Pandemic

Cover art for Zombie Dice, Star Fluxx, and Mars Attacks.

Family Games Invade the Geek Tree

December 25, 2014 Ken Newquist Blog, Games, Geek Dad

Santa’s come and gone, leaving behind a small armada of games for us to try out: Zombie Dice (and Zombie Dice 2) and the Mars Attacks Dice Game, both by Steve Jackson Games, and Star Fluxx by Loony Labs.

Black and blue cubes -- representing viruses -- are stacked on a map-like game board depicting various cities. A white pawn represents the player character fighting the viruses.

August 29, 2012 Ken Newquist Board Game Reviews, Game Reviews, Games

Pandemic is Z-Man Games’ globe-spanning game of viral infection in which 2-4 players travel from city to city trying to prevent local outbreaks from turning into full-blown pandemics.

The game is played on a map of the Earth, with major cities connected by highways and flight paths. At the start of the game, color-coded cards keyed to the cities are drawn from the Infection Deck, indicating which metropolises have seen virus outbreaks. There are four viruses in all; the goal of the game is to cure the viruses before the planet succumbs to rampant disease.

An elven archer, dwarven warrior, and human mage fight off dark spawn.

MEPACON Spring 2011 Events: Savage Worlds, Dragon Age, Pandemic

March 7, 2011 Ken Newquist Blog, Events, Games, Role-Playing Games

MEPACon Spring 2011 is being held Friday, April 8 through Sunday, April 10. It’s the 10th anniversary of the convention, and they’re going to be having a special reception Friday night. As always I’m looking forward to the convention, but[…]