Dr. Microbe*
Players must quickly acquire the necessary microbes in Dr. Microbe. Each round starts with a challenge card indicating a combination of microbes and possibly a superbug. Using tweezers, players place the correct microbes in their petri dish while ensuring the superbug has a different shape and color from the other microbes. The first to fill their dish correctly claims the challenge card, and the first to collect five cards wins.
As a variant, players can include a purple virus that starts in a central dish. They can pass the virus to the left, and if it ends up in a player's dish at the end of the round, that player must give up one of their collected cards to the round's winner.
- π₯ 2 - 4 Players
- β±οΈ 15 Minutes
- π§ 8+ years old
- π§© Immediately playable
We like Dr. Microbe so much that we recommend it in the following board game recommendation lists 2026
- Position 51 in All games of the "Hunter & Cron Patreon Award 2018" list π©πͺ
- Position 97 in Best games released at SPIEL 2017 in Essen
- Position 20 in The best games by Roberto Fraga πͺπΈπ¨
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