Pandemic (board game) a record four Golden Geek awards in 2015, including best board game of the year, best strategy game, most innovative game, and best thematic game. Pandemic (board game) Pandemic is a cooperative board game designed by Matt Leacock and published by Z-Man Games in 2008. "Pandemic" is based on the premise that four diseases have broken out in the world, each threatening to wipe out a region. The game accommodates 2 to 4 players, each playing one of five possible specialists: dispatcher, medic, scientist, researcher, or operations expert. The game is unlike most board games in that the gameplay is
Rag-and-bone man vans rather than a horse and cart, and announce their presence by megaphone, causing some members of the public to complain about the noise created. Footnotes Notes Bibliography Rag-and-bone man A rag-and-bone man (or bag board or totter) collects unwanted household items and sells them to merchants. Traditionally this was a task performed on foot, with the scavenged materials (which included rags, bones and various metals) kept in a small bag slung over the shoulder. Some rag-and-bone men used a cart, sometimes pulled by horse or pony. In the 19th century, rag-and-bone men typically lived in extreme poverty, surviving on