![]() ![]() The number a player must place is equal to their Infectivity rate (from their starting mat and Traits added). Which Trait should I add? And can I afford it yet? Phase 4: Infectionĭuring this phase, the player places more of their plague cubes in cities on the board. If the player covers those with a Trait card, they can no longer use those abilities.Īdding Traits is how a player increases their infectivity, lethality, ability to travel between continents, and ability to become weather-resistant to heat or cold. Two spaces on the player mats have special abilities listed. During this phase, the player may add 1 card from their hand to their mat by paying the cost (listed on the card) via DNA points (moving down the DNA points track). Players start the game with core Traits on their player mat and can evolve their disease by adding more Traits to their mat. Players can choose a face up Country card or draw from the deck. If they choose to discard it or can’t place it because all country spaces in that continent are full, the player discards their hand of Trait cards and draws 5 new Trait cards. They decide whether to add it to the game board in the appropriate continent or discard it. The player picks a new Country card from those face up or from the top of the deck unseen. Players keep track of their DNA points on the double helix track on the outside of the board. ![]() The player checks to see how many Countries they control (have a majority or tied for majority in a country) and moves their marker up that many spaces on the DNA Points track. Players choose which side of their player mat they want to play with.Ī player’s turn consists of 5 phases-which are referenced on each player’s mat. They then add one of their plague cubes to a city (black hexagon space) on that country card. In turn order (starting with the player who washed their hands most recently), players draw one of the Starting Country cards and place it on the board in the appropriate continent zone. Each player also starts with a randomly drawn hand of 5 Trait cards. Players start out with a disease player mat and their matching set of colored plague cubes. They score DNA Points and evolve new symptoms for their pathogen to wipe out humanity. In a game of Plague Inc.: The Board Game players are deadly diseases trying to spread across the world. I know it sounds odd while we’re struggling around the world facing a real global pandemic, but to be honest, we’ve had a very fun time playing Plague Inc.: the Board Game. That’s right, the popular mobile app game, Plague Inc., first released in 2012 by Ndemic Creations, is now available as a board game available from Asmodee. Now we’re infecting the world with viruses and competing to be the most lethal in Plague Inc.: The Board Game! He shared how to play the game and what he enjoyed about working together to save the world from deadly viruses.įast-forward 12 years and the tides have turned. ![]() Way back in 2009, our then 6-year old son, Caleb got us rolling in reviewing board games with his video review of Pandemic. ![]()
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