2022 · Medical
Hippocrates
Players take the role of physicians on Kos in 370 BCE who run a growing temple-hospital after the founder’s death. Across four rounds, each split into five phases, players admit patients, pay and recruit doctors, acquire medicine kits, arrange treatments by matching doctors to patients, and score reputation and victory points. Gameplay mixes auction-style selection, resource management, and tile-placement/puzzle elements as players optimize which patients to treat, staff to keep, and supplies to buy to increase their reputation and attract more patients.
- Players
- 1–4 best 4
- Playing time
- 90–120 min
- Age
- 12+
- Complexity
- 3 / 5
About the game
- Design
- Art
- Publisher
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Full stats in Ludoya- 28
- Plays logged
- 61
- Players
- 1h 42m
- Average play
- 31
- In collections
- 3
- On wishlists
- 1
- Pre-ordered
5.7/10
from 8 Ludoya reviews
Garfield5.0 Nice idea, but I didn't like the fact that a doctor can treat a patient only once. Interesting action mechanism. [c] Theme: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> Gameplay: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Good amount of choices --> Interaction: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Only who picks which tile --> Artwork: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Nice --> Luck: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Random tiles and who picks what --> Strategy: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]There's only one strategy? Heal the most patients? --> Components: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Very good --> Play duration: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> Easy to teach: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok (30min) --> Rules quality: <!-- size 7]not read --> Setup time: <!-- size 7]can't remember --> No downtime: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> Replay value: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Random tiles? --> [/c]
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Free, on web, Android and iOS
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