Moreover, Epidemic cards that increase the number of cubes placed each turn are hidden throughout the deck. ... If you ask me, the Pandemic board game deserves to be on everyone's shelf.

With that in mind, I started designing my first cooperative game in 2004. The SARS epidemic had recently erupted and I imagined viruses would be the perfect antagonists for players to confront.

The first Pandemic game was published in 2008 and was at the crest of the wave of new board games for adults. It is a game for 2–4 players and can be completed within an hour.

While we’re all stuck at home now, board games are having a moment. And as it happens, there’s a curious intersection of tabletop games and our current coronavirus experience.

We’re already surviving a global pandemic, so why would anyone consider playing a game with that name literally in the title? Because, my friends, the co-op board game version of fighting this ...

Modern board-games fans, bored with Life and Scrabble, pursue novelty, drawn by themes that reflect their esoteric interests. In Terraforming Mars, which was released in 2016, players control ...

Asmodee Digital's Pandemic, based on the popular co-operative board game published by Z-Man Games, was quietly delisted from Steam on January 6. The mobile version is no longer available to buy ...

The creator of the hit board game Pandemic is working on a game about climate change. It’s called Daybreak, and Polygon has an exclusive interview with the designers about how it’s going to work.

Board game sales are up during the coronavirus pandemic and bringing families together. Experts say playing is offering many benefits while people stay at home.