In February, I posted about my preliminary results with Virulent Strain. After 100 games with four players and five Epidemics with Virulent Strain, my win rate was nearly the same as without Virulent Strain. Was this a lucky streak, or a sign of something else ( Read more... )

I have been an enthusiastic fan of the board game Pandemic since I first played it in 2008. I like it because it involves cooperation and careful planning, which makes it a good way to talk to people through a game. For several years, I’ve been playing a lunchtime game once a week with friends. In 2013, Z-Man Games came out with a version of ( Read more... )

Last weekend, Dave, Kevin and I tried a couple of experiments with playing Pandemic with Dave in Florida. Neither was absolutely perfect, but both were successful enough to be better than not playing ( Read more... )

Very easy game today ( Read more... )

Another game that seems as if it should be easier than it was ( Read more... )

This game looked like it would be pretty easy up until endgame, when it turned meaner than a junkyard dog ( Read more... )

Five Virulent Strain epidemics, Researcher, Dispatcher, Containment Specialist, Scientist. We won before the fourth Epidemic came out, with only one Outbreak on the board ( Read more... )

We didn't play Pandemic on December 1 because none of us could attend ( Read more... )

I've been derelict about posting Pandemic reports ( Read more... )

Won Pandemic today. (Operations Expert, Containment Specialist, Scientist). I probably wouldn't post about this, but I'm trying to keep track of our success record for a while ( Read more... )