Joyride: Survival of the Fastest is an explosively fun board game of loud, fast, high-interaction racing for two to four players. Tactically plan your route, push your luck to take corners at speed, and crash into your rivals to knock them off course.
Choose a car with unique abilities that change the way you race. Do you want the reliability of Auto-Pilot, the precision of Handbrake Turn or the chaos of Donut? Manipulate dice on your dashboard, pushing your luck to pull ahead. Will you lock in your results for maximum control, or risk rolling them to gain an extra inch?
Move from checkpoint to checkpoint across open maps on the double-sided board. Each map comes different track layouts for every player count and skill level. Checkpoints can be crossed from any direction, so plan a racing line that maximizes your chances, even if it means racing into oncoming traffic.
Smash into your opponents to spin them around or push them out of your way. Sometimes the best racing line is the one that will knock your opponents off-course.
Gather powerful items as you race, letting you fire rockets, drop oil slicks and even call in air strikes to damage enemy vehicles. Damage permanently blocks part of your dashboard, so think carefully about where you decide to place it. Do you really need two spaces to store items? Maybe it’s better to give up fifth gear?
—description from the publisher
- Strong table presence and vibrant artwork
- Clear, readable dice and well-organized components
- Exciting, chaotic arcade racing feel reminiscent of old-school games
- Track customization and varied setups add replayability
- Prototype may change before production; some components may be adjusted
- High chaos may not appeal to players who prefer Euro-style planning
- Arcade racing with destruction and booster items
- Racing tracks with escalating chaos and customizable layouts
- Fast-paced, chaotic, tournament-style racing with emphasis on completing tracks and sabotaging opponents
- classic arcade racing games
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice-based movement — The number of dice you can roll is determined by your gear upgrades on your board.
- Driver abilities that modify rules — Special driver abilities let you alter play or gain advantages during the race.
- Item pickups at checkpoints — Landing on checkpoints lets you pick up usable items like mines and rockets to hinder opponents.
- Obstacles and damage tokens — Damage tokens can persist and hinder future rolls, and tokens can reduce your dice supply.
- Track customization — Tracks are customizable, with different layouts and variants to adapt to player count.
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Quotes (from this video)
- "this gameplay reminds me of old school video game racing games"
- "this game looks awesome"
- "you cannot stop yourself from smashing into everything"