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Rules assistance for Virus!: Especial Festivos
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–6 players
- 20 min
- 8+
Rules assistant for Virus!: Especial Festivos
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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
Virus!: Especial Festivos is an expansion for Virus! released in 2018 for 2–6 players, 20 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Domingo Cabrero, Carlos López, and Santi Santisteban and its main mechanics are Take That, Set Collection, and Open Drafting.
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About the game
Preorder promo pack for Argentinian edition. Holidays Promo cards for Virus!: - "Fin de Año" (New Year's Eve): The player who uses this card chooses a direction. All players pass their whole body to the next player sitting in the chosen direction. (*) In P&P promo card "Fin de Año" rules, the players pass their whole body to the player sitting to the right. - "San Valentín" (St. Valentine's Day): (*) Steal a red organ from another player and add it to your body. You can steal a healthy, vaccined or infected organ, but not an immunized one. Remember that you can't have two equal organs in your body. (*) In P&P promo card "Ladrón de Corazones" rules, an immunized organ can also be stealed.
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Questions and answers
Virus!: Especial Festivos supports 2–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Virus!: Especial Festivos is 20 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Virus!: Especial Festivos for ages 8 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Virus!: Especial Festivos belongs to these categories: Card Game, Medical, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Take That, Set Collection, and Open Drafting. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Virus!: Especial Festivos are: Domingo Cabrero, Carlos López, and Santi Santisteban. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Virus!: Especial Festivos as an expansion for Virus!. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Virus! to use it. Check that your edition of Virus! is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.