Side Effects

Recommended for Ages 13 & up
2-8 Players
30 minutes playtime

Drug use, personal demons, wild episodes, and more. Side Effects is a "take that" card game where players race to treat all the diseases in their psyche with medication and therapy.

Players start with four disease cards dealt face up in front of them (their "psyche") and then four cards in a concealed hand. Players take turns picking up cards from the deck and trying to find the right drugs to treat their diseases. A drug card will treat a disease but also leave the player open to receiving new diseases (of that drug's list of side effects) from other players.

Each disease card has a unique punishment written on it and episode cards will trigger these punishments. Play an episode card on another player to hinder them or help yourself.

The game is over when one player treats all of the diseases in their psyche.

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Designer(s):
Jen Igartua
Jade Shames
Kat Thek

Artist(s):
Ben Bronstein

Board Game Geek Category(s):
Card Game
Mature / Adult
Party Game
Racing

Board Game Geek Mechanic(s):
Take That