Pandemic Game
This game is a fun way for students to appreciate the benefits of internationalism, particularly when facing a global crisis. It is more competitive, but can take significantly more time to play depending on whether players taking a nationalist or internationalist approach to the issues.
Game setup: Designate one player as a ‘virus’, while the remaining players choose countries. Token should be placed on players countries to represent ‘population’. The ‘virus’ should have red tokens prepared and one dice.
How to play: At the beginning of each round, every player will draw events cards. Without showing their cards to other players, they will choose whether they are going to address the pandemic globally or locally that turn, and will indicate such by place their card face down on the table (short end to the middle for a local approach, long edge facing the middle for an international approach). Once all players have made their decision, players will reveal their effect and approach to the group. Calculate the total number of people the virus is able to infect this term, ‘protecting’ local population by turning pieces sideways for the turn. Finally, the player of the virus can choose which population pieces to ‘infect’, and replace them with red pieces. Continue until the entire change deck has been used up, or only one country remains. If both an impasse is reached between the virus and the remaining country (the only remaining citizens are protected), then the game is considered a draw.
Full Game Rules
Chance Cards
Sample Game Board
Game setup: Designate one player as a ‘virus’, while the remaining players choose countries. Token should be placed on players countries to represent ‘population’. The ‘virus’ should have red tokens prepared and one dice.
How to play: At the beginning of each round, every player will draw events cards. Without showing their cards to other players, they will choose whether they are going to address the pandemic globally or locally that turn, and will indicate such by place their card face down on the table (short end to the middle for a local approach, long edge facing the middle for an international approach). Once all players have made their decision, players will reveal their effect and approach to the group. Calculate the total number of people the virus is able to infect this term, ‘protecting’ local population by turning pieces sideways for the turn. Finally, the player of the virus can choose which population pieces to ‘infect’, and replace them with red pieces. Continue until the entire change deck has been used up, or only one country remains. If both an impasse is reached between the virus and the remaining country (the only remaining citizens are protected), then the game is considered a draw.
Full Game Rules
Chance Cards
Sample Game Board