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Pathogenesis

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2017 · 1-4 players · 60min · weight 2.88 · 242 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
199309
Name
Pathogenesis
Year
2017
Rank
8978
Min players
1
Max players
4
Playing time
60
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
2.875
Num weights
8
Bayes avg
5.60823
Average
6.87574
Users rated
242
Num owned
737
Wanting
17
Wishing
143
Num comments
104
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingOpen Drafting
Categories (3)
Card GameEducationalMedical
Description (771 chars)

Pathogenesis is a deck building game in which players take the role of bacterial pathogens attacking the human body.  The game was developed in partnership with scientific illustrator somersault1824. The game is based on 100% real science and the mechanics were created to mimic how real biology works. Avid deck builder players will feel at home playing the game as the mechanic foundation was based on several popular deck builders. The mechanics have evolved and mutated during the creation into a game that is quite its own. The game offers several modes of play including solo play, cooperative, competitive, and team play. No knowledge of science is required to play but it was developed to enhance the learning of the immune system at the college level.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.