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Pain Doctors: The Game of Recreational Surgery

Pain Doctors: The Game of Recreational Surgery

Dreamsville Publishing · 1996
2–660 min14+ yrs1.5/5 complexity5.7 BGG#26.383 BGG80PartyCouples
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How do you play Pain Doctors: The Game of Recreational Surgery?

A Mille Bournes type of game. You are a doctor doing surgery as recreation. You get one of your patients healthy enough to withstand whatever surgery you want to perform on him.

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Pain Doctors: The Game of Recreational Surgery box art
official art · Dreamsville Publishing

A Mille Bournes type of game. You are a doctor doing surgery as recreation. You get one of your patients healthy enough to withstand whatever surgery you want to perform on him. Other players will be attempting to lower your patient's health at the same time. Once you do get your patient to surgery then it becomes a game of chicken with yourself. Do you keep doing more surgery for more points but risk killing him and not scoring at all. There are a few different systems at work here and they do go together well. The art and subject matter are very very dark.

game anatomy
Complexity1.5 / 5
BGG rating5.7 / 10
Vibe
PartyCouples
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
60 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
14+ yrs
BGG rank
#26.383
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Q3How do you play Pain Doctors: The Game of Recreational Surgery?
Pain Doctors: The Game of Recreational Surgery is a card game game, for 2–6 players, taking ~60 minutes, featuring hand management. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Pain Doctors: The Game of Recreational Surgery — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Pain Doctors: The Game of Recreational Surgery support?
Pain Doctors: The Game of Recreational Surgery is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Pain Doctors: The Game of Recreational Surgery take?
A game of Pain Doctors: The Game of Recreational Surgery takes about 60 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Pain Doctors: The Game of Recreational Surgery for?
Pain Doctors: The Game of Recreational Surgery is recommended from age 14.
Q7How complex is Pain Doctors: The Game of Recreational Surgery?
Pain Doctors: The Game of Recreational Surgery has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.5 out of 5.
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