Pandemic game pieces

Spice up your Pandemic board game with semi-realistic shaped viruses etc.

---Viruses---
There are 4 basic shapes of virus; helical, spherical, polyhedral, and phage. To add a little realism, I matched a disease from each of the four colored regions of the game to one of the basic shapes. There are MANY options and lots excellent reading if you're curious (which I recommend). I chose...

• Helical - I printed in blue to represent the Tobacco Mosaic virus, commonly used in research applications in Europe and North America.
• Polyhedral - I printed in black to represent Polio, on its way to eradication but remains in regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
• Spherical - I printed in red to represent Bird Flu, the H5N1 strain being first isolated from a goose in China in 1996.
• Phage - I printed in yellow to represent Cholera, found all over the world, particularly in regions with limited access to clean water.

---Cure Markers---
I have trouble seeing if the cure markers indicate the the disease is eradicated or not, I've printed a new solution for those. I recommend printing 4 cure tokens in different colors then swapping the X in each for another color. Simply press the X into the cure marker, use glue if it doesn't stay on its own. The result is much easier to see.

---Research Labs---
Microscopes!