Pandemic Legacy: Season 1

2015 · Medical

Pandemic Legacy: Season 1

Players cooperate as disease-fighting specialists racing to contain and cure four plagues before they overwhelm the world. On each turn a player takes four actions to move between cities, build research stations, treat disease cubes, share cards with teammates, or discover cures at research stations; each role has a unique ability that shapes team strategy. Turns are followed by card draws that escalate infections and can trigger outbreaks, while a campaign structure divides play into monthly scenarios with specific objectives and two attempts per month. New rules, stickers, destroyed or modified cards, and persistent character changes are introduced as the campaign progresses, creating long-term consequences for successes and failures.

Players
2–4 best 4
Playing time
60 min
Age
13+
Complexity
2.8 / 5
8.3 on Ludoyafrom $69.99EnvironmentalCooperative GamePoint to Point MovementMulti-Use Cards

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  • Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 on the table, photo by Dani Gómez
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1,980
Plays logged
470
Players
1h
Average play
303
In collections
29
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8.3/10

from 121 Ludoya reviews

  • Fun10.0
  • Interaction9.0
  • Replayability6.0
  • Uniqueness10.0
  • Looks8.0
  • Accessibility7.0
  • Vic Granell10.0

    About to start the 4th or 5th month, so far it's one of my favourite games! Got one of the last units I found in European online shops. Make sure you play a bit of the standard pandemic (you can do so before starting the "Legacy/story"). Even if the board and some components will be changed after playing the Legacy, you can just ignore those changes and keep playing regular Pandemic afterwards!

  • Mestremuten7.0

    Rating: 4/5 Production value: 3/4 Is the game in my collection/Love to have?: 0/1

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Rules questions

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How many actions do I get on my turn — can I do the same action more than once?

You may do up to 4 actions each turn and you may repeat the same action multiple times; each execution counts as one action (page 5).

If we're together in a city, can I give any City card to another player or only the card that matches that city?

You can only give or take the City card that matches the city you are both in, except the Researcher may give any City card while in the same city (both players must agree) (page 5; see also Overlooked Rules on page 8).

If I draw an Epidemic card do I draw replacement cards, and what are the steps when an Epidemic is drawn?

Do not add an Epidemic to your hand or draw replacements; immediately resolve: (1) Increase the infection rate, (2) draw the bottom Infection card and place 3 cubes (or cause an outbreak if needed), and (3) reshuffle the Infection Discard Pile onto the Infection Deck (page 6).

What exactly happens during an outbreak — can a city get more than 3 cubes and how do chain outbreaks work?

When an outbreak occurs move the outbreaks marker forward and place one cube of that color on every connected city; do not place a fourth cube in any city — instead those cities cause chain reaction outbreaks which also advance the outbreaks marker, and you must not add cubes to cities that already had an outbreak while resolving the same Infection card (page 7).

Do I have to be at a research station of the same color as the disease to Discover a Cure?

No — you may Discover a Cure at any research station by discarding the required number of same-colored City cards at that station (page 5), and the rules reiterate that any Research Station can be used to Discover a Cure (page 8).

If I take a card from another player and they go over 7 cards, when does the hand limit apply?

If a player receives a card and now has more than 7 cards, they must immediately discard or play Event cards until at 7; your hand limit is checked and enforced right after you get cards from others (page 5; see Overlooked Rules on page 8).

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