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At the start of the game, drawn, a certain number of
Infection cards are randomly Infection cards are revealed,
Virtual Board Game Workshop drawn to populate the board with and one cube of the indicated
Reported by: Chloe Soh Ke Er Jr1Z(3) infections. One to three color is placed on each city
infection cubes are sorted to drawn. If a city already has three
On the 7th, 9th and 10th of June, Kuen Cheng Board Game a number of cities. Players cubes and a new cube is to be
Society held three board game workshops. All students of Kuen started at Atlanta, the home of added, an Outbreak occurs, and
Cheng High School were welcomed to join the workshops. the Centers for Disease Control, each interconnected city gains
and are given a random role one cube of that color. This can
1s t d a y : P an d emi c ( 瘟疫危 and a number of Player cards create a chain reaction across
1st day: Pandemic (瘟疫危
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On the 7th of June, they kicked members and start playing the three disease cubes on them.
off the series of workshops with game. They were encouraged On each turn, a player can take After the infections are resolved,
an online board game called to share their screens so that up to four actions, consisting the next player has a turn.
Pandemic. It is played on an the committee in charge could of any combination of the
online website called Tabletopia, supervise the whole game. eight possible actions such The game ends if the players
which hosts over 900 board as curing an infection. After either win by discovering the
games for people to play online. The game is a simulation of a taking their actions, the player cure for all four diseases, or
virus outbreak, which is what draws two Player cards. If lose by either having eight
The workshop started with the the whole world is facing a player drawed an Epidemic outbreaks, not having enough
committee members explaining now – the Covid-19 virus card, the player moves the disease cubes of a color to
and demonstrating the steps outbreak. It is a cooperative Infection rate marker one space, place at any time, or not
to sign into the website as well board game. The goal of the draws a card from the bottom having enough Player cards
as the rules and regulations of game is for the players, in their of the Infection deck and when someone needs to draw.
the game. Participants were randomly selected roles, to places three cubes on that
then divided into a few groups work cooperatively to stop the city, puts that card into the The workshop was supposed
with three to four people in spread of four diseases and cure Infection discard pile and to end at 3pm, but participants
each group. Then, they were them before a pandemic occurs. reshuffles the discard pile. were allowed to stay in
asked to join a room created the Zoom meeting if they
After the two Player cards are wanted to continue playing.
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