Description
Bring about the end of humanity with this contagious new bundle, including the base game of Plague Inc. and its Armageddon Expansion!
Plague Inc.
Plague Inc: The Board Game is a strategy game in which players aim to evolve their deadly diseases and race to wipe out humanity.
Based on the popular video game Plague Inc by Ndemic Creations, Plague Inc: The Board Game brings a recognisable design with its striking colour palette and icons. And it’s not only similar in looks, but in all the ways that made us love playing the original.
Each player has their very own deadly disease to work with, earning DNA points to evolve new symptoms and infect as many people as they can across the globe.
The game is easy to learn and fast to set up, so everyone can get stuck in straight away. Start with a player mat, a set of plague cubes, and some special trait cards. The player who last washed their hands gets to go first.
Place tokens in cities, earn points, and work to prevent other players from dominating the board.
As your disease spreads and you take over more countries, you earn DNA points. DNA points double as victory points and currency, to spend on Traits to upgrade your disease. Traits improve your infectivity, lethality, ability to travel between continents, and can make you weather resistant to different climates. This allows you to place your tokens in more cities.
Players also need to keep in mind where they place their Trait cards on their player board, as some spots include special abilities. Covering these spots with a Trait card means you can no longer use that ability.
Once a player is in control of a fully infected country, they must try to kill it once and for all by rolling the 6-sided Death Die. If the number rolled is less than or equal to their lethality rate, the country is killed. There are both advantages and disadvantages to killing off countries, so plan wisely…
Players can also sabotage their rivals and bolster their own efforts by using event cards. Bomb the dominant player’s diseased cities or hold the Olympics to attract a huge surge of infected people to a healthy continent.
Finally, once the final Country card has been placed or discarded, the game enters sudden death. The game ends when one player’s plague is eradicated, or when a player is unable to make any moves. The player with the most points wins.
Plague Inc is a great gateway game, especially if you’re trying to win over fans of the video game. It’s packed full of theme, strategy, player interaction, and competition, while still being light enough not to overwhelm anyone.
Remember to wash your hands after playing!
Armageddon Expansion
Get ready to laugh as global vaccination rates drop, cry as your friend evolves a particularly lethal strain of athlete’s foot, and cheer as your bioweapon devastates entire continents in a single turn.
Plague Inc.: Armageddon, the first major expansion for Plague Inc: The Board Game, includes the fungus and bioweapon disease types, a new genetic modification game mechanism, support for an extra player, and new event, trait and endgame score bonuses.
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