Pandemic
How is the Virulent Strain chosen?
The designer answered this directly on BoardGameGeek.
- Tom Lehmann · Designer · 2022-03-08
- Zveroboy · Community · 2022-03-08
- pilotbob · Community · 2011-03-14
- kronovan · Community · 2011-03-14
- Burning_BULLETS · Community · 2023-12-07
- Zveroboy · Community · 2020-04-01
- dypaca · Community · 2013-07-13
Players do not pick it. When the first Virulent Strain Epidemic is drawn, finish its Infect step, then the disease with the most cubes on the board becomes the Virulent Strain for the rest of the game (ties are broken randomly). The rest of that Epidemic, including its Virulent Strain effect, then resolves, so effects like Uncounted Populations work on the first Epidemic.