That's life...
You don't always choose what is happening around you; sometimes for the worst and sometimes for the best.
And speaking of the best- today we are releasing... [drumroll please]...
PANDEMIC: the famous board game by Matt Leacock!
*So it is your turn to save planet earth... again?!
The game won too many awards worldwide to display them here. Although many of you probably already know about the game, we want to drop a few lines about the game for those who don't.
In Pandemic, several virulent diseases have broken out simultaneously all over the world! The players are disease-fighting specialists whose mission is to treat disease hotspots while researching cures for each of the four plagues before they get out of hand.
The game board depicts several major population centers on a map. On each turn, a player can use up to four actions to travel between cities, to treat infected populaces, to discover a cure, or to build a research station. A deck of cards provides the players with these abilities, but sprinkled throughout this deck are Epidemic cards that accelerate and intensify the diseases' activity. A second, separate deck of cards controls the "normal" spread of the infections.
Taking a unique role within the team, players must plan their strategy to mesh with their specialists' strengths in order to conquer the diseases. For example: the Operations Expert can build research stations which are needed to find cures for the diseases and which allow for greater mobility between cities; the Scientist needs only four cards of a particular disease to cure it instead of the normal five— but the diseases are spreading quickly and time is running out. If one or more diseases spreads beyond recovery or if too much time elapses, the players all lose. If they cure the four diseases, they all win!
What's up with the Board Game Arena version, Doc?
The 2013 edition of Pandemic you can play on BGA includes two new characters—the Contingency Planner and the Quarantine Specialist—not available in earlier editions of the game.
You can play it here in Training mode to learn about the game mechanics, but you will also be able to choose a few options depending on your own preferences: 3 difficulty modes with closed or open hands, a Solo mode with different characters, etc.
And because we know you will ask: There are currently no expansions included. 😉
**Take a look at the game right now here:
**https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=pandemic
The whole team is pleased to offer you a larger cooperative game now on Board Game Arena during these times, where you can join forces to win a game or two against Pandemic.
Nothing would have been possible without the help of the publisher, Z-Man Games, and their team-members: you rock!
Of course, our warm thanks go to designer Matt Leacock, and our wonderful developer, Moof, for bringing such a deep game to the platform.
As usual, the game has been tested over and over, but do not hesitate to post any bugs on the **Bug Report **page. Also, remember that you can help translate the game from the Community pages, for... the community.
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!
During the next few weeks, we will offer an opportunity for you to play against the Z-Man Games team, and maybe against MATT LEACOCK himself!
If it happens, you will also be able to enter a raffle for some prizes like [redacted].
So keep an eye on our social network accounts Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, as well as the official PANDEMIC page on Facebook : HERE.
Of course, there's even more coming.
And as the summer holidays are quite close now, why not doing a SUMMER GAMES CALENDAR?
(You didn't see that coming, did you?)
**YES !
**A calendar like the one we did last winter.
Everyday, a new game will be released for the next 62 days!
THAT'S 62 NEW GAMES TO COME!
Of course, they are not as big as this one, but they deserve your attention as well. Go on the BGA front page every day to click on the calendar and dig out the new games!
And if you come open them daily, you will unlock some very special achievements to show off on your account page.
We will, of course, keep the weekly releases with more popular games, but we think that it is a fun way to show off some other new games that deserves your attention.
That's it for now, have fun and see you next week!
PANDEMIC: Når enhver lighed med eksisterende eller tidligere situationer er helt tilfældig ...
Sådan er livet...
Du vælger ikke altid, hvad der sker omkring dig; nogle gange til det værre og nogle gange til det bedre
Og når vi taler om det bedste - i dag frigiver vi ...
[trommesolo, tak] ...
PANDEMIC: det berømte brætspil af Matt Leacock!
Så det er din tur til at redde planeten jorden ...
igen?!
Spillet har vundet for mange priser verden over til at vise dem her.
Selvom mange af jer sandsynligvis allerede kender spillet, ønsker vi at smide et par linjer om spillet for dem, der ikke gør det.
I Pandemic er der udbrudt flere virulente sygdomme samtidigt over hele verden!
Spillerne er sygdomsbekæmpende specialister, hvis mission er at behandle sygdomshotspots, mens de finder en kur mod hver af de fire plager, før de løber løbsk.
Spillepladen viser flere store befolkningscentre på et kort.
På hver tur kan en spiller bruge op til fire handlinger til at rejse mellem byer, behandle inficerede befolkninger, opdage en kur eller opbygge en forskningsstation.
En bunke af kort giver spillerne disse evner, men strøet gennem denne bunke er Epidemi kort, der fremskynder og intensiverer sygdommens aktivitet.
En anden, separat bunke kort styrer infektionens "normale" spredning.
Spillerne påtager sig en unik rolle på holdet, og de skal planlægge deres strategi for at indgå i deres specialisters styrker for at overvinde sygdommene.
For eksempel: Operationseksperten kan bygge forskningsstationer, der er nødvendige for at finde kur mod sygdommene, og som muliggør større mobilitet mellem byer; forskeren har kun brug for fire kort af en bestemt sygdom for at helbrede den i stedet for de normale fem - men sygdommene spredes hurtigt, og tiden løber ud.
Hvis en eller flere sygdomme spreder sig ud af kontrol, eller hvis der går for meget tid, taber alle spillerne.
Hvis de helbreder de fire sygdomme, vinder de alle!
Hva' så med Board Game Arena versionen, Fessor?
I udgaven af Pandemic fra 2013, som du kan spille på BGA inkluderes to nye karakterer - Beredskabsplanlæggeren og Karantænespecialisten - som ikke er tilgængelige i tidligere udgaver af spillet.
Du kan spille det her i træningstilstand for at lære om spilmekanikken, men du vil også være i stand til at vælge et par muligheder afhængigt af dine egne præferencer: 3 sværhedsgrader med lukkede eller åbne hænder, en solo-tilstand med forskellige karakterer osv.
Og fordi vi ved, vil du spørge: Der er i øjeblikket ingen udvidelser inkluderet.
Se spillet lige nu her:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=pandemic
Hele holdet er glade for at tilbyde dig et større samarbejdsspil nu på Board Game Arena i disse tider, hvor du kan gå sammen om at vinde et spil eller to mod Pandemic.
Intet ville have været muligt uden hjælp fra udgiveren, Z-Man Games og deres teammedlemmer: I styrer!
Selvfølgelig går vores varme tak til designeren Matt Leacock og vores vidunderlige udvikler, Moof, for at bringe sådan et omfattende spil til platformen.
Som sædvanligt er spillet blevet testet igen og igen, men tøv ikke med at sende eventuelle fejl på siden Fejlrapportering.
Husk også, at du kan hjælpe med at oversætte spillet fra fællesskabssiderne til ...
fællesskabet.
MEN VENT, DER ER MERE!
I løbet af de næste uger vil vi tilbyde dig en mulighed for at spille mod Z-Man Games- holdet og måske mod MATT LEACOCK selv!
Hvis det sker, vil du også kunne deltage i en lodtrækning for nogle præmier som [censureret].
Så hold øje med vores sociale netværk Twitter, Facebook eller Instagram samt den officielle PANDEMIC-side på Facebook: HER.
Selvfølgelig kommer der endnu mere.
Og da sommerferien er ret tæt på nu, hvorfor ikke lave en SOMMERKALENDER?
(Det så du ikke komme, gjorde du?)
JA !
En kalender som den, vi lavede i vinter.
Hver dag frigives et nyt spil de næste 62 dage!
Det er 62 nye spil, der kommer!
Selvfølgelig er de ikke så store som denne, men de fortjener også din opmærksomhed.
Gå til BGA-forsiden hver dag for at klikke på kalenderen og grave de nye spil frem!
Og hvis du kommer og åbner dem dagligt, vil du låse op for nogle meget specielle bedrifter, der kan vises på din kontoside.
Vi vil naturligvis beholde de ugentlige udgivelser med mere populære spil, men vi synes, at det er en sjov måde at vise nogle andre nye spil, der fortjener din opmærksomhed.
Det er det for nu, have det sjovt og se dig næste uge!
