The Library has a small collection of board games that is available for ATSU use in the library or for check out for one week at a time.
Lending Period | 1 week, with renewal available on request |
Location in the Library | The games are on the left side of the anatomical model shelving. |
Rules for Use in the Library | Play games in the open group study area or in study rooms on the first floor. Please be courteous of those studying around you. |
Lost Games | You may either supply the library with a new replacement copy of the same game, or pay replacement costs plus a processing fee of $20. |
If you would like to suggest a new game, or have questions about borrowing a game, please contact the library at libmo@atsu.edu
Special Note: The Dysfunctional Dice games cannot leave the library, but are available for use in the group study room area.
Each of these games was selected in response to recommendation or request. Some are educational; some are for fun.
Game | Name | Number | Description |
Anatomy Fluxx | 2 | Anatomy Fluxx takes you deep into the human body. From Bones to Blood Vessels, Anatomy Fluxx is packed with all the body bits that keep you ticking. But be on the lookout for Virus, Mutation, and Bacteria Creepers! Plus, two Learning Rules will get your Brain in gear with anatomical trivia. Anatomy Fluxx - for external use only! | |
Bad Doctor | 1 | Central City Medical Center is an overcrowded and understaffed hospital. As an overworked doctor in this terribly understaffed facility, your job is to keep patients alive until your shift ends. As you make your rounds during your shift, make sure you visit as many patients as you can or risk them kicking the bucket while you're in charge. If you're a good enough doc you might even cure someone and take credit for saving a life! But sometimes treating a patient can actually cause complications future doctors might have to deal with - that's their problem once you're off the clock! Work your way to victory and the fame that comes with being known as Central City's best Bad Doctor! | |
Chemistry Fluxx | 1 | Chemistry Fluxx is the elemental card game where the rules are always changing. Use atoms and laboratory gear to match the current Goal and win! Chemistry Fluxx is the perfect compound of chance and skill, where you'll not only be playing with elements and molecules, but you'll also be learning about them! Chemistry Fluxx is so much fun you'll be playing it more than periodically. | |
Compounded: Better Gaming Through Chemistry | 1 | Compounded is a game about building chemical compounds through careful management of elements, a fair bit of social play and trading, and just a bit of luck. Players are able to freely trade elements, laboratory tools, and even favors – if there is truly honor among chemists! | |
Cytosis: a Cell Biology Game | 1 | Cytosis: A Cell Biology Game, is a worker placement game that takes place inside a human cell! Players take turns placing workers on available organelles within a human cell in order to collect resources (such as Carbohydrates or ATP!) or take actions (such as purchasing Cell Component cards or translating mRNA into Proteins!) | |
Doctor Wars: the Hospital Card Game | 1 |
The object of the game is to lead your team of doctors and nurses to successfully “treat” patients. Consult Dr Bleauphardt the Gastroenterologist to cure diarrhea. Ask Dr Oops the Surgeon to operate on a hot appendix, or Dr Knowitall the Medical Doctor to cogitate about diabetes – that is, IF they’re on call. Don’t forget about the powers of the Super Nurse, and always beware the Grim Reaper! |
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F. Netter Playing Cards | 1 | Set of standard playing cards featuring images by F. Netter | |
Netter's Anatomy Review Cards | 1 | Set of anatomy review flashcards associated with the 5th Edition of Netter's Anatomy | |
Organ Attack! : a Game of Medical Maladies | 1 | It's the family friendly game of organ harvesting! The object of Organ ATTACK is to remove your opponents' organs before they remove yours. The last person to still have at least one organ is the winner! Use related afflictions to attack your opponents (for example, playing Gallstones on Gallbladder or Thyroiditis on Thyroid). The game requires absolutely no medical knowledge and only takes about one round to learn. | |
Pandemic: Can you save Humanity? | 1 |
As skilled members of a disease fighting team, you and the other players work together to keep the world safe from outbreaks and epidemics. Pandemic is a cooperative board game in which players work as a team to treat infections around the world while gathering resources for cures. |
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Pandemic expansion: In the Lab | 1 |
Note: Requires Pandemic as the base game. Please do not mix up the cards. In the second expansion for Pandemic, you will use a new game board that allows you to move the pawns in a laboratory. The goal of this activity is the same as in the base game – finding cures for diseases – but this time in a new way. Behind sealed bio-hazard doors, scientists race against time to sequence diseases, take samples and test cures. Pandemic: In the Lab includes four new roles, new Virulent Strain events and a Worldwide Panic Mutation scenario. Players can compete individually or on rival teams (when playing with four or six players). Can your team work together in the lab to save humanity?. |
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Patient Zero: a Game of Zombie World Domination | 1 | Lead the people of one of the four towns in a post-apocalyptic world. Complete secret objectives and compete against other players, for example find the Patient Zero, take him to the Research Center and save the world while making sure your citizens don't get infected and turn Zombie. Or intentionally get some of your people infected and direct a zombie herd to your opponents’ towns to disrupt their plans. | |
Plague, Inc. | 1 |
A strategic game of infection, evolution and extinction for 1-4 players lasting 60-90 minutes. Each person takes on the role of a deadly disease competing against their friends in a battle to be the first to infect and wipe out the world! Based on the bestselling video game ‘Plague Inc.’, with over 100 million players worldwide, Plague Inc: The Board Game takes the best elements of the original and crafts them into a sleek tabletop experience which is totally different every time you play. |