2010Sébastien Dujardin, Xavier Georges, Alain Orban
- Videos
- 58
- Creators
- 47
1 - 4 players90 minHeavy weight

2022Alain Orban
Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Hippocrates is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 14 reviews, 13 how-to-play guides, 5 recorded sessions, 11 unboxings, and 3 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
Travel back to Greece in 370 BCE on the island of Kos. Hippocrates has just passed away and that leads to a lot of doubt regarding the durability of his medical activities. As one of his successors, you lead a team of doctors with the goal of perpetuating the treatment of patients in the temple of Asclepios, later known as the first hospital in history. Be the right successor of Hippocrates and increase your reputation, so that patients from all around the Mediterranean will come with the hope of receiving the best treatment ever. The game lasts four rounds, with each round divided into five phases: 1. Kalosorisma - Each player welcomes up to three patients in their hospital. You need to select your patients carefully as all patients need urgent help, and some may be easier to treat than others, but make sure to help the most in need or you will lose reputation as a doctor. 2. Pliromi - You have to remunerate your doctors or risk their departure. 3. Stratologisi - In this phase, players try to hire new doctors and purchase medicine kits. If a player obtains both, they receive a bonus. 4. Therapeia - Now is the time to treat patients. Players have to carefully puzzle and link the right patients to the right doctors to maximize their assets. 5. Exis - Players count victory and reputation points, and prepare the board for the next round. Hippocrates combines auction bidding, tile placement, resource management, and more to create an exciting mix that will challenge each player to best manage their patients and try to become Hippocrates' worthy successor.
Hippocrates has 46 videos from 41 creators: 14 reviews, 13 how-to-play guides, 5 playthroughs, 11 unboxings and 3 other videos. They date from 2021 to October 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Game in a Nutshell - Hippocrates" by Nithrania - Game in a Nutshell, which runs 26 min. For a quicker teach, "HIPPOCRATES- Anteprima" by Il Meeple Con La Camicia runs 5 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Hippocrates Preview (runthrough)" by Rahdo Runs Through. 14 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "[Règles & Partie] HIPPOCRATE | 2 joueurs | Game Brewer" by Le Drakkar Des Meeples, one of 5 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Troyes, Troyes Dice, Black Angel and Troyes: The Ladies of Troyes, also by Alain Orban. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2022.
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2010Sébastien Dujardin, Xavier Georges, Alain Orban
1 - 4 players90 minHeavy weight
2020Sébastien Dujardin, Xavier Georges, Alain Orban
1 - 10 players20 - 30 minMedium weight
2019Sébastien Dujardin, Xavier Georges, Alain Orban
1 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight
2012Sébastien Dujardin, Xavier Georges, Alain Orban
2 - 4 players90 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Travel back to Greece in 370 BCE on the island of Kos. Hippocrates has just passed away and that leads to a lot of doubt regarding the durability of his medical activities. As one of his successors, you lead a team of doctors with the goal of perpetuating the treatment of patients in the temple of Asclepios, later known as the first hospital in history. Be the right successor of Hippocrates and increase your reputation, so that patients from all around the Mediterranean will come with the hope of receiving the best treatment ever. The game lasts four rounds, with each round divided into five phases: 1. Kalosorisma - Each player welcomes up to three patients in their hospital. You need to select your patients carefully as all patients need urgent help, and some may be easier to treat than others, but make sure to help the most in need or you will lose reputation as a doctor. 2. Pliromi - You have to remunerate your doctors or risk their departure. 3. Stratologisi - In this phase, players try to hire new doctors and purchase medicine kits. If a player obtains both, they receive a bonus. 4. Therapeia - Now is the time to treat patients. Players have to carefully puzzle and link the right patients to the right doctors to maximize their assets. 5. Exis - Players count victory and reputation points, and prepare the board for the next round. Hippocrates combines auction bidding, tile placement, resource management, and more to create an exciting mix that will challenge each player to best manage their patients and try to become Hippocrates' worthy successor.
Designer
Alain Orban
Artist
Laura Bevon
Publisher
Game Brewer
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