Z-Man Games Announces PANDEMIC: RAPID RESPONSE
Pandemic is a fantastic board game and is my wife’s absolute favorite. Now, Z-Man Games is releasing a new game in the Pandemic universe. Pandemic: Rapid Response sees you and up to three friends trying to help the world in the midst of natural disasters. What makes Rapid Response intense is that it is a real-time game, meaning that there is a timer that is always going. When the timer stops and the players are out of time tokens, that’s when the game ends. No pressure though.
The goal of Rapid Response is to gather supplies as a team and then deliver them to cities all around the world. In order to gather resources, you and your team will be rolling dice and hoping for the correct symbols to be rolled. I haven’t played too many real-time board games, so I’m not sure if I like that mechanic, but the rest of the game has me intrigued and wanting to try it out.
If you live in the United States, Pandemic: Rapid Response will be available at Target on June 23 for $39.99. If you live outside the U.S., you’ll be able to go to your friendly local game store for a localized version.
You can learn to play from Rodney Smith at Watch It Played in the video below.