Pandemic
Does State of Emergency need On the Brink or In the Lab to play?
The designer confirmed compatibility in 2015 and 2016, and the rulebook says it needs only the base game.
- Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2015-03-26
- Magix · Community · 2015-03-26
- HackWeight · Community · 2016-01-04
- tmgergo · Community · 2016-01-04
- Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2016-02-01
No. It needs only the base Pandemic game and is compatible with On the Brink and In the Lab, with rules notes in sidebars. Its Superbug challenge replaces the Mutation challenge, and some cards have different backs, so sleeve them opaquely if mixing. The rules have no 5-player section; the designer says borrowing On the Brink's five-player rules should work.