
2017 · Video Game Theme
Plague Inc.: The Board Game
Players take the role of competing pathogens racing to infect and then eradicate human populations across a globe map. They place infection tokens in cities to gain DNA points, evolve symptom and transmission traits on a personal upgrade track, and meet climate and connectivity requirements to spread into new countries. When a country becomes fully infected, players use a “death” mechanic to eliminate its population and score. Event cards and player interaction alter the board state, allowing sabotage, mass travel or other global effects. The game supports solo or multiplayer play with asymmetric pathogen upgrades and tactical planning required to outcompete other diseases.
- Players
- 1–4 best 4
- Playing time
- 60 min
- Age
- 14+
- Complexity
- 2.1 / 5
Where to buy it
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On Ludoya's tables
Full stats in Ludoya- 40
- Plays logged
- 59
- Players
- 1h 2m
- Average play
- 25
- In collections
- 5
- On wishlists
7.8/10
from 8 Ludoya reviews
Garfield8.0 #56 Very thematic 'funny' area control game! Create a bacteria that leeds to nosebleeding, insanity and is hot ressistant and kill some countries with it... [c] Theme: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Create a disease and kill people --> Gameplay: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Good variety of choices --> Interaction: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Infect other countries, take that event cards --> Artwork: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Nice --> Luck: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Trait and event card drawing --> Strategy: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Spread all over the world and kill as many as you can --> Components: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Nothing special --> Play duration: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Easy to teach: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Quite easy --> Setup time: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> No downtime: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Can suffer from AP-Players... --> Replay value: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Create other diseases, random countries etc. --> [/c]
Free, on web, Android and iOS
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