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Homestretch

Bet on Win, Place & Show

Horse racing - you are an owner of horses and at the same time you bet on the result of the races. From a deck of eleven green and a deck of twelve purple race cards you draw two from each deck and stack the purple ones on top of the green ones for the four races you will play.  You start with 50.000 $ and assemble a stable of horses using drafting, that is, you are dealt a number of blue cards, choose one and set it down and hand on the rest of the card; this goes on until all cards are taken. Then you pay for your horses out of your starting capital.

The horses are placed at the start and you reveal the top race card, which determines handicap and purse for the race. Now you can bet on Win, Place & Show or other placements, beginning with the richest player; you can only place one of your markers on any position. The poorest player starts the race; you roll and move the resulting horse either two of the ten spots on the track and hand on the dice, or you move the horse one spot, roll and move the new horse two spots. Horses are put on the betting board when crossing the finish; if you roll a horse already at the finish you move the horse in last place one to three spots. When three horses are at the finish you remove non-winning bets and pay out the winnings. After the second race you can buy one or two horses from blue + red deck. After four races the richest player wins the game.

Well, HomeStretch is a game about horse racing, so there are naturally similarities to many other horse race games; it is well done, featuring cute details, and is - despite the minimum age 0f 14 - definitely also a nice game for families.

Players: 2-6

Age: 14+

Time: 60+

Designer: Frank diLorenzo

Artist: Jennifer Vargas

Price: ca. 25 Euro

Publisher: R & R Games 2012

Web: www.rnrgames.com

Genre: Horse race game

Users: With friends

Version: en

Rules: en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Minimum age probably due to US regulations

Absolutely suitable for a family game

Nice Design

Standard mechanisms

Compares to:

All games with a horse-racing topic

Other editions:

Currently none

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