If you buy the first expansion, second expansion, third expansion, and fourth expansion can you play without the original game which is sold out?
2085930
Yes! You can also download the game for free from the website but then you have to print out at kinkos, staples ie office max. It will cost about 7 bucks, but the cards are much smaller. I cut them out with my paper cutter rather than paying to have them cut. Hope this helps.
2085931
I suppose you could. All the expansion packs provide both types of cards needed to play but they don't provide as many cards as the original game does.
2085932
We just received 3 expansions for Christmas and forgot to bring the actual game with us, and we were able to play with just the expansions and it was a lot of fun.
200373
No... You dont need the base game.. You may use the Intrigue as an expansion though
1476761
You can buy the expansion decks only. Alternatively, you can download the original for free and get the instructions and buy the expansion decks and use those. Then you can choose to get the original deck printed out yourself - it is much cheaper that way, but the cards aren't quite as nice - you can still play that way, though
860738
Yes. The Legacies game contains more cards and can stand alone from other Playtest games.
1375575
You have to use in the lab with the oringinal pandemic game and on the brink. You gotta use all three expansions
322241
You can play it without any of the expansions. It's just more fun with them.
1601021
Absolutely. This isn't a continuation of the first game. This is a version of the first game with expanded game play. Set-up and reading the instructions is simple and you should be able to play and understand the game pretty quickly.
2151292
No, this edition has the cards and the cards alone. The larger edition is what you want, and I'm not sure where to find it on Amazon. I do know that Barnes & Noble has it in their physical stores' game section though.
468335
Expansions are all based on the original game. For instance, the expansion does not come with the game board, nor some of the original characters
1035992
No. Then you'd have two extra colors because the new colors in the expansion pack are only green and brown. Also, the board would become way too congested with 7-8 players.
234754
You can definitely play this one without having played the original. This one has the added dynamic of the dragons roaming the seas (that have the ability to sink your boat) and being able to change direction and how many are on the board. This is not an expansion pack, so no worries. I don't know if you can play "without the dragons" but I don't see why not, especially if you have smaller children that may have a harder comprehending the dynamic of rolling dice to add dragons/change direction.
1698644
There is now an adapter kit you can get to make your 3rd edition work with the 4th edition expansion. It's an extra $11, but cheaper than re-buying the base set.
126148
You need the original game, unfortunately. Sorry for my late response, this one got lost in the mail.
1114121
While it technically can be used as a Stand Alone game, I think using the Original set is more beneficial as a new player to the game. I prefer using Intrigue as an expansion, and because it has the base cards, when combined with the Original set we use both for games of 6-8 people.
903910
Because the expansion has multiple variations, it would depend on whether or not you want to put all the pieces of the expansion together with the original game. In that case, no-- it would not all fit. If however you were just taking one of the game variations from the expansion (such as the new roles and new epidemic cards), it would fit.
182319
I don't quit get what you mean by buying the newest 1. Did you mean the if there were expansions you need to get along with the base game or did you mean if you have to start from lvl 1 ??
638298
You can just get the forth but I segest the original then any of the expansions you don't have to do it in a certain order