This game seems to come up again and again and it's for good reason. Pandemic is a classic games in line with the likes of Monopoly, Clue or Scrabble. Fight off diseases ravaging the world in an effort to save humanity. This game has inspired variants, legacy games and made cooperative games popular. It occurs to me that we didn't credit the game. It was designed by Matt Leacock and originally published by Z-Man games.

• Pandemic (BGG, Z-Man Games)

While still struggling slightly (very slightly), Julius and family recorded an episode about tragic games. That's right. These week we look at games that are overall about sad events. No tragedy here though, it's a very fun episode!

• 02:00 Endangered (BGG)
• 03:55 Leviathan Wilds (BGG)
• 05:30 Anachrony (BGG)
• 07:45 Pandemic (BGG)
• 11:20 Mysterium ?? (BGG)
• 13:00 Horrified (BGG)
• 14:30 Under Falling Skies (BGG)
• 15:07 Purim (BGG)
• 18:57 The Spill (BGG)
• 20:39 Flatline (BGG)

This week we talk about Deck of Wonders, which currently has an expansion out on Kickstarter. I'd hope to get this episode out with plenty of time for listeners to decide if they want to back this. Saddly, Hurricane Helene set back my production schedule and the Kickstarter ends in just a couple of days.

This game is a light deck construction game similar to Magic: The Gathering. In fact, it draws some inspiration from that game. However, this one is much lighter and more accessible because of that. Also, the card pool is a bit smaller :)

• Deck of Wonders (BGG, Kickstarter Expansion)