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Objecti
ve
Theobjecti
veismorbi
dlysi
mple :
bethefi
rstplaye
rtodie.
It’
saraceto
snapuplethaldi
sease
sbe f
orethe
otherpl
ayersdo!
Createdeadlyc
ombinationsof
sympt omsandaffli
cte
rc ards
,coll
ect
di
se asesandevens
uffe rspeci
al
outbreakeffect
stogetyouahe ad.
Col
lec
tenoughdi
sease
sandyouwi
ll
bepushi
ngupdai
siesi
nnoti
me!
gameSetup
1.
Ens
uret
hate
achde
cki
sthor
oughl
yshuffl
ed.

2.
Plac
ethedi
seas
edec
kont
het
abl
eandr
eve
al4di
seas
esf
aceup.

3.Dealplaye
rs4sympt
om c
ardsf
acedown,play
e r
smayseethei
r
car
ds.Placethedec
kbel
owthedi
seas
esandreveal4c
ardsf
aceup.

4.De
alplayes2affl
r i
cterc
ardsf
aceupandpl
acet
hede
ckwi
thi
n
re
achofall
playe
rs.
5.Plac
etheoutbreakdeckonthetabl
ewithi
nr e
achof
all
play
ers
.
I
fplayi
ng2play
e r
,removetheout
breaksc
ontaini
nga symbol
.

6.
All
ows
epar
ates
pac
efordi
scar
dpi
le
s.
T
ABL
E

eachPL
AYER
contracti
ngdi
seases
Useturnstoc
oll
ectma
tchi
ngsympt
omsandaffli
cte
rcardstocont
ract
adis
e ase
.Bui
lduptot
hechos
entot
al(
ormore)di
seaseskull
stowin.
Choos
eat
ot : 2-
al 5pl
ayer
s:10-
14x 6-
8pl
ayer
s:10x

Coll
ectt
heindi
catdnumberofs
e ymptoms
1 shownont
ma t
che
hec
hedi
st
or
s
ne
eas
rof
ec
adi
ol
s
our
.
eas
ethatal
so

+
I
naddi
tion,c
oll
ectoneaffl
ict
ert
hatma
tche
s
2 hedi
t s
eas ecol
our.

=
Coll
ec tthedis
ease,pl
aceiti
nfrontofyou
3 ande
(s
ees
x pl
ai
har
nhowy
eyourdi
oucaughti
agnos i
s)
.
tt
Dis
ot
c
hegr
ar
dt
oup
hes pe
nt
affli
cterandsymptomsandr evealanew
dis
eas etorepl
aceit(
ifnodis
easeisbeneat
h).

I
f t
hediseasehasan OUTBREAK!, r
e adout
4 (unl
dis
e
c
ar
s
ss
di
t
atd)andus
e
nga eruse.
eanout
Mostout
br
br
eakc
e
aksas
ar
s
i
d,
sty
ou,
whilesomealtert
hedynamicofthegame .

Fi
nally
,tak enoteofthenumberof
5 di
s
ne
eas
edt
es
ore
kul
ac
l
sont
ht
hec
heagree
ar
d,you
damountto
wintheg ame .Mult
ipledi
seasesc
an
bestackedf orsi
mplercounti
ng.
Example:Thi
splaye
rwanted“ThunderCol
on”s otheyus edtur
nsto
col
lec
t3whi t
esymptomsandawhi t
eaffli
cter
.Thepl ay
ert henuse
da
tur
ntocoll
ectthedi
seas
eands har
ethei
rdiagnosis
,discardi
ngthe
usedsymptomsandaffli
cte
r.F
inall
y,t
heyreveal
e danout bre
akcard.

3
1 2 4 5
chooseoneacti
onperturn
Theplay
erwhos
ebirt
hdayi
snex
tstar
tsandtheg
amei spl
ayedina
cl
ockwis
edir
ect
i Oneac
on. ti
onfr
omt hebel
owisal
lowedperturn.

Gai
nsymptoms

OR
x2 x1

BecomeAffl
icted
Pi
ckupanafflic
tercar
dandplacei
tfac
e x1
upi
nfrontof
you( max3tot
al).
OR
Addadi
sease
Revealanewdiseaseandpl
aceit
sl
ightl
yoffsetaboveachose
ndisease,
blocki
ngitunt
ilt
henewonei s
contr
acted(max1addedpers l
ot).
OR
Contractadi
sease
Coll
e c
tonedis
easec ard(seecont
ract
ing
dis
e ases
)andreadouty ourcombina
tion
tothegroup(s
ees hareyourdiagnosi
s).

OR OPTI
ONALADV
ANCEDTURN
I
ncubates
ymptoms
Stor
e1 -3symptomsfr
omy ourhandfac
e
downi nfrontofy
ou(max3t ot
al)OR
coll
ect1-3stor
edsymptoms.
Shareyourdi
agnosi
s
Whilecontrac
tingy
ourdi
seas
e,ex
plai
nwha ty
oucaught
,how you
caughtitandyoursympt
oms;whynotthr
owi ns
omebac ks
tor
ytoo?

“I’
vecont
r act
edThunde r
Col
onbe causeI l
ickedan
armpitandI ’
ms uffering
fr
ombl ee di
nggums ,
i
ngrownt oenailsand
bl
urredvision!”

HandL
imi
ts&di
scardi
ng
Youhavecardli
mit 6s
sof ympt
oms(hand)
,3s ympt oms(i
ncubat
ed)
and3afflicter
s.Whenyouhavere
achedali
mit,fi
rstaddnewcardsto
yourcol
lec
tionandthendis
car
danyunwantedcard(s)a e
rwards.

Col
ours&rari
ty
Dis
ease
s,affl
ict
ersandsymptomsallhavea
col
ourty
pe.Thecolouri
sre
flec
tiveofrar
ity White (basi c)
andnumberofdiseases
kull
sof adis
ease. Blue (common)
Wil
dsy mpt omsandaffli
cte
rsareclas
sedas Orange (rare)
anycolour. Wil
ddis
easesrequi
reoneof Red (epic)
eac
hc olours y
mptomwithas pec
if
iedcol
our
Wild (l egendar
y)
affl
ict
er( onthecar
d)tobecontr
acted.
Endi
ngthegame
Whe nyouhav ebuil
tuptot heagreedtot
al
(ormore)diseaseskull
s,youhav ewon/died
andtheg amee nds.Tel
lthegrouphowy ou
wouldlik
et obebur i
ed!Remai ni
ngplaye
rs
mayopt i
onallyconti
nueplayingunti
lone
playerremains,endi
ngtheg ame .

I
mportantExtras
Onc
eall
symptoms,affli
cte
rsoroutbr
eakc
ardshav
ebeenuse
d
f
romthe
irde
cks,t
hec or
respondi
ngdecki
sshuffl
edandre
used.
I
fthecar
dsint
hesympt
ompool
aret
hesamec
olour(e
xcl
.wi
lds
),
s
hufflethembacki
ntot
hes
ympt
omde c
kandr
evealanewse
t.
I
f t
heonlyaccess
ibl
edi se
asesint
hediseasepoolarethesame
col
our(exc
l.wil
ds),
s hufflet
herespect
ivecardsbac
kintothe
dis
easedeck.Anyempt ydis
easeslot
sshouldberepopula
tedwit
h
newdiseasesf
romt hetopofthedise
asede c
k.
Outbreaksar
eignoredif
diseas
esar
epas
sedbe
twe
enpl
aye
rsasa
re
sultofanoutbreakeffect
.
I
fyouhavepl
aye
ddownt o2pl
ayer
s,out
breakcar
dswit
ha
s
ymbolshoul
dbeignor
edandanot
heroutbre
akdrawn.

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