Side Effects

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.

Components:
95 Cards (70x120mm, gold gilt edged; NOTE - the box states that there are 100 cards, but on KS they explained removing 5 cards after thorough play testing):

10 Episode cards (red skulls)
3 High Tolerance Cards (purple skulls)
5 Therapy Cards (purple Rx)
3 Misdiagnosis Cards (green Rx)

38 Disorder cards:
4x Anorexia (lavender)
4x Madness (red)
5x Anxiety (lt. green/yellow)
5x Depression (dark blue)
5x Gambling Addiction (green)
5x Impotence (orange)
5x Suicidal Thoughts (gray)
5x Tremors (lt. blue).

36 Drug cards:
6x Tremors Treatment (lt. blue; Pramiprexole)
5x Anxiety Treatment (lt. green/yellow; Lorazapam)
5x Depression Treatment (dark blue; Fluoxetine)
5x Gambling Treatment (green; Lithium)
5x Impotence Treatment (orange; Sildenafil)
5x Madness Treatment (red; Chlorpromazine)
5x Suicidal Thoughts Treatment (gray; Clozapine).

Rule booklet (English, 12 p.).
Game box with magnetic latch and gold foil detailing (156x135x40mm)

2-8

602573618868

Pillbox Games

30

2018

14+

Side Effects

3

2019-10-04 10:11:45

~$21.86

2026-03-01

2019-10-04 10:11:45