Monday, May 4, 2020

Playing Pandemic is deeply satisfying in quarantine

Playing Pandemic is deeply satisfying in quarantine

The best thing most of us can do to fight the global pandemic is nothing: stay home, stay safe, public health officials implore.

There's one place where that's not the case. In the board game Pandemic, players work as a team to fight the spread of disease across the globe. As a quarantine activity, knocking off "disease cubes," playing the necessary cards for a cure, and getting to "eradication," is deeply satisfying. It simulates some sense of power and control in a fictional version of our own reality. And thanks to a digital adaptation, you can play the cooperative game with friends from a distance. Read more...

More about Board Games, Steam, Pandemic, Culture, and Web Culture

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