WITH FRIENDS
Giro d’Italia
Cycling Race with board and Cards
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2008 the cycling race game Leader 1 caused a stir with all fangs of sport simulation games, it was deemed by all to be worthy sucessor of Um Reifenbreite.
Now Leader 1 has been republished with a licence for Giro d’Italia, both as a board game and a card game. The board game has been thoroughly reviewed as Leader 1, therefore this review concentrates on the card game:
Two teams consist of 3 cyclists each, depending on the number of players 1 – 3 cyclists are used by each player. The cyclists in a team have different abilities as team leader, climber or rouleur. The track is laid out with cards and features the territories Plains, Mountain pass and Downhill. The game uses all challenges: Territory, sprint, breaking away, falls, punctures and cracks. The starting energy for all cyclists is the same and depends on the chosen track cards.
Your move comprises: Moving racers that broke away, breaking away, announcing peleton pursuit, peleton movement, movement of racers dropped by the peleton and handing over the peleton token. The move of a racer results from a basic move modified by abilities, his position in the race, events and trace characteristics, all determined by the cards currently in play. The peleton is controlled by a separate card deck. The first racer to cross the finish line wins the game. A stage race simulating the actual Giro d’ Italia can be played.
These game mechanisms also work excellently in the card game and present a complex and fascinating simulation leaving nothing to desire. All features of the board game have been transferred to the card game.
Spieler : 2-6
Alter : ages 14 and up
Dauer : ca. 45 min
Autor : Alain Ollier, Christophe Leclercq
Grafik : Tony Rochon
Vertrieb A. : Heidelberger
Preis : ca. 10,00 Euro
Verlag : Ghenos Games 2009
Genre : Cardgame, cycling topic
Zielgruppe : With friends
Mechanismen : Manage race conditions and ressources
Zufall : 3
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Planung : 7
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Kommunikation : 7
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Card game based on the board game
Topic and racing feeling excellently transferred
Components: Cards only
Rules in English and Italian
Vergleichbar:
Leader 1
English and Italian title: Giro d‘Italia