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Pandemic Legacy revolves around a group of medics fighting deadly diseases around the globe. Designed to be played a finite number of times, it changes with every game session. Cities fall into chaos as rioting mobs take to the streets. Players' characters form relationships, pick up injuries or suffer mental scars from exposure to traumatic scenes. The result is a gripping, unpredictable plot that can branch off in any number of unexpected directions, gaming's answer to a hit TV drama.This is the best time there's ever been to get into board games. Is it all a bit geeky? Yes. But if you can park your prejudice for ten minutes, you'll find that that's no bad thing. The cleverest, most exciting, original ideas in gaming today aren't on your PC or your console, they're on your kitchen table. Why would you want to miss out on that?Follow Owen on Twitter.Read on Motherboard: The First Virtual Reality Board Game