2014 · Emily St. John Mandel · 333 pages · Science Fiction
Emily St. John Mandel's post-apocalyptic novel is less interested in how civilization ends than in what makes civilization worth preserving, and its answer, art, connection, memory, has never felt more resonant.
2016 · 2-5 Players · ~45 min · Cooperative
Pandemic: Iberia takes the proven Pandemic framework and elevates it with a historical setting, railroad-building mechanics, and disease-specific rules that create a more challenging and thematically rich cooperative experience than the original game it's based on.
2018 · 1-5 Players · ~45-60 min · Cooperative
Pandemic: Fall of Rome replaces disease cubes with barbarian invaders and adds combat dice and alliance diplomacy, creating one of the most thematic entries in the Pandemic series that will feel fresh to veterans while preserving the cooperative tension that makes the system work.
2017 · 2-5 Players · ~45 min · Cooperative
Pandemic: Rising Tide swaps disease for flooding across the Netherlands and introduces water flow physics and dyke construction, creating the most mechanically inventive Pandemic variant where managing a real-world threat feels more natural than fighting abstract viruses.
2014 · 2-5 Players · 30 min · Cooperative
Pandemic: The Cure takes the board game world's most famous cooperative design and converts it into a dice-rolling experience that's faster, more chaotic, and more portable. The push-your-luck infection mechanism adds genuine tension to every turn, and the role-specific dice create asymmetric teamwork that captures the spirit of the original. Dice variance means some games feel unwinnable regardless of decisions, and the strategic depth doesn't match the board game it's based on. But as a 30-minute cooperative dice game with real tension and meaningful collaboration, The Cure earns its place alongside its more famous parent.