Description
Pandemic Survival
⏰ Start Time: Sunday 15:00
⏳ Finish Time: Sunday 17:00
👤 Host(s): Kirsten Reilly Urie & Associates
👥 Spaces: 24 (12 Teams of 2 Players)
📍 Location: Event Zone EV-07
🎒 What to Bring Summary:
- Required: One partner (if you don’t have one, please contact us before booking).
- Required: Base copy of Pandemic (no variants, base game only, expansions can remain), to be dropped off by Sunday 12:00 (noon). Early drop off, including on the Friday or Saturday is both encouraged and appreciated!!
What is Pandemic Survival? In Pandemic Survival, teams of two compete simultaneously to win the game or be the last team standing.
Everyone’s setup is the same: roles, starting board setup, and preset decks. However, based on your team’s choices, your individual game will play out differently from other teams. Turns also have a time limit, which means you must act quickly and efficiently to discover the winning strategy.
How Pandemic Survival works:
- First Turn: Players will have 2 minutes to complete their turn and play out their strategy.
- Second and subsequent turns: Players will have 1 minute and 15 seconds to complete their turn.
- Goal: Be the FIRST team to find all 4 cures OR to be the LAST team still alive at the end of the game.
Tie-Breakers: In case of a tie, the winning team is the one with the most cures found, followed by the team with the fewest outbreaks, then the team with the least cities with 3 cubes on them, and finally the team with the least cubes on the board. If the tie persists, joint winners are declared.
Quick rules overview:
- Maximum 7 cards in hand. If at any time your hand exceeds 7 cards, you MUST discard down to 7 immediately (or play an Event card if possible).
- When you play an Event card during your Draw Phase, you MUST tell your referee so they can advise the Tournament Host to wait for you to apply its effect. We ONLY pause for Events when they are used DURING the Draw Phase or after an Epidemic.
Game Copy Drop-off: Teams are required to bring a copy of Pandemic (no variants, base game only, expansions can remain) and hand it in to the convention team at the front desk no later than 12:00 (noon) on Sunday. This lets us set up and label the game boards ahead of time. If you do not own a copy of Pandemic you can still participate but we may need to source additional copies ahead of time to make up the numbers.
