"Our once great Empire was struck by a devastating plague...Will you answer the call to save it?  Once standing tall and great, we now need to rediscover and rebuild our fallen cities.  There are still survivors among the ruins - we must take them in our care and cure them."

In order to stay ahead of the plague, we must implement new inventions and technologies.  Our influence will expand as we rebuild, but the plague will still lurk in the shadows, ready to strike but we will survive.  In addition to the procurement of important resources, our imperative will be to get the plague under control.  

Pest sees players fighting against this cataclysmic plague and rebuilding the once fallen empire in a strategic euro board game.