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Dynamite Nurse

Players

3-5

Time

?-?

Age

16+

Weight

2

Rating

6.33

Fit

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 3.9

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.1

Scales well

Strategy 4.7

Deep strategy

Control 2.8

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderate level of direct and strategic confrontation with high interaction frequency, but low emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

Dynamite Nurse has a high replayability score due to its high variability in gameplay, deep strategic possibilities, and good scalability. The presence of expansions adds to the overall replay value. While it may not be the easiest game to learn, it offers a rewarding experience for players who invest time in understanding its mechanics.

Luck profile

Dynamite Nurse has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. While players have some ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning, luck still plays a significant role. The game has a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with the outcome being influenced by both player decisions and luck.

Overview

In a mysterious world of swords and sorcery, you are the chief (or the nurse) of a temple hospital. Around the world, heroes entered dangerous dungeons in search of fame and fortune. Your job is to nurse and make better all of these heroes from injuries, sickness, and curses of underworld. But watch out! Rival hospitals are waiting for the chance to get in your way. Will you manage to earn the world's respect as a master doctor? Or will you end up as an infamous "dynamite nurse"? In Dynamite Nurse, a card game with deck-building mechanisms, players represent hospitals that are trying to cure wounded heroes. Each hospital has only so many beds, however, and having too many patients will result in players not being able to take care of them. Thus, players try to dump annoying patients onto each other in order to stay famous as a good hospital chief – and not as the "dynamite nurse"... Dynamite Nurse is based on two card games from the 1980s — Dynamite Nurse and Dynamite Nurse 2: Bloody Temple — from the same designer, which explains why the original Japanese title of this design was ??????????????? (Dynamite Nurse Returns).

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Credits

Designers

1
Atsuo Yoshizawa

Artists

4
COMTA F.S Kinoshita Ichi Ishigaa

Publishers

3
Arclight Games Japanime Games Japon Brand

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