I had the chance to play World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King this weekend. It blends a couple of aspects of prior Pandemic titles: the dice-based combat of Fall of Rome and the spawn mechanics of Reign of Cthulhu, replacing the cultists with ghouls and shoggoths with abominations. The typical "five cards of a color" mechanic is replaced with quests: roll the dice to advance on a quest track, while players at the quest location can reveal cards matching icons on the quest track to move additional spaces. Players have health that can be reduced from combat or questing. Player cards grant one-time use abilities and icons for quests instead of depicting locations. Players must complete three quests before taking on the Lich King at the citadel, which is a fourth, longer quest track.

In all, I found myself enjoying this one. It's not my favorite Pandemic, but I think it's more engaging than Reign of Cthulhu. Quests provide an interesting alternative to the usual "cure" mechanic, and I like cards not being locations but buffs or abilities.

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