# Clinic

## General Info
- **Year Published**: 2014
- **BGG Rating**: 7.0
- **BGG Rank**: #5641
- **Players**: 2-4 (Best with: 3, 4)
- **Duration**: 120 min
- **Weight**: 4.08 / 5
- **Designers**: Alban Viard
- **Artists**: Da-Fanny, Sampo Sikiö
- **Publishers**: (Self-Published), AoS Team
- **Categories**: City Building, Economic, Medical, Territory Building, Transportation
- **Mechanics**: Catch the Leader, Pick-up and Deliver, Simulation, Tile Placement

## Verdict
If you love building hospitals and fine‑tuning logistics, Clinic offers a tasty tactical ride.Engaging 3D managementUnique mechanic blendHigh replay valueLong play timeSteep learning curveBulky componentsRECOMMENDED

## Description
In Clinic you play a wealthy owner who inherited a massive plot near New York, where health needs are sky‑high. Your goal is to build the most efficient three‑dimensional hospital and rack up the most popularity points. Each round you get three actions: constructing building modules, admitting patients, and hiring staff (doctors, nurses, and admin). Every patient arrives in a car that takes up parking space, shrinking the area left for your clinic’s expansion, so you must place everything wisely.\n\nThe tactical core is moving patients, doctors and nurses through the 3D structure. Treatment only works when a professional’s color (indicating training) matches the patient’s disease color, making route planning and placement essential to save time. Treated patients generate money, which you use to pay salaries, fees, maintenance and to buy popularity points.\n\nDuring the administrative phase the board gets hectic: unattended patients get sicker, new arrivals fill the waiting room, doctors lose some knowledge about the diseases they face, and fresh graduates become available from schools. At game end the player with the most popularity points and the least total time wins. The game blends tile placement, hospital simulation, pick‑up‑and‑deliver (cars and patients) and Catch‑the‑Leader mechanics, rewarding spatial planning and quick decision‑making.

## FAQ
### What is the average game length?
Approximately 2 hours, though it can stretch with more players or for first‑time learners.

### How many players can join?
2 to 4 players.

### Is the game suitable for beginners?
Not really; the 3D board, color matching and multiple phases have a learning curve.

### What components are included?
Cube pieces for patients, doctors and cars, construction tiles, action cards, money and popularity markers, and a modular board.

### Who will enjoy this game the most?
Fans of simulation, city‑building and resource‑management games who relish deep strategic challenges.