- BGG rank
- BGG #3,373
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Unsurmountable
- 1 player
- 15 min
- Complexity 1.5/5
- 2021
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Rules assistance for Ugly Gryphon Inn: Innployees
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 1 player
- 20 min
- 8+
Rules assistant for Ugly Gryphon Inn: Innployees
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Ugly Gryphon Inn: Innployees is an expansion for Ugly Gryphon Inn released in 2021 for 1 player, 20 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Scott Almes and its main mechanics are Solo / Solitaire Game.
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About the game
As you carry a tower of twenty filled pint glasses across a bar filled with fighting, smelly patrons you have an epiphany – you need to hire some help! You may only hire one employee per round. If you hire an employee, flip over the top card from the deck. Then, check the quirk on the employee – it combines with the other patrons at the bar and trigger a bad effect. After the employee is added – and any bad effects are resolved – when the player adds a patron to the inn they must resolve the employee’s special action as well. Their special actions are shown on the card. After the special action is resolved, the employee card is discarded. By the end of the game, the player must have hired all three employees into their inn. For an employee to be considered ‘hired’ their special effect must have been resolved.
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- Banana Games
- Button Shy
Questions and answers
Ugly Gryphon Inn: Innployees supports 1 player according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The listed playing time for Ugly Gryphon Inn: Innployees is 20 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Ugly Gryphon Inn: Innployees for ages 8 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Ugly Gryphon Inn: Innployees belongs to these categories: Card Game and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Solo / Solitaire Game. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Ugly Gryphon Inn: Innployees are: Scott Almes. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Ugly Gryphon Inn: Innployees as an expansion for Ugly Gryphon Inn. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Ugly Gryphon Inn to use it. Check that your edition of Ugly Gryphon Inn is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.