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5 tips for Pandemic: The Board Game

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5 tips for Pandemic: The Board Game

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Pandemic: The Board Game is a viral game in the original sense of the word. In it, you take control of a crack team of specialists and jet around the globe cooking up cures for exotic and deadly diseases.

The actual board game proved super popular, and the digital version came out a treat, keeping the feel and pace of its cardboard predecessor while losing the clutter of cards and tokens. But it's notoriously tough, especially when you're just getting started.

With that in mind, we've cooked up 5 tips to help you marshal your forces against the impending outbreak, and give you a fighting chance of victory against the bacterial scourge.

James Gilmour
James Gilmour
James pivoted to video so hard that he permanently damaged his spine, which now doubles as a Cronenbergian mic stand. If the pictures are moving, he's the one to blame.