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!
瘟疫危机：当与现有或过去的情况有任何相似之处完全是巧合时......
这就是生活...
你并不总能选择你周围发生的事情；有时是最坏的，有时是最好的。
说到最好的 - 今天我们要发布......
[请打鼓]...
大流行：马特·利科克(Matt Leacock) 著名的棋盘游戏！
轮到你拯救地球了……
再次？！
该游戏在全球范围内赢得了太多奖项，无法在这里展示。
虽然你们中的许多人可能已经了解这款游戏，但我们还是想为那些不了解这款游戏的人介绍几行内容。
在瘟疫危机中，世界各地同时爆发了几种致命的疾病！
玩家是抗击疾病的专家，他们的任务是治疗疾病热点，同时在四种瘟疫失控之前研究治疗方法。
游戏板在地图上描绘了几个主要的人口中心。
在每一回合，玩家最多可以使用四个动作：在城市之间旅行、治疗受感染的民众、发现治疗方法或建立研究站。
一副牌为玩家提供了这些能力，但散布在这副牌中的是可以加速和加剧疾病活动的流行病牌。
另一副独立的纸牌控制着感染的“正常”传播。
在团队中扮演独特的角色，玩家必须计划他们的策略以结合他们专家的优势来战胜疾病。
例如：运营专家可以建立研究站，以寻找治愈疾病的方法并允许城市之间更大的流动性；科学家只需要四张特定疾病的卡片来治愈它，而不是通常的五张——但疾病正在迅速蔓延，时间已经不多了。
如果一种或多种疾病蔓延而无法康复，或者时间过长，则玩家都输了。
治好四种病，皆大胜！
<span style="font-size:150%;line-height:116% Board Game Arena版本怎么样了，博士？
您可以在 BGA 上玩的 2013 版大流行病包括两个新角色 - 应急计划员和隔离专家 - 在游戏的早期版本中不可用。
您可以在训练模式下在这里玩以了解游戏机制，但您也可以根据自己的喜好选择几个选项：3 种双手合拢或张开的难度模式、具有不同角色的单人模式等。
并且因为我们知道您会问：目前没有包含任何扩展。
看看现在的游戏：
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=pandemic
Board Game Arena上为您提供更大的合作游戏，在那里您可以联手赢得一两场对抗瘟疫危机的比赛。
如果没有发行商 Z-Man Games 及其团队成员的帮助，一切都不可能：你太棒了！
当然，我们要衷心感谢设计师 Matt Leacock 和我们出色的开发者 Moof，感谢他们为平台带来如此有深度的游戏。
像往常一样，游戏已经过一遍又一遍的测试，但不要犹豫，在错误报告页面上发布任何错误。
另外，请记住，您可以帮助从社区页面翻译游戏，以便...
社区。
<span style="font-size:150%;line-height:116% ">但是等等，还有更多！
在接下来的几周内，我们将为您提供与Z-Man Games团队进行比赛的机会，甚至可能与MATT LEACOCK本人进行比赛！
如果发生这种情况，您还可以参加抽奖活动，获得一些奖品，例如 [已编辑]。
因此，请密切关注我们的社交网络帐户Twitter 、 Facebook或Instagram ，以及 Facebook 上的官方 PANDEMIC 页面：这里。
当然，还有更多。
现在暑假已经很近了，为什么不做一个夏季游戏日历呢？
（你没有看到，是吗？）
是的 ！
像我们去年冬天做的日历。
在接下来的 62 天内，每天都会发布一款新游戏！
即将推出 62 款新游戏！
当然，它们没有这个大，但它们也值得你关注。
每天上BGA首页，点击日历，挖掘新游戏！
如果您每天都来打开它们，您将解锁一些非常特别的成就以在您的帐户页面上炫耀。
当然，我们会保留每周发布的更多热门游戏，但我们认为这是展示其他一些值得您关注的新游戏的有趣方式。
暂时就这些，玩得开心，下周见！
