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Donkey Derby

Which donkey will win

Donkey Racing - you try to place a bet - as early as you can - on three donkeys that might cross the finish line first - the earlier you place a correct bet, the more points you will earn.

All five donkeys are participating in the race, regardless of the number of players. You choose a person card and take the three betting markers of this color. During the game, betting rounds and race rounds alternate, the first round of the game is a betting round.

In a betting round, each player can place one of his betting markers, always onto the current top free case of a donkey color. Only one marker is possible on a case, but you can place several markers on the same donkey in different cases. In the first racing round, the starting player rolls the die and moves any donkey of his choice as many steps as indicated by the die; this is repeated until all donkey have entered the race. Then the next betting round follows and then the next player takes his turn to roll the die for the donkeys. After each roll, you must immediately move one donkey not yet moved and position it in a way that a clear difference is discernible between donkeys already moved and not yet moved.

In this way, betting and racing rounds alternate, until the first donkey crosses the finish line. Then you cannot bet anymore, but only roll dice for donkeys still on the track. When the third donkey has crossed the finish line, all betting markers for those donkeys are placed on the scoring cases accordingly and you win with the highest total of points.

An ideal family game with simple rules and some tactic; a delightful new edition with nice components, offering lots of fun.

Players: 2-5

Age: 9+

Time: 30+

Designer: Walter Müller

Artist: Klemens Franz, Andreas Resch

Price: ca. 25 Euro

Publisher: franjos Spieleverlag 2016

Web: www.franjos.de

Genre: Race, bets

Users: For families

Version: multi

Rules: de en fr kr nl

In-game text: np

Comments:

New edition of Favoriten, 1989

Streamlined rules for a quick, easy game

Alternation of bets and racing introduces some tactics

Compares to:

Favoriten and other race games with bets on the final ranking

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0