Z-Man Games, Pandemic Legacy Season 2 Black Edition, Board Game, Ages 14+, For 2 to 4 Players, 60 Minutes Playing Time

Great game, storyline and challenge.

Bought this as a gift for a dear friend and he absolutely loves it. If you enjoyed Pandemic Legacy (or know someone that did) then this is for you (or them).

This is the next instalment in the "Pandemic Legacy" series. This series takes the award winning co-operative gameplay of Matt Leacock's Pandemic Pandemic Board Game and frames it in a cohesive storyline, of 12-24 campaign games, with twists and turns galore. The game board, pieces, and player character cards will develop and change depending on your choices and no two gaming groups will have the same experience. The up shot of this is that this is a one way trip, i.e. after finishing the campaign the set will be forever altered and the campaign cannot be replayed.The lasting effects of the decisions you make, both positive and negative, raise the stakes and make every game matter. This is not a game for the faint of heart, or those that are bad losers. Not everyone will want to pay £70.00 for a campaign that you can only play through once, but anyone who current plays and enjoys Pandemic will easily see the worth this game has to offer. Although based on the original game Pandemic, the gameplay of Season 2 is quite different from a standard Pandemic game or Pandemic Legacy Season 1 game. I would definitely recommend playing the "prologue" game a few times before starting the campaign for real to get to grips with the new mechanics of "removing supplies" vs the old mechanic of "placing infection cubes". The stories are connected, although you don't have to have played Season 1 to understand what's going on as this is a stand alone campaign and the writing is superb. Although the game is more fun with more people, this can be played with 1, 2 or 3 players controlling multiple characters.

Not quite as good as Season 1, but still v enjoyable with plenty of twists and turns!