Pandemic — Game Rules

Pandemic is a real-time role-playing game. Pilots work together to collect samples and bring them back to a lab for research. When research is complete, pilots spread the cure to every airport. Infection cards are drawn periodically — outbreaks occur whenever an airport would reach Level 4, or whenever an outbreak card is drawn. The game ends when all airports are Cured, the maximum number of outbreaks are reached, or time runs out.

Game Variables
Infection draw interval —How often the deck is automatically drawn
Cards drawn per draw —
Outbreak Limit —The mission fails once this many critical zones occur
Sample Value —Each sample delivered to the lab rolls a die
Questions, dispatch, and live coordination happen on Discord.

The Goal

Two phases. First, manage the spread and research a cure by collecting and ferrying samples to the lab. once the Research is complete Phase two begins. deliver the cure to immunize every airport on the map before the Outbreak Limit is reached or Time Runs Out.

Collecting & Researching Samples

  1. Fly into an infected airport. Landing there reduces its infection level by one and extracts a sample into your manifest.
  2. Carry the sample to the lab, or trade it to another pilot. Delivering a sample adds a randomized amount to cure research progress.
  3. Keep delivering. When cure research reaches 100%, the cure is ready to distribute.

Spreading the Cure

Once cured, pick up the cure at the lab and fly it to each airport. Arriving with the cure immunizes that airport and Distributes the cure to pilots at that airport — immunized airports can no longer be infected. The mission is won when every airport is immunized.

Infection & Outbreaks