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Virus Alert

Virus Alert

ZenoGames · 2001
2–620 min8+ yrs1.0/5 complexity5.7 BGG32PartyFamily
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How do you play Virus Alert?

From the publisher's website: The basic premise of the game is to acquire 10 virus-free Object cards that represent computer resources such as Graphics, Software, Web Pages, Games, Documents, and Email.

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Virus Alert box art
official art · ZenoGames

From the publisher's website:

The basic premise of the game is to acquire 10 virus-free Object cards that represent computer resources such as Graphics, Software, Web Pages, Games, Documents, and Email. Action cards provide game play strategy that allows players to introduce viruses (represented by tokens) onto their opponent’s Object cards. You can’t win unless you have 10 Object cards on your side with no virus tokens on them. Other Action cards shield your Objects from viruses (like Anti Virus), and help to clean virus tokens off your Object cards (Cleanup). There are Action cards that allow you to steal a card from another player (Piracy), remove anti-virus protection (AV Killer), or that pesky Virus Generator card (Scan), or search for a card in the discard pile (Backup). Some Action cards like Virus!, Recycle or Repair use a 6-sided die to determine how many virus tokens are placed or removed from your Object cards. This adds an aspect of chance to the game, and helps make every game you play different.

A more attainable goal of playing to just 6 virus-free objects is recommended by some players.

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity1.0 / 5
BGG rating5.7 / 10
Vibe
PartyFamily
Play time
20 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
8+ yrs

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Q4How many players does Virus Alert support?
Virus Alert is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Virus Alert take?
A game of Virus Alert takes about 20 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Virus Alert for?
Virus Alert is recommended from age 8.
Q7How complex is Virus Alert?
Virus Alert has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.0 out of 5.
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