Description

Vitals is a real-time cooperative dice-rolling game about working together as a surgical team.
Players work together in real-time mimicking the atmosphere of an operating room to perform all of the tasks of the procedure while keeping your patient alive.

Teams are made up of 3 to 6 players consisting of the following roles: Surgeon, Scrub Tech, Anesthesiologist, (4th player) Circulator Nurse, (5th player) First Assist, and (6th player) Student Intern.

The gameplay begins by pulling a card from the Operation deck. Cards drawn from the operation deck explain the type of surgery about to be performed. It will show which side of the game board to use, what instrument cards will be required, and the locations of the surgery.

Each player assumes one role and works together to roll dice in real-time to perform their individual tasks needed to perform the operation. A core game concept is the Wellness button. This button needs to be pressed by one of the players when achieving their initial task at least every 15 seconds or the patient flatlines. This must be done throughout the entire surgery. If the patient flatlines, all players must stop what they are doing and roll the defibrillator dice and place the proper face on the defibrillator track next to the patient within 15 seconds to revive them. If the players succeed in reviving them, play continues. If they fail, the patient is lost and the players lose.

Roles:
Surgeon (required) - This player rolls dice when working with tools. He must roll dice until he has the dice faces of the tool he is using. Once he meets the required faces, he may use the tool to perform the task and reveal the next tool needed.

Surgical (Scrub) Tech (required) - This individual rolls dice to match the tools the surgeon asks for. When they roll the correct dice faces, they may hand that tool to the surgeon.

Anesthesiologist (required) - This player rolls dice to check the vitals of the patient. They must alternate between checking temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, oxygen saturation, and awareness. This player is responsible for keeping the patient alive when other professionals are tending to their tasks.

(4th player) Circulator Nurse - This player prepares the patient for surgery and collects tools to give to the Scrub Tech and Medical supplies to give to the Anesthetist.

(5th player) First Assist - Assists the surgeon in performing surgical tasks that require more than one person.

(6th player) Student Intern - Assists all players in dice rolling. This player has one of each die for all of the other players.

—description from the designer