by Matt Leacock Do you have what it takes to save humanity? As skilled members of a disease-fighting team, you must keep four deadly diseases at bay while discovering their cures. You and your teammates will travel across the globe, treating infections while finding resources for cures. You must work together, using your individual strengths, to succeed. The clock is ticking as outbreaks and epidemics fuel the spreading plagues. Can you find all four cures in time? The fate of humanity is in your hands!
KHARTOUM SUDAN 4,887,000 4,500/KM2 CONTENTS HÔMOSCOW CHI MINH VILLE 1-INCREASE RÉPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE MOVE THE INFECTION RATE DERUSSIA CHINE MARKER FORWARD 1 SPACE. 415,512,000 900 000 9450/KM3,500/KM22 ESSEN 2-INFECT DRAW THE BOTTOMEVENT CARD FROM GERMANY THE INFECTION DECK AND PUT 2 3 CUBES ON THATRESILIENT CITY. DISCARD POPULATION actions 575,000 2,800/KM THAT CARD. MANILA Play any time. Not an action. SCIENTIST EVENT Drive / Ferry PHILIPPINES 3-INTENSIFY Move to a city connected by a white line.
2 MONTREAL CANADA ONE QUIET NIGHT
MONTREAL CANADA SHUFFLE THE CARDS IN THE 20,767,000 14,400/KM INFECTION DISCARD PILE AND
PUT THEM ON TOP OF THEPlay any time. Not an action. DireCt Flight
INFECTION DECK. Discard a City card to move to the city named on the card. SUDAN KHARTOUM Charter Flight MONTREAL CANADA Discard the City card that matches the city you are in to move research
to any city. CITY
CITY
DE CHINE DE BUILD A RESEARCH STATION RUSSIA CITY
RÉPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE RÉPUBLIQUE Shuttle FlightCITY Discard the City card that matches the city you are in to place a HÔ CHI MINH VILLE MINH CHI HÔ MOSCOW Move from a city with a research stationstation tothere. any other city that has
a research station.
reMove Any 1 cArd in the infection TREAT DISEASE GERMANY discArd pile froM the GAMe. Remove 1 disease cube from the city you are in. If this color is cured, remove
ou MAy plAy this between the nfect And all cubes of that color from the city. • You need only 4 cards of the same ESSEN y i color to do the Discover a Cure intensify steps of An epideMic. SHARE KNOWLEDGE
action. Either: give the card that matches the city you are in to another player, or
PHILIPPINES skip the next infect cities step take that card from another player. The other player must also be in the city
do not flip over Any nfection cArds CITY MANILA ( i ). with you. CITYCITY DISCOVER A CURE At any research station, discard 5 City cards of the same disease color to cure that disease. CITY
7 Role cards 7 Pawns 59 Player cards 4 Reference cards (48 City cards, 6 Epidemic cards, 5 Event cards)
KHARTOUM SUDAN
BAGHDAD IRAQ
CHICAGO UNITED STATES 1 Infection rate HO CHI MINH CITY VIETNAM marker
Eradication “ ” side 48 Infection cards 96 Disease cubes 1 Outbreaks marker 24 in 4 colors 4 Cure markers
6 Research stations 1 Board
To see a Pandemic teaching video, go to: OVERVIEW www.zmangames.com/pandemic-online-rules.html In Pandemic, you and your fellow players are members of a disease control team. You must work together to develop cures and prevent disease outbreaks, before 4 deadly diseases (Blue, Yellow, Black, and Red) contaminate humanity. Pandemic is a cooperative game. The players all win or lose together. The goal is to discover cures for all 4 diseases. The players lose if: • 8 outbreaks occur (a worldwide panic happens), • not enough disease cubes are left when needed (a disease spreads too much), or, • not enough player cards are left when needed (your team runs out of time). Each player has a specific role with special abilities to improve the team’s chances. 1 SETUP Research stations 1 Set out the board and pieces final size marks Place the board within easy reach of all players. Put the 6 research stations and disease cubes nearby. Separate the cubes by color into 4 supply piles. Place 1 research station in Atlanta. Atlanta is home to the CDC, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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chicago MontrÉal San FranciSco new York Milan MoScow tokYo PariS Manila Seoul tehran BeiJing iStanBul waShington Madrid atlanta Baghdad tokYo San d Shanghai FranciSco Disease cubes algierS elhi Y karachi SYdne kolkata loS angeleS MiaMi cairo hong Mexico citY kong oSaka Bangkok lagoS taiPei riYadh Bogotá MuMBai khartouM
chennai San Franci Sco
kinShaSa ho chi Manila Minh citY Place outbreaks liMa 2 and cure markers São Paulo Jakarta
Place the outbreaks marker on the “0” space of the JohanneSBurg BuenoS aireS Outbreaks Track. Place the 4 cure markers, “vial” side up, Santiago loS S near the Discovered Cure Indicators. angele Outbreak marker SYdneY
1.Do 4 actions 2.Draw 2 cards Outbreak track •Resolve any epidemics •Discard to 7 cards 3.Infect cities
Cure markers Discovered Cure Indicators
SCIENTIST actions
Drive / Ferry Give each player cards and a pawn Move to a city connected by a white line. DireCt Flight 4 Discard a City card to move to the city named on the card. Charter Flight Discard the City card that matches the city you are in to move to any city. CITY CITY Give each player a reference card. Shuffle the Role cards and CITY Shuttle Flight CITY • You need only 4 cards of the same Move from a city with a research station to any other city that has color to do the Discover a Cure a research station. deal 1 face up in front of each player. Place the matching action. colored pawns for these roles in Atlanta. Remove from the game the remaining Role cards and pawns.
Take the Epidemic cards out the Player Deck and set them ATLANTA aside until Step 5. Shuffle the other Player cards (City and UNITED STATES BOGOTÁ MONTREAL Event cards). Deal cards to the players to form their initial COLOMBIA CANADA hands. Give cards according to the number of players:
# of players Cards
2
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COLOMBIA
2-player game 4 BOGOTÁ
21,000/KM
4,715,000
2 3-player game 3 STATES UNITED 2 4-player game 2 ATLANTA Infection Rate Marker
final size marks Infection Deck Infection Discard Pile Place infection rate marker 3 and infect 9 cities Place the infection rate marker on the left-most “2” space of the Infection Rate Track. Shuffle the Infection cards and flip over 3 of them. Put 3 disease cubes of the matching color on each of these cities. Flip over 3 more cards: put 2 disease cubes on each of these cities. St. PeterSBurg Flip over 3 more cards: put 1 disease cube on each of these cities. eSSen london (You will place a total of 18 disease cubes, each matching the color of chicago MontrÉal the city.) Place these 9 cards face up on the Infection Discard Pile. San FranciSco new York Milan MoScow tokYo PariS The other Infection cards form the Infection Deck. Manila Seoul tehran BeiJing iStanBul waShington Madrid Infection HO CHI MINH CITY ALGIERS TOKYO atlanta Baghdad Rate Track tokYo VIETNAM ALGERIA JAPAN San Shanghai FranciS delhi co WASHINGTON LIMA CHICAGO algierS UNITED STATES PERU UNITED STATES Y karachi SYdne kolkata BOGOTÁ MANILA RIYADH loS angeleS COLOMBIA PHILIPPINES SAUDI ARABIA MiaMi cairo hong Mexico citY kong oSaka Bangkok lagoS taiPei riYadh Bogotá MuMBai khartouM
chennai San Franci Sco kinShaSa ho chi Manila Use disease cubes matching the card colors. Minh citY liMa
São Paulo Player Deck JakartaPlayer Discard Pile
JohanneSBurg BuenoS a Santiago ireS
loS Begin play S angele 6 SYdneY The players look at the City cards they have in their hand. 1.Do 4 actions 2.Draw 2 cards The player with the highest City population goes first. •Resolve any epidemics •Discard to 7 cards 3.Infect cities
PLAY Stack Each player turn is divided into 3 parts: 1. Do 4 actions.
Shuffle 2. Draw 2 Player cards. Use 4 Epidemic cards 3. Infect cities. 1-INCREASE 1-INCREASE 1-INCREASE 1-INCREASE MOVE THE INFECTION RATE MOVE THE INFECTION RATE MOVE THE INFECTION RATE MOVE THE INFECTION RATE MARKER FORWARD 1 SPACE. MARKER FORWARD 1 SPACE. MARKER FORWARD 1 SPACE. MARKER FORWARD 1 SPACE. 2-INFECT 2-INFECT 2-INFECT 2-INFECT for your first game. DRAW THE BOTTOM CARD FROM DRAW THE BOTTOM CARD FROM DRAW THE BOTTOM CARD FROM DRAW THE BOTTOM CARD FROM THE INFECTION DECK AND PUT THE INFECTION DECK AND PUT THE INFECTION DECK AND PUT THE INFECTION DECK AND PUT 3 CUBES ON THAT CITY. DISCARD 3 CUBES ON THAT CITY. DISCARD 3 CUBES ON THAT CITY. DISCARD 3 CUBES ON THAT CITY. DISCARD THAT CARD. THAT CARD. THAT CARD. THAT CARD. After a player is done infecting cities, the player on 3-INTENSIFY 3-INTENSIFY 3-INTENSIFY 3-INTENSIFY MONTREAL SHUFFLECANADA THE CARDS IN THE MONTREAL SHUFFLECANADA THE CARDS IN THE MONTREAL SHUFFLECANADA THE CARDS IN THE MONTREAL SHUFFLECANADA THE CARDS IN THE INFECTION DISCARD PILE AND INFECTION DISCARD PILE AND INFECTION DISCARD PILE AND INFECTION DISCARD PILE AND PUT THEM ON TOP OF THE PUT THEM ON TOP OF THE PUT THEM ON TOP OF THE PUT THEM ON TOP OF THE INFECTION DECK. INFECTION DECK. INFECTION DECK. INFECTION DECK. Use 6 after mastering their left goes next. the Standard game. Players should freely give each other advice. Let Prepare the Player Deck everyone offer opinions and ideas. However, the player 5 whose turn it is decides what to do. Set the game’s difficulty level, by using either 4, 5, or 6 Epidemic cards, for Your hand can have City and Event cards in it. an Introductory, Standard, or Heroic game. Remove any unused Epidemic City cards are used in some actions and Event cards cards from the game. can be played at any time. Divide the remaining player cards into face down piles, as equal in size as you can, so that the number of piles matches the number of Epidemic cards you are using. Shuffle 1 Epidemic card into each pile, face down. Stack these piles to form the Player Deck, placing smaller piles on the bottom. 3 ACTIONS You may do up to 4 actions each turn. Select any combination of the actions listed below. You may do the same action several times, each time counting as 1 action. Your role’s special abilities may change how an action is done. Some actions involve discarding a card from your hand; all these discards go to the Player Discard Pile.
MOVEMENT ACTIONS final size marks Drive / Ferry St. PeterSBurg eSSen london
MoScow Milan Move to a city connected by a white line to the one you are in. MontrÉal chicago Seoul new York PariS BeiJing San FranciSco tehran tokYo tokYo iStanBul San FranciSco
Manila Shanghai waShington Madrid Baghdad delhi
atlanta algierS karachi kolkata hong kong cairo oSaka Y SYdne MiaMi taiPei loS angeleS Bangkok
Mexico citY lagoS riYadh MuMBai khartouM San Bogotá Franci Sco chennai Direct Flight Manila ho chi Minh citY kinShaSa Discard a City card to move to the city named on the card. Jakarta liMa São Paulo
JohanneSBurg S lo S ele ang BuenoS aireS Santiago SYdneY
1.Do 4 actions 2.Draw 2 cards •Resolve any epidemics •Discard to 7 cards Charter Flight 3.Infect cities Discard the City card that matches the city you are in to move to any city. A white line that goes off the board “wraps around” CITY to the other edge and connects to a city. CITY Example: Sydney and Los Angeles are connected. Shuttle FlightCITY Move from a city with a research station to any other city that has a research station.
OTHER ACTIONS Build a Research Station Discard the City card that matches the city you are in to place a research If more than 6 research stations were supplied, station there. Take the research station from the pile next to the board. If all set any extra aside during setup. 6 research stations have been built, take a research station from anywhere on the board. Treat Disease If there are cubes from several cured diseases in a Remove 1 disease cube from the city you are in, placing it in the cube city, you must still Treat Disease once for each cured supply next to the board. If this disease color has been cured (see color to remove these cubes. Discover a Cure below), remove all cubes of that color from the city you are in. Eradicating a disease is not needed to win. However, when cities of an eradicated disease are infected, no If the last cube of a cured disease is removed from the board, this disease new disease cubes are placed there (see Epidemics is eradicated. Flip its cure marker from its “vial” side to its “ ” side. CITY and Infections on page 6). Removing the last cube of Share Knowledge a disease that is not cured has no effect. You can do this action in two ways: Example: If you have the Moscow give the City card that matches the city you are in to another player, or HÔMOSCOW CHI MINH VILLE City card and are with another player RÉPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DERUSSIA CHINE 415,512,000 900 000 take the City card that matches the city you are in from another player. in Moscow, you can give this card to 9450/KM3,500/KM22 The other player must also be in the city with you. Both of you need to that player. Or, if another player has the Moscow card and you both are in
MONTREAL
agree to do this. CANADA
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Moscow, then you can take it from that RUSSIA
CITY POPULAIRE RÉPUBLIQUE HÔ CHI MINH VILLE MINH CHI HÔ
If the player who gets the card now has more than 7 cards, that player must player. In either case, you both must MOSCOW CITYCITY immediately discard a card or play an Event card (see Event Cards on page 7). agree before handing the card over. Discover a Cure At any research station, discard 5 City cards of the same color from your When a disease is cured, its cubes remain on the hand to cure the disease of that color. Move the disease’s cure marker to its board and new cubes can still be placed during Cure Indicator. epidemics or infections (see Epidemics and Infections on page 6). However, treating this disease If no cubes of this color are on the board, this disease is now eradicated. is now easier and you are closer to winning. Flip its cure marker from its “vial” side to its “ ” side. 4 final size marks
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St. PeterSBurg eSSen final size marks london St. PeterSBurg final size marks St. PeterSBurg MoScow eSSen Milan london chicago MontrÉal Seoul new York eSSen PariS BeiJing MoScow San FranciSco london tehran Milan tMontrÉalokYo tokYo chicago Seoul iStanBul San FranciSco new York Play Example: On the first turn, Ben does 4 actions: PariS BeiJing Manila Shanghai tehran waShington Madrid (1) DriveBaghdad to Chicago (from Atlanta), (2) Drive to San Francisco,delhi San FranciSco 2 (3) Treat Disease in San Francisco,MoS removingcow a blue disease cube tokYo tok 1 St. PeterSBurg Milan there, and (4) Treat Disease in San Francisco again, removing a Yo iStanBul San karachi kolkata3 4 FranciSco atlanta algierS second blue disease cube. eSSen chicago MontrÉal Manila london Shanghai Ben has finished the Actions part of his turn. waShington SeoulMadrid Baghdad delhi new York St. PeterSBurg hong kong MoScow PariS cairo eSSen atlantaBeiJingMilanoSaka karachi kolkata london chicago MontrÉal tehran algierS Seoul Y San FranciSco Ydne new York S MiaMi PariS taiPei BeiJing loS angeleS tehran hong San FranciSco MoScow Bangkok Milan tokYo tokYo kong tokYo tokYo Play Example: Later in the game, the red disease has been cured. oSaka chicago MontrÉal 1 iStanBul San cairoSan Seoul FranciSco Mexico citY new York iStanBul riYadh Y Ydne FranciSco lagoS PariManila S S MadridBeiJing BaghdadMiaMi Shanghai taiPei San FranciSco 3 red cubes remain on the board inMu Manila,MBai where Anna the ScientisttehranwaShington loS angeleS delhi Bangkok anila (white pawn) begins her turn. Anna (1) Treats Disease in Manila, tokYo M tok Shanghai Yo Madrid khartouiSMBaghdadtanBul atlanta San karachi kolkata removing all 3 cubes with one action (since this disease has been algierS FranciSco waShington delhi Mexico citY San riYadh Manila Bogotá cured). This eradicates the red disease, so the red cure marker is Shanghai Sco waShington Madrid Baghdad delhi Franci hong l agoS flipped over to its “ ” side. kong MuMBai chennai cairo oSaka Y karachi kolkata atlanta dne Manila khartouM algierSY S karachi kolkata taiPei atlanta loS angeleS MiaMi ho chi San algierS Bangkok co Minh citYhong Bogotá Franci S Mexico citY kong oSaka chennai kinShaSa cairo lagoS riYadh Y dne Manila SY MiaMi taiPei hong MuMBai loS angeleS Bangkok ho chi khartouM kong Minh citY George, the Operations Expert (green pawn), is in Jakarta San BogotMANILAá oSaka Franci Sco Mexico citY riYadh PHILIPPINES Chennai, having built a research station there. 20,767,000 kinShaSa cairo lagoS 14,400/KM2 chennai liMa MuMBai Y George tells Anna that he has the Chennai City card Manila Ydne ho chi S São Paulo in his hand and offers to let Annakhartou take it Mfrom him taiPei Minh citY MiaMi 2 San Jakarta loS angeleS Bogotá if she can get to Chennai. Anna discards her Manila Franci Sco kinSBangkokhaSa
City card for a (2) Charter Flight, moving her pawn PHILIPPINES chennai MANILA liMa JohanneSBurg to Chennai. Manila ho chi S São Paulo Jakarta Minh citY lo S angele Mexico citY kinShaSa riYadhliMa BuenoS aireS lagoS São Paulo HÔCHENNAI CHI MINH VILLE 3 RÉPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DEINDIA CHINE SYdneY JohanneSBurg 48,865,000 900 000 Santiago 9450/KM14,600/KM22 S Anna then (3) Shares Knowledge with George, taking MuMBai Jakarta lo S his Chennai card. Doing this gives Anna 4 black cards, JohanneSBurg angele liMa S which is not enough to cure a disease. BuenoS aireS lo S São Paulo angele MONTREAL khartouM CANADA 4
BuenoS aireS SYdneY
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RÉPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE RÉPUBLIQUE Santiago San HÔ CHI MINH VILLE MINH CHI HÔ CHENNAI 1.Do 4 actions Bogotá Santiago Sco SYdneY JohanneSBurg 2.Draw 2 cards Franci S lo S •Resolve any epidemics angele BuenoS aireS chennai •Discard to 7 cards 1.Do 4 actions 1.Do 4 actions 3.Infect cities SYdneY Santiago HÔTEHRAN CHI MINHHÔRIYADH VILLE CHI MINH HÔVILLEMUMBAI CHI MINHHÔCHENNAI VILLE CHI MINH VILLE Manila 2.Draw 2 cards However, Anna is the Scientist and needs to discard only 4 cards of RÉPUBLIQUE POPULAIRERÉPUBLIQUE POPULAIRERÉPUBLIQUE POPULAIRERÉPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE 2.Draw 2 cards DEIRAN CHINE DESAUDI CHINE ARABIA DEINDIA CHINE DEINDIA CHINE 47,419,000 900 000 45,037,000 900 000 416,910,000 900 000 48,865,000 900 000 •Resolve any epidemics the same color to cure the corresponding disease. Anna (4) Discovers 9450/KM9,500/KM22 9450/KM3,400/KM22 9450/KM30,900/KM2 2 9450/KM14,600/KM22 ho chi •Resolve any epidemics •Discard to 7 cards a Cure, discarding her 4 black cards at the Chennai research station. Minh citY 3.Infect cities •Discard to 7 cards The black cure marker is moved to the Black Cure Indicator. 1.Do 4 actions
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2.Draw 2 cards
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Anna has finished the Actions part of her turn. POPULAIRE RÉPUBLIQUE
HÔ CHI MINH VILLE MINH CHI VILLE HÔ MINH CHI VILLE HÔ MINH CHI VILLE HÔ MINH CHI HÔ RIYADH MUMBAI CHENNAI kinShaSa TEHRAN •Resolve any epidemics •Discard to 7 cards 3.Infect cities Jakarta5 liMa São Paulo
JohanneSBurg S lo S angele BuenoS aireS Santiago SYdneY
1.Do 4 actions 2.Draw 2 cards •Resolve any epidemics •Discard to 7 cards 3.Infect cities final size marks
St. PeterSBurg eSSen london
MoScow Milan chicago MontrÉal Seoul new York PariS BeiJing San FranciSco tehran tokYo tokYo iStanBul San FranciSco Manila Madrid Baghdad Shanghai DRAW CARDS waShington delhi atlanta algierS karachi kolkata final size marks After doing 4 actions, draw the top 2 cards together from the Player hong Deck. INFECTIONS kong cairo oSaka If, as you are Yabout to draw, there are fewer than 2 cards left Flip over as many Infection cards from the top of the Infection Deck as the SYdne MiaMi taiPei in the Player Deck,loS the angele gameS ends and your team has lost! current infection rate. This number is below the space of the Infection Rate Bangkok (Do not reshuffle the discards to form a new deck.) Track that has the infection rate marker. Flip these cards over one at a time, Mexico citY infecting the city named on each card. lagoS riYadh MuMBai EPIDEMIC CARDS To infect a city, place 1 disease cube matching its color onto the city, unless khartouM this disease has been eradicated. If the city already has 3 cubes of this color, San If your draws include any Epidemic cards, immediately do the following Bogotá Sco do not place a 4th cube. Instead, an outbreak of this disease occurs in the city Franci steps in order: chennai (see Outbreaks below). Discard this card to the Infection Discard Pile. Manila 1. Increase: Move the infection rate marker forward 1 space on the ho chi Minh citY Infection Rate Track. St. PeterSBurg kinShaSa 2. Infect: Draw the bottom card from the eSSInfectionen Deck. Unless its disease color has beenl ondoneradicated, put 3 disease cubes of that color on Jakarta the named city. If the city already has cubes of this color, do not add liMa 3 cubes to it. Instead, add just enough cubes so that it has 3 cubes of MoScow Milan São Paulo chicago MontrÉal this color and then an outbreak of this disease occurs in the city (see Seoul new York Outbreaks below). Discard this card to the Infection Discard Pile. SEOUL PARIS ALGIERS PariS SOUTH KOREA FRANCE BeiJing ALGERIA tehran JohanneSBurg San FranciS cofinal size marks S If you cannot place the number of cubes actually needed on lo S tokYo angele tokYo the board, because there are not enoughiStan cubesBul of the needed San BuenoS aireS FranciSco color left in the supply, the game ends and your team has Manila Madrid Santiago Baghdad Shanghai SYdneY waShington lost! This can occur during an epidemic, an outbreak, or delhi infections (see Outbreaks and Infections below). atlanta algierS karachi kolkata 3. Intensify: Reshuffle just the cards in the Infection Discard Pile and hong 1.Do 4 actions 2.Draw 2 cards place them on top of the Infection Deck. kong oSaka cairo •Resolve any epidemics Y Ydne When doing these steps, remember to draw from the bottom •Discard to 7 cards S loS angeleS MiaMi taiPei of the Infection Deck and to then reshuffleonly the Infection Bangkok 3.Infect cities Discard Pile, placing it on top of the existing Infection Deck. Mexico citY Play Example (cont.): Anna ends her turn by infecting cities. The current lagoS riYadh infection rate is 3, so Anna flips over the top 3 Infection cards: Seoul, It is rare but possible to draw 2 Epidemic cards at once. In this case, do MuMBai khartouM then Paris, then Algiers. all three steps above once and then again. San Bogotá Sco The red disease is eradicated, so Anna simply discards the Seoul card. Franci In this case in the second epidemic’s Infection card will be the chennai Paris has a blue cube on it, so Anna adds a second blue cube there and Manila only card to “reshuffle”, ending on top of the Infection Deck. ho chi discards the Paris card. An outbreak will then occur in this city during Infections (see Minh citY Infections, below), unless an Eventk incardSha isSa played to prevent this The black disease has been cured — but not eradicatedSt. (black Peter cubes SBare urg (see Event Cards on page 7). still on the board) — so Anna must infect Algiers. Since 3 black disease cubes are already in Algiers, Anna doeseSSJakarta noten place a 4th cube there. liMa After resolving any Epidemic cards, remove them from the game. Instead,l ondona black disease outbreak happens in Algiers. Do Snotão drawPaulo replacement cards for them. MoScow HAND LIMIT JohanneSBurg Milan S lo S chicago If you ever haveMontrÉal more than 7 cards in hand (after first resolving any angele Seoul BuenoS aireS new York Epidemic cards you may have drawn), discard cards or play Event cards PariS SYdneY BeiJing San FranciSantiagoSco until you have 7 cards in hand (see Event Cards on page 7). tehran tokYo tokYo iStanBul San Play Example (cont.): Anna draws 2 LIMA 1.Do 4 actions FranciSco 2 NEW YORK PERU 14,100/KM 9,121,000 UNITED STATES 2.Draw 2 cards cards. Neither is an Epidemic card and 20,464,000 anila 1,800/KM2 M •Resolve any epidemics Shanghai Anna is well under her 7-card hand limit, Madrid Baghdad waShington •Discard to 7 cards delhi
so Anna continues her turn.
CANADA 3.Infect cities MONTREAL
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atlanta STATES UNITED karachi kolkata NEW YORK NEW algierS hong kong cairo oSaka Y SYdne MiaMi taiPei loS angeleS 6 Bangkok Mexico citY lagoS riYadh MuMBai khartouM San Bogotá Franci Sco chennai Manila ho chi Minh citY kinShaSa
Jakarta liMa São Paulo
JohanneSBurg S lo S angele BuenoS aireS Santiago SYdneY
1.Do 4 actions 2.Draw 2 cards •Resolve any epidemics •Discard to 7 cards 3.Infect cities final size marks
TURN END After infecting cities and discarding Infection cards, your turn is over. OUTBREAKS The player on your left begins a turn. When a disease outbreak occurs, move the outbreaks marker forward 1 space on the Outbreaks Track. Then, place 1 cube of the disease color on every city connected to the city. If any of them already has 3 cubes of EVENT CARDS th the disease color, do not place a 4 cube in those cities. Instead, in each of During a turn, any player may play Event cards. Playing EVENT AIRLIFT them, final asize chain marks reaction outbreak occurs after the current outbreak is done. Play any time. Not an action. an Event card is not an action. The player who plays an When a chain reaction outbreak occurs, first move the outbreaks marker Event card decides how it is used. forward 1 space. Then, place cubes as above, except do not add a cube to Move Any 1 pAwn to Any city. Event cards can be played at any time, except in between Get perMission before MovinG cities that have already had an outbreak (or a chain reactionSt. outbreak)Peter asSB urg Another plAyer’s pAwn. drawing and resolving a card. part of resolving the current Infection card.eSSen As a resultl ondonof outbreaks, a city may have disease cubes of multiple colors on When 2 Epidemic cards are drawn together, events can be played it; up to 3 cubes of each color. after resolving the first epidemic. If the outbreaks marker reaches the last space of the Outbreaks MoScow Track, the game ends and your team has lost! Milan Example: During infections, the first Infection card drawn causes an outbreak. You may not play the Airlift Event card to move the Quarantine chicago MontrÉal St. PeterSBurg Seoul final size marks new York Specialist to prevent this. eSSAfteren this outbreak happens however, you may PariS use Airliftl ondonto move the Quarantine Specialist (to possibly protect other BeiJing cities) before flipping over the tnextehran Infection card. San FranciSco MoScow Milan tokYo chicago MontrÉal After playing an Event card, discard it to the Player Discard Pile. Seoul tokYo new York iStanBul PariS BeiJing San San FranciSco tehran FranciSco tokYo anila tokYo M iStanBul Shanghai San waShington Madrid BaghdadPLAYER CARDS delhi FranciSco Manila Madrid Shanghai waShington When playing the Introductory game (4 Epidemic cards),Baghdad place your delhi atlanta cards face up in front of you,k arachifor all players to see. kkarachiolkata kolkata atlanta algierS algierS hong Only Player cards count towards your hand limit. kong cairo hong oSaka Y dne Your Role and your Reference cards are not part of your hand. SY loS angeleS MiaMi kong taiPei cairo Bangkok oSaka Y Mexico citY dne Play Example (cont.): A black disease outbreak When playing the Standard (5 Epidemics) or Heroic (6riY Epidemics)adh SY MiaMi lagoS taiPei loS angeleS occurs in Algiers. Anna moves the outbreaks games, keep your cards private, so everyone has information to MuBangkokMBai khartouM marker forward 1 space and places 1 black cube contribute to play discussions. San Bogotá Franci Sco on every city connected to Algiers: Madrid, Paris, chennai Mexico citY St. PeterSBurg riYadh Manila Istanbul,lago Sand Cairo. Cairo already has 3 black Experienced groups may decide to play with open hands, ho chi eSSen cubes, so Anna does not place a 4th cube there. if desired,Mu inMB theseai games. Minh citY Instead, a chain reaction outbreak occurs in Cairo. kinShaSa london khartouM Anna moves the outbreaks marker forward Players may freely examine either discard pile at any time. Jakarta San Bogotá Sco 1 more space.liM aShe places 1 black cube on every Franci city connected to CairoMo —S Istanbul,cow Baghdad, São Paulo Milan chennai Riyadh, and Khartoum — but not Algiers, GAME END Manila chicago MontrÉal as Algiers has already had an outbreak while JohanneSBurg Seoul ho chi S The players win as soon as cures to all 4 diseases are discovered. lo S new York angele resolving this Infection card. Then, Anna discards Minh citY PariS BuenoS aireS BeiJing the Algiers Infection card. tehran San FranciSco kinSantiagoShaSa SYdneY The players do not have to eradicate all 4 diseases to win; tokYo just cure them. Once all diseases are cured, the game ends and players tokYo iStanBul San win immediately, no matter how many cubes are on the board. FranciSco 1.Do 4 actions Jakarta 2.Draw 2 cards Manila Madrid Baghdad Shanghai •Resolve any epidemics walSiMhingtona delhi •Discard to 7 cards There are 3 ways for the game to end and the players to lose: 3.Infect cities São Paulo atlanta algierS karachi • if the outbreaks markerk olkatareaches the last space of the Outbreaks Track, • if you are unable to place the number of disease cubeshong actually JohanneSBurg needed on the board, or kong oSaka loS • if a player cannot draw 2 Player cards after doing his actions. 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1.Do 4 actions 2.Draw 2 cards •Resolve any epidemics •Discard to 7 cards 3.Infect cities ROLES Each player has a role with special abilities to improve your team’s chances.
CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS PLANNER CONTINGENCY PLANNER EXPERT OPERATIONS EXPERT The Contingency Planner may, as an action, take an The Operations Expert may, as an action, either: Event card from anywhere in the Player Discard Pile • build a research station in his current city without and place it on his Role card. Only 1 Event card can be • As an action, take any discarded • As an action, build a research discarding (or using) a City card, or Event card and store it on this card. station in the city you are in • When you play the stored Event on his role card at a time. It does not count against his (no City card needed). card, remove it from the game. • Once per turn as an action, move Limit: 1 Event card on this card at a from a research station to any city time, which is not part of your hand. hand limit. by discarding any City card. • once per turn, move from a research station to any city by discarding any City card. When the Contingency Planner plays the Event card on his role card, remove this Event card from the game (instead of discarding it). The Dispatcher may not use the Operations Expert’s special move ability when moving the Operation Expert’s pawn.
DISPATCHER DISPATCHER The Dispatcher may, as an action, either:
QUARANTINE • move any pawn, if its owner agrees, to any city SPECIALIST QUARANTINE SPECIALIST The Quarantine Specialist prevents both outbreaks and • Move another player’s pawn as if it containing another pawn, or were yours. • As an action, move any pawn to a city with another pawn. the placement of disease cubes in the city she is in Get permission before moving another player’s pawn. • move another player’s pawn, if its owner agrees, and all cities connected to that city. She does not affect as if it were his own. • Prevent disease cube placements (and outbreaks) in the city you are in and all cities connected to it. cubes placed during setup.
When moving a player’s pawn as if it were your own, discard cards for Direct and Charter Flights from your hand. A card discarded for a Charter Flight must match the city the pawn is moving from. RESEARCHER RESEARCHER When doing the Share Knowledge action, the Researcher The Dispatcher can only move other players’ pawns; he may not direct may give any City card from her hand to another player them to do other actions, such as Treat Disease. in the same city as her, without this card having to match • You may give any 1 of your City cards when you Share Knowledge. It need not match your city. A player who Shares Knowledge with you on their turn can her city. The transfer must be from her hand to the other take any 1 of your City cards.
MEDIC MEDIC player’s hand, but it can occur on either player’s turn. The Medic removes all cubes, not 1, of the same color when doing the Treat Disease action. SCIENTIST SCIENTIST
• Remove all cubes of one color when If a disease has been cured, he automatically removes doing Treat Disease. The Scientist needs only 4 (not 5) City cards of • Automatically remove cubes of cured diseases from the city you all cubes of that color from a city, simply by entering it are in (and prevent them from being placed there). the same disease color to Discover a Cure for that or being there. This does not take an action. disease.
• You need only 4 cards of the same color to do the Discover a Cure action. The Medic’s automatic removal of cubes can occur on other players’ turns, if he is moved by the Dispatcher or the Airlift Event.
The Medic also prevents placing disease cubes (and outbreaks) of cured CREDITS diseases in his location. Game design: Matt Leacock Artwork: Chris Quilliams Special thanks to Donna Leacock, Hillary Carey, Chris and Kim Farrell, Rich COMMONLY OVERLOOKED Fulcher, Ken Tidwell, Corbin Nash, Jim Cote, Steve Duff, Wei-Hwa Huang, and, for additional testing, Beth Heile and John Knoerzer. RULES Very special thanks to Tom Lehmann for his assistance.
• You do not draw a replacement card after drawing an Epidemic card. Learn the rules online at: • You may Discover a Cure at any Research Station — the color of its www.zmangames.com/pandemic-online-rules.html city does not need to match the disease you are curing. © 2015 F2Z Entertainment Inc. • On your turn, you may take a card from another player, if you are both 31 rue de la Coopérative in the city that matches the card you are taking. Rigaud QC J0P 1P0 [email protected] • On your turn, you may take any City card from the Researcher (only), Canada www.zmangames.com if you are both in the same city. Z-Man, Z-Man Games, Z-Man Games & Design are trademarks of F2Z Entertainment Inc. Apple and the • Your hand limit applies immediately after getting a card from Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service another player. mark of Apple Inc. Google Play is a trademark of Google Inc. Amazon’s trademark is used under license from Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. 8 Follow Pandemic The Board game on