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  1. I came across your site while trying to Google the difference between curing and eradicating disease in Pandemic. Me, my husband, and our ten-year-old son just played our first round but we screwed up and had to quit after we “cured” our first disease. I bit overzealous, we triumphantly (accidentally) wiped all of our red cubes from the board when we should have only cured. Although the directions were great on everything else, I felt they really left a lot to be desired when explaining what “curing” the disease actually means. From what I can gather based on your explanation, it would appear that once a team member turns in the five (or four) cards to cure a disease, we put the proper color vial on the board. From that point on, cubes can still be added but when a player chooses to use an action to treat the disease, they don’t have to do it single cube by single cube but can instead remove up to the possible three cubes from a city in a single action. Is that right?

    Thanks so much for your post. My husband was less than thrilled as this was all of our first experience with the game. For my 10-year-old and I, although initial set-up was slow and we had to refer to the book a lot, once we got going, we were really into it. I’m looking forward to playing it again!

    Cherstin

    • Hi Cherstin,

      That’s correct. Curing a disease simply allows you to remove all of the cubes with one treat disease action, similar to the “medic’s” special ability. The only way to prevent a disease from spawning via the cards is to remove all of the cubes of that color from the board. Once you do that, the disease is effectively eradicated and won’t show up again for the rest of the game. No worries on getting it wrong, there are a lot of games out there with complex and confusing rules so we chalk it up to “beginner’s luck” and play it right the next time around. Of course, games are games so you can always tailor the rules to suit your family. Skipping the disease spreading every so often and seeding less of those green cards in the draw deck, for example, will make the game easier. Do whatever makes you folks enjoy the experience…that’s my motto. 😉

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