disillusion386
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On the Brink is an essential expansion. I wouldn't even call it that, it's more like an essential update. It vastly improves the game, in my opinion, and fixes some issues while not breaking the game's fundamental concepts.
My gaming group wouldn't even consider returning to Pandemic on its basic setup.
I too just got the game earlier this week, and have played a few times. Once with three people, once with two, and another with four. The first two playthroughs we played with 4 epidemic cards, and played with 5 when we had four people. We won each time. I think we misunderstood the Researcher role during our first game, but after reviewing the BGG thread, we played the rules correctly during subsequent plays.
Does the difficulty go up significantly with 6 epidemic cards? I'm kind of worried that the game is a bit easy since we haven't lost yet. The game is fun, don't get me wrong. Anyway, should I wait until we try 6 epidemic cards before purchasing On the Brink?