Pandemic Scenarios, Ruined Friendships, and The Cones of Dunshire

Not a full post today, just a couple of links that I thought it was worth sharing together.

Harking back to my review of the fantastic Pandemic, I stumbled across a couple of 'scenarios', one of which is put together by the game's designer, Matt Leacock.

'Isolation' plays out with the West having tried to cut itself off from the infected rest of the world, limiting the movement of the players (and increasing the area focus of the infections, to an extent). 'Government Shutdown' reduces the number of actions available to each player until certain conditions are met which push the government to unfreeze vital funding. The latter, in particular, seems like it would add an additional sense of panic and doom, and I can't wait to try it out.

You can access them both here: http://zmangames.com/product-details.php?id=1246

This is an old article, but I enjoyed finding it again: Top 5 Board Games That Really Will Ruin Friendships: http://kotaku.com/the-top-5-board-games-that-really-will-ruin-friendships-1443867215

And, finally, for any Parks and Rec fans, a way-too-in-depth analysis of The Cones of Dunshire (sorta): http://www.vulture.com/2013/12/cones-of-dunshire-parks-and-recreation-game-oral-history.html