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
Dark Stars (board game) tag, are enough that most gamers should be advised to look elsewhere." Dark Stars (board game) Dark Stars is a 1980 board game published by Simulations Canada. "Dark Stars" is a game of exploration and colonization that takes place in a globular cluster and involves the rivalry between three native races and the intruding Terrans. William A. Barton reviewed "Dark Stars" in "The Space Gamer" No. 42. Barton commented that "Overall, while "Dark Stars" might prove a moderately interesting diversion for those who don't mind having to improvise a bit on rules and who wish a change from "Stellar Conquest"