# Clinic: Deluxe Edition – The Extension ## General Info - **Year Published**: 2019 - **BGG Rating**: 7.8 - **BGG Rank**: — - **Players**: 1-4 (Best with: 2, 3) - **Duration**: 30-120 min - **Weight**: 4.13 / 5 - **Designers**: Alban Viard - **Artists**: Ian O'Toole - **Publishers**: AVStudioGames, Capstone Games, Giant Roc, Giochix.it, LudiCreations, Mercury Games, Summon Games - **Categories**: City Building, Expansion for Base-game, Medical - **Mechanics**: Pick-up and Deliver, Simulation, Tile Placement ## Verdict The ultimate upgrade for those wanting to turn their clinic into a medical empire!Massive and complete contentStunning Ian O'Toole artworkImmense strategic depthConsolidates multiple expansionsRequires the base gameHigh complexity levelHIGHLY RECOMMENDED ## Description If you're already a fan of the hospital management in Clinic, grab your stethoscope because 'Deluxe Edition – The Extension' is here to turn your clinic into a world-class medical complex! You know that feeling of having multiple expansions scattered around and wishing they were all in one place? Well, this box solves exactly that. It is essentially the 'ultimate bundle,' bringing together at least 12 expansions released separately over the last five years (including medical dossiers #1, #2, and #3). But don't think this is just a simple repackaging. The experience gets a fresh, professional look with updated graphics and illustrations by the master Ian O'Toole, which instantly elevates the game's visual quality. In terms of gameplay, get ready for incredible depth. You won't just be treating patients; you'll now be managing a much more complex infrastructure. The expansion introduces several new concepts such as amenities (cafeterias and dormitories) that require bus logistics, a full pharmacy with pill tiles, hospice areas, ambulances for rapid response, and even an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). For those who love micro-management, this game will keep you busy (in the best way possible!). You'll deal with new player boards (like the 4th floor), maintenance mechanics involving janitors, virus management, urban design, and even infrastructure elements like satellite dishes and pillars. It's the kind of content that takes the base game and transforms it into an extremely robust and strategic healthcare management simulator. If you are looking for variety and want to test the limits of your organizational skills, this extension is the upgrade your table needs. ## How to Play Goal of the Game Your clinic is taking off, but the competition is fierce! The goal is to make your healthcare stand out from the competition by providing special care for certain patients, building taller buildings, and maximizing your profits. You must manage resources, expand your facility, and ensure patient satisfaction to become the best healthcare option. Setup Setup varies depending on the expansions used, but the general guidelines are: Expansion Boards: Place the Floor 4, Amenities, Ambulance, Janitors, Pharmacy, Hospice, Virus, Satellite TV, ICU, Obstetrics, and Pillars boards near the main board. Ambulance: Fill the ambulance spaces with random ambulances and patients from the supply (only white and yellow colors). Return orange or red ones to the box. Janitors: Fill the first left column of the maintenance board with 1 janitor per space, according to the number of players. Pharmacy: Place the capsules in the bag according to the number of players and remove the amount indicated in Phase 3 from the Pharmacy board, placing them in the corresponding color spaces. Hospice: Each player receives a Hospice board and places 1 elderly person in each of the 4 spaces. Virus: Place the virus pieces in the indicated spaces on the virus board according to the number of players. Obstetrics: The first player chooses how many pregnant women enter the game in Round 1 and places them in the University. Urban Planning: Secretly take 1 easy urban planning card, 1 medium, and 1 hard. Choose one as your goal and set the other two aside face down. Underground Construction Unit: Agree on a work scenario (difficulty level) that defines how many spaces will be blocked. Game Flow The game is divided into rounds, and each round follows a specific phase structure: Phase 1: Actions In this phase, players perform their movement, construction, hiring, or treatment actions. Depending on the expansion, new actions such as Contagion (in the case of Virus) or Move (for Janitors or Elderly) may occur here. Phase 2: Business In this phase, payments and income are collected: Expenses: Payment of maintenance and staff costs. Profitability: Receiving payments for treated patients, use of the cafeteria, or care for elderly. Patient Care: Resolution of treatments in treatment rooms, ICU, or Obstetrics. Phase 3: Administration Maintenance and board update phase: Advancements: Doctors in the university or dormitory level up. Cleaning: Removal of expired capsules from the Pharmacy. Replenishment: New capsules are placed in the Pharmacy and new pregnant women are allocated to the University. Patient Deterioration: Patients in services with a virus or in the clinic (except in the ICU) worsen in level. Actions and How to Play Actions depend on the active expansions, but the main ones are: Move: Staff: Doctors, nurses, and assistants can spend 1 time to go to the cafeteria or dormitory (in groups of 1 to 3). Janitors: Can move to any module. Elderly: Moving to an adjacent entrance or space costs 2 times. Build: Allows you to build 2 components. With Janitors, you can move a conveyor when building. With Pillars, you can build a pillar as a construction bonus once per round. Hire: Allows you to hire doctors, nurses, assistants, or janitors. In the Pharmacy, it can be used to buy capsules. In Obstetrics, it can be used to take a pregnant woman from the University to the clinic. Admit Patients: With the Ambulance expansion, you can move a patient from the ambulance parking to pre-admission before performing the normal action. Treat Patient: Normal: Requires appropriate staff. ICU: Requires a doctor, nurses, and the correct adjacent service. If successful, the patient improves 2 levels. Obstetrics: Requires 1 white doctor and 1 yellow doctor (or nurses to compensate). Contagion (Virus): If the total number of patients in pre-admissions of a service is greater than 2 per player, a virus is placed on the notepad. End of Game and Scoring The game ends according to the established trigger (not detailed in the provided context, but the end of the game is affected by the following criteria): Urban Planning: If you have modules or pillars in all positions of your urban planning card, you gain positive popularity; otherwise, negative popularity. Elderly: Each elderly person who passes away in the hospice generates -5 popularity. Patients: Each patient who dies in the clinic generates -5 popularity. Obstetrics: Failing to treat a pregnant woman generates -2 popularity. Tips to Win Space Management: Use pillars to build taller buildings and make better use of the terrain. Staff Efficiency: Use janitors to reduce the maintenance costs of the conveyor network. Urban Planning Strategy: Choose your urban planning card carefully and focus on fulfilling the required pattern to ensure positive popularity. ## FAQ ### Can I play this expansion without the base game? No way! This is an expansion, so you must own the original Clinic: Deluxe Edition to play. ### What's new compared to the individual expansions? Besides gathering all previous ones, it features new layouts, updated artwork by Ian O'Toole, and new components for the new mechanics. ### Does the game get much harder with it? The complexity increases significantly due to the new management layers (like maintenance and logistics), but it's a rewarding challenge for simulation fans. ### How many players can play? It supports 1 to 4 players, following the base game's standards. ### How long does a game last? Playtime can vary depending on how many new elements you use, but expect sessions between 30 to 120 minutes. ### Who is this product for? 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