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2008 Ranked #19,966

The Looney Bin

This deduction card game has players treat the patients in their ward and become first to heal them all. Fast reaction cards let everyone act outside a turn, keeping therapies and setbacks in constant motion.

Party Games Card Game Deduction Hand Management Medical: Psychiatric Hospitals / Asylums

Players

3-7

Play time

Not listed

Age

9+

Complexity

1.38/5

Rating

6.26

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The Looney Bin is a deduction game with fast action - reaction card play that depicts the uproarious occurrences of an insane asylum. The object is to be the first to heal all the patients in your ward by treatment with various therapies.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Hand Management

Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
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The Looney Bin is a deduction game with fast action - reaction card play that depicts the uproarious occurrences of an insane asylum. The object is to be the first to heal all the patients in your ward by treatment with various therapies. Non phasing player action ability keeps everyone involved for very little down time. Contains 35 patients, 90 staff and action cards, 35 symptom tiles and plenty of therapy chits.

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Type

1
Party Games

Category

5
Card Game Deduction Horror Humor Medical

Mechanism

1
Hand Management

Family

1
Medical: Psychiatric Hospitals / Asylums

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
3–7
Best with
3–6
Play time
30 min
Age
9+
Complexity
1.4/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Patrick Stevens

Artists

3
Nick Bonamy Mike Neumann Patrick Stevens

Publishers

1
Numbskull Games

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