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Summary: Learn how to play the board game Operation, including using doctor and specialist cards, in this free instructional video tutorial.
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"Hello! My name is Melissa Schenk and on behalf of Expert Village, today we're learning how to play the game Operation. In this clip, we need to discuss the doctor and the specialist cards. Now, there are 2 sets of cards. There are doctor cards and specialist cards. The specialist cards get dealt out evenly amongst the players at the very beginning of the game. Then as you play the game, each player then will take turns to pick doctor cards when it's their turn, which offers a cash reward for removing a particular element Cavity Sam. Now, you have to get this particular ailment using the pair of tweezers connected to the board. In this case for instance, we have brain freeze, which is a new feature on the new board. You may have an older version. So you want to try and get this out of him. In this case, it's an ice cream cone in his head. If the tweezers do touch the metal of the opening during your attempt. See now. Cavity Sam's nose will light up red and that player will lose their turn. Then the player holding the specialist card for that piece will get have a try and that player will get double points if they succeed, which means they'll get more money as well. Now that we've gone over the doctor and specialist cards, let's go over the play pieces and the points that you get for each of those pieces. "
eHow Article: Doctor & Specialist Cards in the Game Operation