Pandemic: Hot Zone - North America - How To Play

In this video we're going to learn how to play Pandemic: Hot Zone – North America. If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to post them in the Youtube comments below.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:57 - Game Setup
03:21 - Game Play Overview
04:08 - Action: Drive/Ferry
04:51 - Action: Direct Flight
05:05 - Action: Charter Flight
05:28 - Action: Treat Disease
05:46 - Action: Discover A Cure
07:12 - Action: Share Knowledge
07:52 - Event Cards
08:17 - Hand Limit
08:41 - Role Cards
10:01 - Drawing Cards
10:33 - Epidemics
11:59 - Drawing Infection Cards
12:21 - Outbreaks
14:11 - Winning and Losing Conditions
14:40 - Crisis Cards
15:17 - Conclusion

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[mickeymonson]

It's nice you are happy and smiling during your videos. Like you genuinely like games. It makes the videos pleasant. Great work! Thank you.

[RumzDizzle]

On our forth try we finally beat Pandemic (the regular version). Love the channel, sub'd now after watching your tutorial on Carcassonne and Pandemic. Lady and I are getting into board games after not playing for many years. Played some Catan in college but that's about it as far as adult board games. Remembering how much fun table top gaming can be and giving the eyes a rest from screens. Thanks!

[seymourlego]

I have just bought the europe version and this video tells me all I need to know. The printed Instructions are good but this brings the game to life. Thanks for all the hard work you do and keep it up. 😀😀😀

[birdgang]

A lighter version of Pandemic definitely sounds like a great addition to my collection!

...Once a certain world crisis comes to an end. ^^;;

[Dizzula]

Pandemic is my favourite board game of all time. So much so that, as a game designer myself, I have created several of my own expansions for my friends and I to play. One of those expansions includes Disaster cards, which are very much like the new Crisis cards I see here. I might print and play this to see how similar our ideas are!

[rabardy]

Great vid, Rodney - and perfect timing: my copy arrives tomorrow! 👍

[marcusgsuniga]

I always wanted to get into a pandemic board game and this seems like the right time. I will be surely trying the print and play with my gf!!

[edwardzimmerman]

Brilliant, straightforward explanation. That medic card was confusing me before this.

[correpepor]

This video is the boost I needed to buy it XD

Great explanation, as always!

[chapelmontoya]

Thanks for the vid, just bought this game today, always wanted to play the first one but it seem too long for any of my friends to finish. Glad they made a shorter version of it.

[ta_nya]

I'm a fan of the original, it's a really challenging, but interactive game. This looks like an interesting variation that's definitely worth trying.

[skipenguins]

Pandemic Legacy Season 1, was the last game our little board gaming group got to play the weekend before all the social distancing and lock down started in the UK. We'd also just got our copy of Legacy Season 2 and was looking forward to doing that the following weekend.

[tactiqueludique]

Funny how they put an accent in Montréal even if its the english version. Thanks for the vid from Montréal :)

[gooddaysgames]

Looks great! Thanks for the awesome content!!

[FrankMinogue]

We love pandemic, but when we play, we always play cooperatively, with our cards face up and discuss the player actions, with the active player always having the final call. This looks good for people who may have never played Pandemic before, or for a quicker game of pandemic. But I think I am going to put a no on this for my list. I am looking at some other priorities. Of course, the video was awesome!!

[randyreynolds]

Still feels way too similar to the original game to warrant buying it. But I guess if this is your first foray into the Pandemic board game universe, this is a good gateway game to get you excited for the world map, the research stations, legacy, etc.

[Kindlesmith]

Try before you buy is a great way to market a game.
This looks like a slightly modified tiny version of the core game. Cute.
We play with our hands revealed to each other so we can engage in discussion over the best course of actions. Naturally the person whose turn it is has the final say. I'm on the belief, if it's true cooperative, then no information should be hidden from your team members. It's also nice to discuss strategy in cooperative games increasing engagement with the game.

[chewnastaloco]

You alone are the reason why i buy board games

[LmodianABiene]

I think very nice lighter version of Pademic :) Thank you for this how to play :)

[MrHPT]

If an epidemic card is drawn and cubes are placed on a city, which has 2 or 3 cubes on it already, does each additional epidemic card cube trigger an epidemic for each cube? For example, New York has 3 cubes. An epidemic card is chosen for New York. One epidemic cube triggers an outbreak, the second epidemic cube triggers a second outbreak and the third epidemic cube triggers a third epidemic. Is this correct?