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For the rules of pandemic, see <b>[[Gamehelppandemic|GameHelpPandemic]]</b>
== General ==
== General ==


* Treat 3-cube cities as an urgent priority to prevent outbreaks.
* Pandemic's primary strategem is efficiency.
* Pandemic is all about efficiency of action.
* Cities with three cubes should be considered a priority to prevent Outbreaks.
** Learn to use Direct flight and Charter flight to get to where you need to quickly.
* Use Shuttle Flights and Charter Flights to get places quickly.
* Don't discard too many city cards of the same colour if that colour disease has not been cured yet.
* Don't discard too many City cards of the same color if that disease has not been cured yet. Generally, more than five is too many.
** ''As a rule, more than 5 is too many.''
* If you are the Operations Expert, concentrate on building Research Stations. These are important for both transportation and disease curing.
* Build research stations whenever you can as the Operations expert, since research stations can be important for transportation as well as curing diseases.
* The chances of drawing any given card out of the City deck are:
* The Dispatcher and the Medic make a great combo once you've cured a disease.
** City (48 total): 81% - 84%
* Make sure you can prevent the first outbreak as long as you can, which may seem obvious, but the game is a lot harder past it.
** Epidemic: 7% - 10%
* Save the One quiet night event card for when you most need it, it's your most important event and can only be used once, unless you have the contingency planner.
** Event (5 total): 8%
* The Quarantine specialist is important for preventing outbreaks, so if you are them, try to be in a good blocking location over treating low disease locations.
* After a disease is cured, the Dispatcher and Medic make a great combation to remove disease cubes.
* Don't forget to keep an eye on your player deck.
* Prevent the first Outbreak for as long as you can. The game gets harder once one has occurred.
** Once all the cards are drawn it's game over.
* Save the "One Quiet Night" Event card for emergencies. It's the most important Event and can only be used once (unless the Contingency Planner is on the team).
*A good 4-player team is the Medic, Researcher, Scientist and Dispatcher
* The Quarantine Specialist should be placed in a location where they can prevent outbreaks and block disease cube placement. Prioritize this over treating cities with low numbers of cubes.
**Medic and Dispatcher are effective at treating the outbreaks
* Keep an eye on the City deck. If it runs out, the game is over. You can't win Pandemic by "waiting it out".
**Scientist and Researcher are effective at finding cures
*The Medic, Researcher, Scientist, and Dispatcher make an excellent combination of players.
**The Medic and Dispatcher can work together at treating Outbreaks
**The Researcher can easily give cards to the Scientist, who can cure diseases easily.

Latest revision as of 17:35, 20 September 2025

General

  • Pandemic's primary strategem is efficiency.
  • Cities with three cubes should be considered a priority to prevent Outbreaks.
  • Use Shuttle Flights and Charter Flights to get places quickly.
  • Don't discard too many City cards of the same color if that disease has not been cured yet. Generally, more than five is too many.
  • If you are the Operations Expert, concentrate on building Research Stations. These are important for both transportation and disease curing.
  • The chances of drawing any given card out of the City deck are:
    • City (48 total): 81% - 84%
    • Epidemic: 7% - 10%
    • Event (5 total): 8%
  • After a disease is cured, the Dispatcher and Medic make a great combation to remove disease cubes.
  • Prevent the first Outbreak for as long as you can. The game gets harder once one has occurred.
  • Save the "One Quiet Night" Event card for emergencies. It's the most important Event and can only be used once (unless the Contingency Planner is on the team).
  • The Quarantine Specialist should be placed in a location where they can prevent outbreaks and block disease cube placement. Prioritize this over treating cities with low numbers of cubes.
  • Keep an eye on the City deck. If it runs out, the game is over. You can't win Pandemic by "waiting it out".
  • The Medic, Researcher, Scientist, and Dispatcher make an excellent combination of players.
    • The Medic and Dispatcher can work together at treating Outbreaks
    • The Researcher can easily give cards to the Scientist, who can cure diseases easily.
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