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Flamme Rouge Meteo
Weather along the piste
Cycle race in Paris, you control a Rouleur and a Sprinteur and want to get one of them across the finish line first. The race takes place over rounds, comprising three phases: In the Energy phase, all draw four cards simultaneously and play one card each face-down for first and second cyclist. In the Movement phase, you reveal those cards and move the cyclists. In the Final phase you remove previously played cards and resolve slipstream effects – advance by one additional square – and exhaustion – a driver behind a free square receives an exhaustion card as an energy card of value 2. Includes rules for alternate track building, handicap and mountain races.
In the Meteo expansion, weather becomes a major influence; each marker influences all six squares of the track tile it is assigned to. Seven out of 13 weather markers are randomly and open-faced placed, one on each of the straight track tiles; the corresponding standees for Cross-, Head- and Tailwind and Storm/Wet - are placed next to the track tile: Crosswind - no slipstreaming; Tailwind - you draw five instead of four energy cards; Headwind - you draw three cards instead of four; Wet - if you end your movement on such a case and lost movement points due to being blocked, you must resolve a crash: Your pawn is laid sideways, put upright again in the next turn and loses 2 units card value. Ascents is not influenced by the crash rule, but needs playing of minimum value 7.
All in all, a nice addition to Flamme Rouge, that does not provide a major extensions but provides, especially with Wet/Storm - additional challenges and a bit more tactic, as you definitely not want to crash.
Players: 2-4
Age: 8+
Time: 45+
Designer: Asger Harding Granerud
Artist: Jere Kasanen, Ossi Hiekkala
Price: ca. 10 Euro
Publisher: Lautapelit / Stronghold Games 2018
Genre: Cycle Racing
Users: For families
Version: en
Rules: en fr hu it nl
In-game text: no
Comments:
Well-made addition
Shrink-wrapped, no big box
Co-production Lautapelit/Stronghold
EAN + Stock # Stronghold
Compares to:
Flamme Rouge, Cycle race games
Other editions:
Gigamic (fr), HOT Games (nl), Playagame Edizioni (it), Reflexshop (hu)
Chance (pink): 1
Tactic (turquoise): 2
Strategy (blue): 1
Creativity (dark blue): 0
Knowledge (yellow): 0
Memory (orange): 0
Communication (red): 0
Interaction (brown): 2
Dexterity (green): 0
Action (dark green): 0