Extra Extra Poison

Extra Extra Poison is a strategy board game set at Bernard Cinemas, where employees have been infected by a poison and the company uses a vaccine called Cell Disc to treat them. You play on an immune-system field and compete to cover more space than your opponent, vaccinating and curing employees while fighting their infections to earn the highest score.

The poison

Bernard Jays opened Bernard Cinemas in 2005, after a local movie theater closed in 2004 and left its employees without jobs. The cinema became known for supporting independent films and serving freshly made popcorn butter. During its early years, thousands of employees who made the butter were exposed to the poison. Infected employees reported fever, a god complex, yellow skin and yellow blood; many died from complications, but the deaths did not affect the company’s operations.

In 2018, after Bernard Cinemas reached a billion-dollar threshold, the company created Cell Disc to combat the poison. Since then, new generations of infected employees have been required to take the vaccine. Those who survive its one-hour curing process receive overtime and free movies, and the vaccine has helped many employees avoid death.

Immune systems and scores

The game features 20 different immune systems, each with a field unique to its employee. It also saves high scores and has unlockable secret quotes from the employees.