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The aim of Plague Inc is to collect the most of what the game calls DNA points, which are a numerical representation of how prolific your infection is. Thematically, it’s the exact opposite of Pandemic, and as long as the idea itself isn’t too offensive to you, it makes for a really entertaining twist that enables mechanics we might not see otherwise, such as mutations and some of the event cards, which include launching nuclear strikes on countries ravaged by rival infections. 1-5 players each assume the role of an individual virus or bacteria, and then spend the game evolving and spreading, before ultimately destroying the human race by killing countries one at a time. The objective of Plague Inc (as macabre as it may be) is simple.
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The board itself is fairly small and deceptively simple, but when you add the neat and informative dashboard cards that sit around the edge, the play area expands considerably without any cost to the games neatness. Even though it existed exclusively as a digital game, Plague Inc has always been a board game at heart, and so it is perfectly natural that a paper and card version would follow.įeaturing a suitably “icky” red and pink theme against a black backdrop, and decorated with scientific motifs such as DNA strands, molecules and suchlike, the card stock for Plague Inc feels very appropriate based on the subject matter.
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It was originally released as a browser based flash game that morphed into a fully featured PC game and then later, reworked console and mobile versions were launched. As a lifelong fan of board games, I’ve been familiar with Plague Inc for a while now.