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Black Death

Black Death

Blacksburg Tactical Research Center · 1993
2–6120 min1.9/5 complexity5.7 BGGKids
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In this cheerfully demented offering, participants each play the part of a disease trying to inflict misery on the European populace. Each disease has mortality (lethalness) and virulence (contagiousness) factors, and the key to causing maximum suffering is striking the right balance between the two.

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official art · Blacksburg Tactical Research Center

In this cheerfully demented offering, participants each play the part of a disease trying to inflict misery on the European populace. Each disease has mortality (lethalness) and virulence (contagiousness) factors, and the key to causing maximum suffering is striking the right balance between the two. It's no good being a fast-acting disease if your carriers all die before passing you on to the next city!

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity1.9 / 5
BGG rating5.7 / 10
Vibe
Kids
Play time
120 min
Players
2–6

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Black Death is played by 2–6 players.
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A game of Black Death takes about 120 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
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