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The Best Medicine

The Best Medicine

GLiB Games · 2024
2–520–40 min8+ yrs1.7/5 complexity7.6 BGG31Family
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How do you play The Best Medicine?

You are a junior scientist curing wacky diseases like Noodle Neck and Irritable Beard Syndrome to earn grants and awards. Win by collecting the most awards over three rounds.

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The Best Medicine box art
official art · GLiB Games

You are a junior scientist curing wacky diseases like Noodle Neck and Irritable Beard Syndrome to earn grants and awards. Win by collecting the most awards over three rounds.

To play, draw compounds from your bag into your flask and then pour the compounds into experiment tubes to complete sets. Completed sets earn you awards and grant money to buy more tubes and conduct more experiments. Players may choose to press their luck when they encounter contamination tokens that could shut down their laboratory for the rest of the round.

Do you want to play it safe or risk it all for scientific glory? Easy to learn and fast to play The Best Medicine uses simultaneous play to maximize excitement and player engagement.

—description from the designer

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity1.7 / 5
BGG rating7.6 / 10
Vibe
Family
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
20–40 min
Players
2–5
Recommended age
8+ yrs

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Q3How do you play The Best Medicine?
The Best Medicine is a humor game, for 2–5 players, taking ~20–40 minutes, featuring deck, bag, and pool building. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about The Best Medicine — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does The Best Medicine support?
The Best Medicine is played by 2–5 players.
Q5How long does a game of The Best Medicine take?
A game of The Best Medicine takes about 20–40 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is The Best Medicine for?
The Best Medicine is recommended from age 8.
Q7How complex is The Best Medicine?
The Best Medicine has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.7 out of 5.
Mechanics & categories
Deck building →Set collection →Humor →Medical →Real-time →

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