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Divinity Derby

Race meeting at mount Olympus

Zeus has invited the gods of the multiverse for Lunch, and after a few drinks of Ambrosia the gods begin to debate and discuss the respective abilities of their mythical creatures.

This debate can only be decided by a test, and so the creatures are summoned to a race; their gods place bets on them and Zeus is appointed arbitrator.

The board is equipped with creature markers, movement cards are dealt according to player numbers, each player puts his card only on the holder to his left; so, each player sees and has access to movement cards on the holders between him and his two neighbors.

At the start of the race, all place bets by putting down betting cards, based on visible cards and bets of other players; in turn each player places one and then, again in turn, another one. Then you select one card from each accessible holder and use the higher value of the first one you play and the lower value of the second one you play to move the respective creature. For the first card you play, you can use the Dirty Trick bonus, if applicable.

When the first creature crosses the halfway mark on the track, all players place a third bet; however, you must place all bets of different creatures. When all are across the finish line, cards drawn from the Dirty Trick cards by Zeus can disqualify creatures. Then bets are resolved for victory points. After three such races you win with most points. Variants introduce special god powers and Fate markers.

A very beautiful game with a felicitous mixture of simple rules and lots of in-game depth due to the information from two hands of cards for each player and from the creature chips on bet cards.

Players: 3-6

Age: 10+

Time: 45+

Designer: Carlo A. Rossi

Artist: Denis Martynets, Fabio Maiorana, Laura Neri

Price: ca. 40 Euro

Publisher: Ares Games 2017

Web: www.aresgames.eu

Genre: Racing, bets

Users: For families

Version: en

Rules: en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Very attractive design

Unusual mix of mechanisms

Surprising turn of events can happen

Chances to win are better with another player with similar bets

Compares to:

Race games with bets on arrival

Other editions:

Ares, Divinity Derby Deluxe edition (e)

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 2

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