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
Lateral parts of occipital bone Lateral parts of occipital bone The lateral parts of the occipital bone (also called the exoccipitals) are situated at the sides of the foramen magnum; on their under surfaces are the condyles for articulation with the superior facets of the atlas. The condyles are oval or reniform (kidney-shaped) in shape, and their anterior extremities, directed forward and medialward, are closer together than their posterior, and encroach on the basilar portion of the bone; the posterior extremities extend back to the level of the middle of the foramen magnum. The articular surfaces of the condyles are convex from before backward and