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!
瘟疫危機：當現在與過去曾發生的事，巧合地如出一轍…...
人生無常……
您無法永遠都能決定哪些事件的發生；生命總是有好有壞。
既然說到了好事——我們今天將要發佈……
[鼓手，來點節奏]...…
瘟疫危機！ ：這款著名的桌遊來自於 麥特·利科克 (Matt Leacock)的創作！
現在換您拯救地球.…..
還來啊？！
此遊戲在全世界拿下了太多獎項，族繁不及備載。
儘管可能有許多人已聽說過這款遊戲，但我們還是想為那些未曾聽聞過不熟悉的玩家簡略地介紹一下。
在瘟疫危機中，世界各地同時爆發多種致命的傳染病！
玩家們是消滅疾病的各種專家，以協助疾病熱點為使命，還得在四種瘟疫失控前研究出解藥。
遊戲地圖上有幾個主要的大都市。
玩家每一回合最多可以執行四個行動：在城市間旅行、治療受感染的城市、研發解藥或設立研究站。
有幾張牌會讓玩家發揮上述能力，但卻被打散到會加速和加劇疾病活動的瘟疫牌堆。
另一組牌庫則控制「普通」疾病的傳播。
玩家們在團隊中扮演不同的角色，並必須規劃策略以結合各自的技能以戰勝疾病。
例如：運營專家可以建立研究站，以尋找治癒疾病的方法，並允許城市間更大的流通性；科學家只需要四張卡就能治癒特定疾病，而非一般情況的五張——但疾病正如星火般蔓延，時間已所剩無幾。
如果有任何一種病的疫情失去控制、或玩家們拖了太久，那麼則算所有玩家的失敗。
但若作出四種疾病的解藥，就是所有玩家的勝利！
Board Game Arena上的版本是怎麼回事、醫師？
BGA 上的「瘟疫危機」 2013 版，包括兩個新角色——應急規劃師和檢疫專家——在遊戲的早期版本中尚不可用。
您可在訓練模式中摸索遊戲機制，但也可根據自己的喜好調整以下選項：3 種難度、公開或隱藏手牌，或從不同角色特性中任選的單人模式等。
我們知道您肯定會問這個：目前不含任何擴充。
點擊此以檢視進行中的遊戲：
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=pandemic
團隊很高興在Board Game Arena上能為您在疫情期間提供較壯闊的合作遊戲，並可在牌桌上從瘟疫之戰中，贏得幾場勝利。
若沒有發行商 Z-Man Games 及其團隊成員的幫助，一切都是枉然：您們太讚了！
當然，我們也要衷心感謝設計者 Matt Leacock 和我們出色的開發人員 Moof，感謝他們為平台帶來如此有深度的遊戲。
一如以往，遊戲雖已經過無數測試，但請別猶豫到錯誤回報頁面上反應任何異常。
此外，請記得您可在社群頁面協助翻譯遊戲，以便...…
造福大眾。
但是等等，不僅如此！
未來數週，我們將為您提供與Z-Man Games團隊進行比賽的機會，甚至可能與MATT LEACOCK本人比賽！
若幸運地發生了，您還可參加抽獎活動、獲得獎品，像是——［已消音］。
因此，請密切關注我們在Twitter 、 Facebook或Instagram的社交網站帳號 ，以及 Facebook 上的官方 PANDEMIC 頁面：。
當然，後續還有更多資訊。
暑假將至，何不做一份夏日遊戲曆呢？
（您沒看到，對吧？）
是的 ！
就像我們去年冬天做的那份一樣。
在未來的 62 天裡，我們每天都會發表一款新遊戲！
也就是將推出 62 款新遊戲！
當然，它們並沒有這款桌遊如此聞名遐邇，但也同樣值得關注。
每天連上BGA的首頁，點擊遊戲曆，發現新遊戲！
而且若您每天都來報到，將會解鎖一些非常特別的成就，並可展示在您的帳戶頁面。
我們每週也當然會繼續發布更多熱門遊戲，但我們認為這樣能更有趣地讓您看到更多值得您注意的新遊戲。
目前就這樣，祝您玩得開心，下週見！
