# Pandemic: Isolation

Pandemic: Isolation is a board game for 4 players.

- **Players:** 4
- **Complexity:** 2 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2013
- **Categories:** Expansion for Base-game

**Publishers:** Z-Man Games

## Rules questions

### Can we enter San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, or São Paulo?

No. Those four cities are under complete lockdown, and players may not enter them during the game. (p. 1)

### Do disease cubes ever go in a locked-down city?

No. Disease cubes are never placed in the four locked-down cities. (p. 1)

### What happens to the Infection cards for the locked-down cities?

Put those cities’ Infection cards in the box; they are not used during the game. (p. 1)

### Can we use a locked-down city’s Player card for a Direct or Charter flight?

The Player cards for those cities stay in play, but cannot be used for Direct or Charter flights. (p. 1)

### Do we set up the starting cubes and player hands as usual?

No. Place the scenario’s specified cubes in the listed cities and deal the four specified role-and-card pairs; the pawns and research station start in Atlanta as usual. (p. 1)

### There are no black cubes on the board at the start—does that mean black cubes are out of the game?

No. The scenario says there are no black cubes in the initial setup, but they are still in play. (p. 1)

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/pandemic-isolation)
- [Pandemic: Isolation in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/pandemic-isolation)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/446025)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-10-31. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._