Pandemic (board 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 based on cooperation rather than on competitiveness. Through the combined effort of all the players, the goal is to discover all four cures before any
Swordquest (board game) commented that ""Swordquest", in many ways, is a nice game, at a reasonable price. It is not too complex for the new gamer, at which it is primarily aimed. I wish I could recommend it. If you don't mind composing rules as you play, you might check it out." Swordquest (board game) Swordquest is a 1979 board game published by Task Force Games. "Swordquest" is a game in which good, evil, and druidic forces search the towns of the land of Tirrane, hoping to find the lost sword of Lumina. Bruce Campbell reviewed "Swordquest" in "The Space Gamer" No. 28.