Lab Beagle Games

Game Description:

Pest House is a public health-themed flip and write game set in the early 20th Century’s public health golden age when infectious diseases were still prowling the Earth before science and technology dispatched them to history. Players draw on their maps, and sometimes cross portions of them off, while trying to build the biggest, healthiest, and most prosperous town of all.

Who is This Game For?

Pest House is One Health-themed game, but it is a game for everyone. While science and history are baked into the theme, it is not specifically designed nor intended to be an educational game. No knowledge of public health, epidemiology, or town building is necessary!

How Is Pest House Played?

Here’re the basics. A game plays over the course of a year, and each season a shared deck of settlements is created which provide the foundations for each player’s town, the plagues that will periodically strike, and occasional public health improvements that will become available. Players take turns flipping these cards with each player deciding individually how they will draw the available settlements on their map. When a plague strikes, it strikes differently for each town based on the settlements they have built and the nature of the particular plague. Generate wealth while balancing risks of spotted fever, consumption, and cholera outbreaks. After the year is up total income, population, and deaths are accounted for, and a winner is appointed.

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