PLAYED FOR YOU

CHAMPION

OF THE GREAT HORSE RACE

Vitakraft offers a wide range of items for pets and did present a range of race games for cats, dogs and rabbits at Essen 2011. This year in Modena the latest addition to the series was presented, a big game on horse racing.

You start the game with a stable for six horses, three horses in the stable and one horse playing piece at the start as well as 25.000 $ capital; the race track is chosen and prepared according to requirements.

You place secret bets on your horse for win or place and put the betting slip and your bid into the Derby Office. Then all roll in turn and move their horse piece accordingly. On a Derby Card spot you must draw a card and implement it; for the obstacles you need to roll certain numbers in order to jump over the. If you draw the black “take a fall” card you drop out of the current race.

20 spots in front of the finish line the risk part of the track begins and you decide if you want to use the 6- or 20-sided die; the 20-sided die can be used twice in the race to move backwards, you discard a risk chip for this. You need not reach the finish line with an exact roll, just cross it. The race ends when all horses have crossed the finish line. Now the bets are paid out and a new race begins.

After bets are paid out you can if necessary sell a horse from your stable or buy a new horse for your stable; you win if you are first to fill your stable with six horses.

This game is a champion as regards to flair and components, the head of the Derby Office decides which race track is used, gallop or hurdle track – all in all a beautiful game for the family, and not only for horse lovers.

Players: 2-6

Age: 8+

Time: 50+

Designer: Heiko Wührmann

Artist: Andreas Focke, Karl-Heinz Knief

Price: ca. 25 Euro

Publisher: Vitakraft 2013

Web: www.vitakraft.de

Genre: Horse racing game

Users: For families

Version: multi

Rules: de fr it nl

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Very beautiful sturdy components

Brochure telling history of horse racing

Nicely mixed standard mechanisms

Very concise rules

Compares to:

All games on horse racing

Other editions:

Currently none

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