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Rush M.D.

A real-time cooperative hospital rush where hourglasses are your workers and every patient is a ticking clock.

You are one of the doctors hired for a brand-new, cutting-edge Medical Center, and the patients are already arriving. Together with your colleagues you admit, diagnose and treat them, and every mistake counts. The twist is that the game runs in real time and the workers are hourglasses: each player has one Doctor hourglass racing around the hospital to admit patients, give immediate care, run exams and perform surgeries, while four extra Nurse hourglasses can help. The hourglasses allow you to do many things and also limit you. Think of a hectic emergency-room shift played cooperatively, from age fourteen, solo or with up to four.

Hourglasses as workersReal-time cooperative hospitalDoctor and Nurse hourglasses

Who it's for

You like cooperative games with real-time pressure and want a medical rush that gets the whole table shouting.

Not for you if…

You dislike time pressure or need a quiet game. The hourglasses make the pace relentless.

Vibe's take

Frantic, loud and funny in a good way. Hands flip hourglasses, voices call out which patient needs what, and the whole table wins or loses together.

#2,068 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2020 · 6 years ago

newer than 59% of games

In 4,627 collections

collected more than 55% of games

1–4 players · ages 10+

Best with 3 or 4 · publisher: 14+

30–45 min

shorter than 51% of games · typical 30–90 min

Complexity: medium

One warm-up round · 2.4 out of 5 · heavier than 65%

Opinions: usual spread

A normal range of ratings

Language: little text

A few terms, easy to look up

Play style: cooperative · solo too