2-4 players 45 mins Ages 8+ You and your team are the only things standing in the way of deadly diseases that threaten the world. The fate of humanity is in your hands. Pandemicis a cooperative game of teamwork for two to four players. As members of an elite disease control team, you must keep four deadly diseases at bay. Work together as you travel the globe to treat infections while collecting the cards you need to discover a cure for each disease. But the clock is ticking as outbreaks and epidemics fuel the spreading plagues.As a cooperative game, players win or lose together. Only by working together can you keep the outbreaks in check andfind the cures in time! With diseases cropping up all over the planet,Pandemictakes place on a global scale. Over the course of the game, players use actions to move between hotspots while treating diseases and setting up a network of research stations that help them cure diseases and make movement more efficient. Each player manages a hand of cards matching the colors of the four diseases. These cards allow them to travel more quickly between cities orif a single player can collect five cards of the same colordiscover a cure for a disease. But plenty of challenges stand in their way. Outbreaks can spread diseases across the board and random epidemics can intensify a disease in a moments notice. Itll take everything youve got to keep things under control. Whether there are two players or four, everyone must work together applying their various skills to benefit the teamand the world. To that end, at the start of the game, each player takes one of seven role cards that grants a special ability. The Scientist, for example, only needs four cards of the same color to cure a disease, and the Dispatcher can move other players pawns as their own. Each role opens new possibilities and syncs with the other roles, so players can devise new strategies to help the team most effectively. Contents: Rulebook, 1 Game Board, 7 Role Cards, 7 Pawns, 59 Player Cards (48 City Cards, 6 Epidemic Cards, 5 Event Cards), 4 Reference Cards, 48 Infection Cards, 96 Disease Cubes (24 in 4 colors), 4 Cure Markers, 1 Infection Rate Token, 1 Outbreaks Token, 6 Research Stations