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Pandemic Board Game $44 + $4.99 Delivery @ MightyApe

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Pandemic Board Game $44 + $4.99 Delivery @ MightyApe
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newox on 09/01/2018 - 11:09 mightyape.com.au (1251 clicks)

Was looking for a cheap deal for pandemic and found this! Usually $50+ so a pretty good deal. This is a crazy fun co op board game to play with friends

Players must work together playing to their characters' strengths and planning their strategy of eradication before the diseases overwhelm the world with ever-increasing outbreaks. For example the Operation Specialist can build research stations which are needed to find cures for the diseases. The Scientist needs only 4 cards of a particular disease to cure it instead of the normal 5. But the diseases are out breaking fast and time is running out: the team must try to stem the tide of infection in diseased areas while also towards cures. A truly cooperative game where you all win or you all lose

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  • Forgot69 on 09/01/2018 - 11:17
    +12

    This is a part of their larger board game sale: https://www.mightyape.com.au/sales/13778/board-game-bonanza/… - Rather reasonable!
    Also be sure to check out pricing at: http://www.boardgamesearch.com.au/

  • AmbiguousMilk65 on 09/01/2018 - 11:32

    hi just wondering, is this the same as Target's game ? https://www.target.com/p/pandemic-board-game/-/A-14203019?lnk=rec|adaptpdph1|related_prods_vv|adaptpdph1|14203019|2

    • newox on 09/01/2018 - 11:33
      +7

      same, but that's the american target

      • cashews on 09/01/2018 - 18:17
        +3

        It's a shame that Australian department stores only stock generic boardgames such as monopoly and twister.

  • harkoliar on 09/01/2018 - 12:16
    +1

    Still kicking myself I wanted the fallout game but ordered at cubox website instead. Currently on backorder.

    Mighty ape already has it in stock.

    Ordered Catan and pandemic because people keep raving about it.

    • Garbotoxin on 09/01/2018 - 14:09
      +1

      Can confirm about the raves for Catan. It's a really great and strategic game, and has competitetiveness between each other (like how people say you lose friends playing Monopoly)

      • brotherfranciz on 09/01/2018 - 19:31

        Haha did you just compare Catan to Monopoly?!

        • Garbotoxin on 10/01/2018 - 01:24

          Monopoly

          Pun intended for Catan players :P and literally how I win the game most of the time

    • pinkyporkchop on 09/01/2018 - 20:21

      I felt the Fallout game was a bit hit and miss, don't expect the world from it, but YMMV

  • klaw81 on 09/01/2018 - 12:34
    +4

    This is a great game with excellent replay value. I really like the cooperative nature of the game - there's no competition between players, but rather each player uses their own special ability to contribute to reaching the objective.

    • poboy on 09/01/2018 - 15:18

      I have played it about 6 times, but never won. How do we win?

      • klaw81 on 09/01/2018 - 15:37
        +1

        Git gud son…. :-) Truthfully, even with experience we could only win about half the time.

        My advice:
        a) Make the most of each of the roles - they can be used really effectively when they cooperate fully.
        b) Make sure your research stations are well distributed. Try to cure one disease early on if possible - it makes the rest of the game much easier.\
        c) Keep careful track of the city cards that have been played. You can have a pretty good guess at where outbreaks are likely to happen.

        • kingzac on 09/01/2018 - 16:27

          Seems to be easier with less people too, the more people the less cooperation, everyone has different ideas and wants to take their person off to do what they think is best.

        • poboy on 09/01/2018 - 18:28

          Thanks!

      • diamondd on 09/01/2018 - 16:39

        if you've been dealing out random roles, try playing with these ones instead: Medic, Researcher, Scientist, Dispatcher.

        also, make sure you build at least one extra research station early on. They act like portals to allow you to jump around the map and you'll want to be able to access one quickly when you're ready to find a cure. I'd also suggest you don't go too far out of your way in order to trade cards, you can waste a lot of time doing that, and don't be afraid to spend them to fly around.

  • frugalbat on 09/01/2018 - 12:38

    I think there's an ios version of this game for $8

  • M911 on 09/01/2018 - 12:39

    Mighty ape shipping has changed to $5.99

  • sakinah on 09/01/2018 - 13:32
    +2

    Forbidden island is a brilliant coop game as well. My favorite

    • IPYF on 09/01/2018 - 14:32
      +2

      Have you done Forbidden Desert too? I have that one and it's ace. How's it compare to island?

      • diamondd on 09/01/2018 - 16:40

        Forbidden Desert is much better than Island and Pandemic IMO.

  • Shwayne on 09/01/2018 - 13:39
    +3

    Not a game I would recommend to a group with a mixed level of board gaming experience but definitely one I would recommend to a group that's mostly new / casual gamers.

    This game suffers from the 'alpha player' problem, which people like to blame the alpha player for but it's generally brought about by the other players.

    There's mostly optimal decisions that can often be seen by an experienced player and if they say nothing they might as well not be helping anyone learn to play, so the game ends up being the most experienced player makes all the decisions, OR you play knowingly sub-optimally.

    I highly recommend Pandemic Legacy (Season 1 and 2) which solves this problem by constantly changing the rules and ensuring no player is too experienced since it's basically 12-24 games that nobody involved has ever played.

    • diamondd on 09/01/2018 - 16:42

      the game doesn't suffer from the "alpha player" problem, the players do.

      • Shwayne on 09/01/2018 - 17:14

        I did say that.

        Basically the game doesn't abstract a players actions as their decisions at all, so you're playing the whole thing as group if you actually want to win.

        If your group has experienced players, they'll do all the talking, OR they'll just shutup (like you might want them to), and the inexperienced players will ask for advice anyway, OR they'll make stupid decisions which will lead to consequences, and you can't just say "oh I didn't want to warn you about that because I'm not THAT kind of player".

        If the players are all equally experienced (or inexperienced) then everyone has a say and there's no issue, it's just not a skill gap friendly game, which is why I recommend Pandemic Legacy which enforces zero skill gap.

  • Ulysses31 on 09/01/2018 - 15:53

    $48.99

    "Usually $50+ so a pretty good deal"

    $1.01 saving?

  • worrierwan on 09/01/2018 - 15:54

    Such a great game. Got it for Christmas and it has been great

  • mattersdorff on 09/01/2018 - 20:59

    I found this deal about 4 or 5 days ago - ordered Pandemic + Carcassonne which is also a great deal for $42 - postage is still only $6. Some really great deals for some great games.

    Some other decent deals they have for good games are:
    - Splendor $56
    - Codenames Pictures $21
    - Small World $65
    - Dominion $59

    • mattersdorff on 09/01/2018 - 21:02

      sorry - didn't check and it looks like Carcassonne is no longer available. Glad I snared a copy. Due to be delivered in the next day or two.
      - Splendor also unavailable

  • Jupitarian on 09/01/2018 - 22:28

    Board game seems to be highly rated. Ordered one copy although postage was $5.99. Thanks for posting this deal.

  • bargainy on 10/01/2018 - 08:05

    No Mansions of Madness, only expansions. 😞

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