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Racing and betting to win

Race and bet on the outcome and win as the richest player! 48 speed cards are distributed evenly, they show varying numbers of car colors with numbers. One randomly revealed special speed card out of six and one of six randomly revealed special ability cards are auctioned together; you bid with speed cards in hand – the card owing the highest value for the car color on offer wins the bid; the winner makes a note of the price = number next to the car color, and all take back their card. At the end of the auction, each player must have minimum one car.

The active player plays a speed card; all cars of the colors on the card – white is a joker – are moved in the depicted order by the number of cases for that color; the full number of cases, straight or diagonally ahead; changing lanes is allowed and you may shorten the move by moving the car into a blocked position. Whenever the first card passes over one of the three betting lines across the track, players can make bids on the arrival at the finish. When a car passes the finish line, it goes to the corresponding case next to the track. When all cars of a player have passed the finish, he does not play anymore. At the end of the race you win with the highest total from car positions and won bets minus price for auctions that you won.

Includes a simpler version without bets, a game for two, a suggestion for a long distance race or a tournament using both tracks on the double-sided board.

Still one of the best race games ever! The new details introduce more tactics and are assets for that classic game which should be part of every game shelf.

Players: 2-6

Age: 8+

Time: 30+

Designer: Wolfgang Kramer

Artist: Jason Taylor, Travis Coburn, Michael Crampton

Price: ca. 33 Euro

Publisher: Iello 2018

Web: www.iello.com

Genre: Race, bets, auction

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: cz de en fr hu it kr pl pt th

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Revised edition of Top Race

Special abilities for cars

Two tracks

Revised by Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson

Compares to:

Top Race, Royal Turf and other card-driven race games

Other editions:

2 Pionki /Portal (pl), Happy Baobab (kr), Iello (en fr), Mancalamaro (it), Mebo (pt),  Mindok (cz), Reflexshop (hu), Restoration Games (en), Siam Board Games (th)

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 2

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0