Psych Ward (2002)

“Card game for 2 or more players. Players are medical professionals working in a hospital psych ward. Match drugs to diagnoses to score points.”

“The Decks: Players share two common decks: The Patient Deck, and the Treatment Deck.” Each of the 33 cards in the Patient Deck represents a patient. A Patient Card describes the patient’s diagnosis and treatment requirements.

The Treatment Deck contains two types of cards – Drug Cards and Contraindication Cards. The Drug Cards, a few of which describe “non-pharmacological treatment options”, are used to treat patients. “Contraindication cards represent ADR’s (Adverse Drug Reactions), Side effects, Co-morbid disease states, Drug interactions, Kinetics, Dynamics, Dosing, and Administration errors that would result in therapeutic failure.” The Contraindication Cards are used to negate Drug Cards played by opposing players.

“Setup: Each player starts with a hand of 5 random Treatment cards. Determine Turn order (the player with the longest name goes first).”

“Objective: The game ends when all patients have been successfully treated. The player, at the end of the game, with the most patients in his file is the winner.” A Patient Card is placed in a player’s file when the player completes the treatment of the patient.