Play This, Not That: Atlantis Rising vs. Pandemic

*UPDATE*
I just got this from the publisher that would definitely affect some of my points. I wanted to include it as I thought it was a great point.

"I knew playtesters who felt just like you about the randomness. Most of them would keep track of every misfortune card played. They would make decisions based on those odds. In other words, for example, if 4 or 5 of the 6 Cities cards had been played, it was a much safer placement risk than e.g. the Forests, where maybe only 1 or 2 cards have been played."

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In Play This, Not That; we pick two games with some degree of similarity or overlap, and tell you which one I think you should play. In this episode, Atlantis Rising heads off against the granddaddy of coop games, Pandemic itself. Both rely on you to save the world, so which one deserves your help?

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