Pandemic: Hot Zone – North America

Disease threatens North America and only you can stop it! In Pandemic: Hot Zone – North America, players work together against the game to discover cures for three deadly diseases that threaten the continent. Travel to different North American cities to treat local populations, prevent outbreaks, and share research with your team. Can you discover the cures before it's too late?

Hot Zone – North America is a shorter, more portable version of the best-selling cooperative game Pandemic.

Differences from Pandemic

Pandemic: Hot Zone – North America has all of the tension and excitement of Pandemic and:

• Plays in about half the time

• Sets up quickly

• More portable

• Costs about half as much

Origins

Read more about the origins of the game and what we set out to do in the game’s announcement by Steve Kimball (head of Z-man Studio) and me.

First of a Series!

Pandemic: Hot Zone – North America is the first in a series of portable Pandemic games set in various locations around the world. The second game, Pandemic: Hot Zone – Europe is due in late summer, 2021.

Print and Play Kit

Can’t wait or can’t get out because you’re sheltering in place? You can download a free print & play kit today to print at home. The kit includes the board and all the cards you need to play the game. (You’ll need to find some pawns and tokens to round out your set.)

How to Play

Rodney Smith of Watch it Played teach the entire game (including setup) in 15 minutes.