2023 · Medical
Trepanation
Players portray fraudulent physicians staging sensational medical shows in a fictional early-19th-century town. Over six days they book time slots at venues, acquire medicine and equipment, recruit accomplices, bribe officials, and arrange performances that draw paying spectators. Actions resolve according to each player’s scheduled slots, so timing and slot selection matter. Players can disrupt rivals by creating shortages, stealing audiences, or occupying key spaces; night actions such as grave-robbing yield cash but harm reputation. Fame is earned for successful shows, themed set bonuses, and press mentions; the player with the most fame after six days wins.
- Players
- 2–5 best 5
- Playing time
- 45–75 min
- Age
- 12+
- Complexity
- 2.4 / 5
About the game
- Design
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Where to buy it
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Full stats in Ludoya- 33
- Plays logged
- 45
- Players
- 1h 9m
- Average play
- 9
- In collections
- 1
- On wishlists
4.1/10
from 7 Ludoya reviews
Garfield2.0 Collect resources to buy victory point cards. Nice idea with the clockwork worker spaces. But nothing special. [c] Theme: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Almost none --> Gameplay: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Gather resources to buy VPs... --> Interaction: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Occupied spaces --> Artwork: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Nice --> Luck: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Random show cards --> Strategy: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]All have the same --> Components: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Good, but board should be bigger --> Play duration: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> Easy to teach: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Easy (15min) --> Rules quality: <!-- size 7]not read --> Setup time: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Good --> No downtime: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Plays fast --> Replay value: :star::nostar::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Only 2 random worker spaces --> [/c]
OUTLETGAMES7.0 C111, enfundado mayday standard
Elfrikijugon7.0 Financiado en Verkami.
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