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Game ID: GID0128014
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1988
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Description

In this simple racing game, a racing car, a motorcycle, a bicycle and a roller skater are competing. Each rolls varying number of dice, some of which are d3 instead of d6. The race is even because each racer has a different turnaround point (the race is won by the first to get back to the starting point after reaching his turnaround point). On average, all racers should finish neck-and-neck.

Description

In this simple racing game, a racing car, a motorcycle, a bicycle and a roller skater are competing. Each rolls varying number of dice, some of which are d3 instead of d6. The race is even because each racer has a different turnaround point (the race is won by the first to get back to the starting point after reaching his turnaround point). On average, all racers should finish neck-and-neck.

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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Satisfying dice rolls
  • Good introductory game
  • Early introduction to probability
Cons
  • No choices after the game begins
  • Dice probabilities were not perfectly balanced
Thematic elements
  • Racing
  • Race track
Comparison games
  • Magical Athlete
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • roll and move — Players roll dice to move their racers.
  • Variable player powers — Each racer has slightly different dice with unique odds.
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  • It was a 7 and 1/2 hour game day, and I played 10 games while during that time. And there was one group that played this game World Order that played That's all they played.
  • The frog can give it and the frog can take it away.
  • This is we really worked on like the rules, the reference card, the packaging, the card design, every single element to make it as onboarding friendly and player friendly as possible.
  • So, I went online and I picked up this, which is the Spin Master release of the CMON DC Super Heroes United Batman Hush.
  • I just remember solving puzzles in my head and just like the thrill of like knowing that I was figuring stuff out, not even winning or losing. Just the thrill of knowing, 'Oh wow, I can figure this out. I can suss this out.'
  • It's a beautiful game.
  • It's like the drawer of no touchies, which again sounds very inappropriate
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