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Plague & Pestilence box art
1993 Ranked #6,710

Plague & Pestilence

This medieval card game has players build populations during prosperity, then destroy rivals with plague, war, and other calamities. The sudden arrival of the death ship flips growth into ruthless survival among fragile towns.

Thematic Games Card Game Medieval Open Drafting Take That

Players

2-6

Play time

15-45 min

Age

?+

Complexity

1.39/5

Rating

6.22

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.9/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

A light card game involving the build-up and destruction of medieval towns. In the "Prosperity" phase, players attempt to build up their populations via stealing from other players or via improvements.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Open Drafting

Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Take That

Direct negative effects at selected opponents.
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A light card game involving the build-up and destruction of medieval towns. In the "Prosperity" phase, players attempt to build up their populations via stealing from other players or via improvements. Then the Death Ship arrives bearing the plague! In the "Plague" phase, players attempt to kill other players by playing war, pestilence, or other deadly attacks. The cards contain illustrations reminiscent of medieval woodcuts featuring the Grim Reaper.

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Type

1
Thematic Games

Category

2
Card Game Medieval

Mechanism

3
Dice Rolling Open Drafting Take That

Family

2
Medical: Diseases Theme: Plague Epidemic

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Game and edition data

All specifications (4)

Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
3–6
Play time
15–45 min
Complexity
1.4/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Tray Green Dawn Payn

Artists

1
Paul Dale

Publishers

2
Chessex Hillary's Toy Box

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