How to Play Pandemic in 5 Minutes - The Rules Girl

Learn how to play Pandemic, a cooperative crisis management game for 2-4 players, in just 5 minutes. In Pandemic, playing are an elite team are CDC operatives, tasked with stopping the spread of four deadly diseases. If you’re interested in getting a copy of Pandemic for yourself, consider using the affiliate link below. If you’re interested in more ultra-concise rules explanations, be sure to subscribe to The Rules Girl.

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[robinfox]

This is honestly the best rules explanation channel on all of YouTube. Nobody smiling and gabbing at the camera. Plenty of visual aids and clear, concise explanation. Please make more!

[besc]

This explanation was so much better than the official one. Thanks!

[Johndoe-bvsj]

Fantastic breakdown, I can't imagine the number of edits that must have been done in order to have a basic run through in 5 minutes

[tigersfan]

I do love that you say that the goal of every game is to win. :) I typically say that when I'm teaching a game as well.

[dragonfractal]

Thank you so much for this explanation! Your presentation of the rules makes sense, you speak at the perfect speed, and your visuals are useful and edited for intuitive understanding. Watching this video was more helpful than going through the rule booklet in the box, even though both contained the same information.

[Neutral_zed]

“The goal of the game is to win” - Rules girl

[krystopherturner]

Bought the game based on this video.
Such a good game. Excellent pace.

[MikeMania]

Incredibly detailed and yet simple explanation. Amazing job.

[stevepruneau]

One of the best explanations I've found for this gateway game. Had it for years now, just trying to get more people into the hobby (friends/family). Awesome job as always. :D

[Smithy]

This video is great! One thing to note is that in the rules, you don't actually pick your own role. You are assigned them randomly. This helps to keep the game from getting stale I guess, and to keep you from picking an over-powered team every time. Did you know that this was a rule? Maybe it also says you can just pick them and I've just missed that. But yeah great video and great series!!

[annalisa]

Great way to learn geography and world capitals not to mention being disease aware. What a brilliant game !

[Chris-deqc]

Thanks! I know where I messed up! I had skipped the part of having the same city card to build a research center, so we won our first 3 games.

[Weisz]

You should get a patreon, this content is super undervalued!

[parkercushingable]

My son and I bought this game and played like a week before covid hit the US. lol

[ricardomayerle]

Thank you for this great content! flawless video editing btw.

[drybones]

We are playing this game for real now with Covid-19.

[jakehutton]

Really love this video! I plan to demo this game as part of a public library program and am very excited to see the rules so concisely explained, thank you!

[Tesss]

This is the first ever tutorial on boards i actually understood 😍😍 got yourself a new sub !

[jackbeecher]

...I was paying attention the entire time to this lesson and walked away with nothing XD

[kerumicaYa]

Thank you for this. I'm just bought it and I'm trying to figure out how to play before I drag my daughter into it :)