're not good at flicking, you're not good at this game.
- Man, I can't remember this game at all.
- Of the games we looked at today, by far A Rapid Space is my favorite. I love that game.
- Although, Yummy Yummy Monster Tummy is my favorite kids game on the list.
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- Plays quickly (15 minutes)
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- Press Your Luck — Mentioned as a 'press your lock' word game.
- Word Game — Described as a word game.
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- this is the only game that I just straight up asked for this is this is actually iconic this is the only game in the history of uh Foster the meele that Jamie went up and just said hey I would really like a copy of that game
- I'm not like super big into RPGs but this is one that could get me into RPGs
- it is literally a pile of squishy poops
- I really wanted to focus this packs on getting um games that are really hard to find in Canada
- unless yeah something drastically changes just financially it does not make any sense for us to go
- we'll see what that other 10% says
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- Solid solo option for brain-teasing play
- Supports up to six players
- Good replay value with bonuses
- Relies on vocabulary and word knowledge
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Five letters are drawn from a bag each round and must be used.
- letter drafting / bag draw — Five letters are drawn from a bag each round and must be used.
- Push Your Luck — You can stop after a round or push on to draw more letters.
- round-based push-your-luck — You can stop after a round or push on to draw more letters.
- Word Building — Players form words from drawn letters to gain bonuses.
- Word formation — Players form words from drawn letters to gain bonuses.
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- This is a great card laying game where you have some pusher luck.
- This one is a lot of fun.
- This is an excellent, excellent game.
- This game is fantastic.
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- spoiler alert, one of my current favorite games.
- I cannot wait to play this one.
- The Luna expansion for Galileo Galilei is my number one thing I had to grab at Pax Unplugged.
- This is probably the game or one of the games that I'm most excited about coming home with from Packs Unplugged.
References (from this video)
- Fresh take on word games, themed around fonts
- Family-friendly appeal
- Fonts, typography, and letterplay
- Word game with typographic flavor
- Light, playful, word-building
- Bananagrams
- Wavelength
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Flip-and-write / letter drafting — Flip letters and write them into a growing word book.
- Flip/Roll and Write — Flip letters and write them into a growing word book.
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- Oh my goodness, this game. I need to get my hands on a copy of this one because I really enjoy it.
- I love this part of the game. My only thing is I feel like there's this specific thing with whatever tea you have in your teap that is going to be used for all of your witches.
- Shallow Sea... definitely get your hands on a copy of Shallow Sea because it is so good.
- Federation needs more love. This game is so fantastic.
- Endeavor Deep Sea is my number one for September.
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- Interesting theme
- Quest-based gameplay
- Potential design flaws
- Can get stuck due to random luck
- Plague doctor adventure
- Plague-era world
- Solo dungeon crawl
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- Quest Completion — Fight monsters, complete missions, gain abilities
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- I want to make sure the games I own actually get played more often and that means letting some of them go, even if it hurts.
- In each episode of the series, I'll show you four games for my to sell pile.