Dangerous games
Sage scientists advised against playing board games at Christmas. Some games to consider if you are feeling subversive:
Pandemic Co-operative board game inspired by 2003 Sars outbreak in which players pool their talents to defeat a deadly disease. Was stocked by the unlikely gift shop at the US Centers for Disease Control.
Corona Battle Against Covid-19 German game where players battle to defend their businesses against the pandemic.
Plague Inc. Players compete as diseases to infect the greatest number of people.
Viral Players compete to try to infect a human body, braving its immune system.
Infected One person plays plague doctor, while the others are villagers competing to try to stop him infecting the village.
And one for Chris Whitty or Sir Patrick Vallance: Infection: Humanity’s Last Gasp Solitaire game where you try to command scientists to defeat deadly diseases.
CAP in hand
Which constituencies received the most in payments from the Common Agricultural Policy last year?
Fermanagh and South Tyrone (Sinn Fein) £56.7m
Berwickshire,
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