Pandemic: The Board Game

No they don’t.

I did this with researcher, scientist and quarantine specialist and got it on my first attempt. Not suggesting the solution is bad but if you are having trouble deploy the quarantine specialist to keep the outbreaks under control.

The solution is awful,downvoted

Thanks for the solution! This dumb game relies mostly on luck, in consequence your best bet is to play as fast as possible the way he described it in the solution. I tried with a QS as 3rd pawn like Rista B mentioned it but wasn't convinced. I think it makes things more difficult because you have less cards for the scientist as well as you don't know beforehand where to put QS efficiently.

I’m a seasoned Pandemic player in real life and would estimate I’ve played at least 300 games.

I just did this first time with the Medic and the Operations Expert. The versatility of the OE allows you to build a research station whenever you need and thus get good coverage of the board. This route works very well as it means you can eradicate at least one disease before the first epidemic, which means 1/4 of the board can be forgotten about in terms of new infections. The Medic is a must to ensure you get diseases under control quickly at the start of the game and can eradicate diseases if the opportunity arises.

The Dispatcher and Medic combo works well to share knowledge and eradicate, since the Medic treats disease whenever he’s in a city with a cured disease WITHOUT using an action. This means you can cover all twelve cities of one colour with just the Medic in three turns. However, you don’t get great coverage of the board in terms of Research Stations when using the Dispatcher.

Tip: After the third epidemic card has arrived, if you clear any city of disease it can’t then outbreak unless you’re unlucky enough to have an adjacent city outbreaks.

As a side note, this does not stack with lower difficulties so I’ll have to repeat my victory at lower levels.

This was really helpful. This is clearly the way. A little bit of luck with the initial cards (if not, restart the game) and stay around Atlanta. I win at my first try with one restart. You just need a little bit of luck with the cards.