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Pocket Pharma

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2018 · 2-5 players · 30min · weight 1.80 · 177 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
240926
Name
Pocket Pharma
Year
2018
Rank
12129
Min players
2
Max players
5
Playing time
30
Min playtime
15
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
1.8
Num weights
5
Bayes avg
5.56027
Average
6.44452
Users rated
177
Num owned
541
Wanting
8
Wishing
69
Num comments
64
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (4)
Hand ManagementOpen DraftingPattern BuildingVictory Points as a Resource
Categories (3)
Card GameIndustry / ManufacturingMedical
Description (912 chars)

A reimplementation and redevelopment of the recently released game Medical Frontiers, Brett Gilbert creates a more streamlined and engaging game which can fit in your pocket! Set in amongst the high levels of competition between different pharmaceutical companies, Pocket Pharma pits every player to formulate, create and market drugs. With the most profitable being the winner! Using public card drafting to draft compounds which you place on your lab bench, players use "poker hand" style combinations to formulate drugs required by the marketplace. However, creating a drug isn't that easy. Penalty points are applied if your drug is not efficacious and contains severe side effects beyond tolerable norms. Therefore, the search for the perfect compound formulations is critical! However, search for too long, and your competitors may get there first reducing your market penetration and therefore profit.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.