Parasite

2013
BGG Average Rating
6.0
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Players
7-12
Weight
N/A
Playtime
30 min
Age
12+

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📖 About This Game

My God, they're everywhere! Or are they? An alien parasite has infected crew members of the ISS Fluffy Pink Cloud. Seeking comfort in each other's company, the crew members try to fight off the treacherous invader. Will Bartholomew Broadside and his trusty crewmen be in time to halt this spreading disease? The players are crew members of the ISS Fluffy Pink Cloud. An alien infection is spreading through the ship and some players may already be infected when the game starts. It is not clear, however, who is infected and who isn't. Each turn, each player visits another player in his/her quarters, to protect the fellow crew member from infection (or, alternatively, to infect him). On board are engineers (who can perform a body scan), a doctor (who can surgically remove an alien and perform a blood transfusion) and the doctor's assistant. Each turn, the players vote on who is going to perform which action and on whom, to clear the infection. However, among the voting crew memebers are those that are already infected and who want to infect the entire crew. Other players each have a special ability they can use to spread or to stop the infection. The end of the game (which has as much turns as players) is either a victory for the aliens or the humans.