
Of course this was the case with the original Pandemic series, but much has changed since then particularly in newer versions and spin-offs. Closed borders mean no more infections, so staying hidden and as non-lethal as possible is the best way to succeed.

If you start to infect people and the symptoms are obvious, it will alert authorities, speed up research toward vaccines or cures and cause governments to panic and close borders. Traditionally these games are best beaten by remaining undetected while silently infecting whole continents. This makes each game a little different, though tactics-wise you will probably find yourself going back to the same old strategies. is a global hit with over 250000 5 star ratings and features in newspapers such as The Economist, New York Post, Boston Herald, The Guardian and. Some are harder to detect but difficult to spread, others far easier to spread but hugely symptomatic. This mod does not have any known dependencies other than the base game. Please check the thread for all explanation. Currently, it adds 7 different diseases with different contagiousness rate and death rate.

Most versions offer different types of diseases like bacteria and viruses, and each evolves differently. This mod adds Plagues and Diseases into the game. The more people you infect, the more you can evolve the virus using a points-based level tree. Some versions allow you to choose your target, others randomise the outbreak location. You have indirect control over a disease which has started infecting people.
