Game night went racing!
January 10th I ran my first game night of 2009, I ran it with a racing theme. I had a pretty good turnout, with 11 players and we played 4 different games.
The first game of the night was Formula D. Chris had brought along his copy, so I got him to teach it to everyone else. There are some subtle differences between it and Formula De, the largest ones being cosmetic, but it does allow you the option of Street Racing as well. Chris won that game, a turn ahead of everyone else.
While people were showing up I played Formula Motor Racing with 2 other players. We played a 3 race series, with me winning 2 outright and winning the overall series 24-17-11.
The Really Nasty Horseracing Game was next on the list, I taught it to 5 other players, who seemed to grasp the game far better than I... Rick won by betting 55,000 pounds in a 12:1 longshot in the final race, beating Shawn by 15,000 pounds. Shawn also bet on the horse, but only bet 50,000... I wound up broke and having to sell my stable of nags... One of the highlights was Shawn's number 6 horse galloping home to win the 4th race at 50:1 odds, too bad no one bet on him.
While we were trashing each other's horse on the track, the other 5 players played Grand Prix: Detroit Cleveland. Lenora won this one.
The previous game was faster, so they wound up the night with a game of Formula Motor Racing. Brenda won this one.
I have been considering a Formula De constructor series of games. Here is a link to a condensed copy of the rules.
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You need some bicycle racing games!
Soon, soon I will have one.
Interesting - how is Formula Motor Racing? Would you suggest it over Formula D? I'm debating which one to add to the collection first.
Formula Motor Racing is a completely different game, it is not a "real" racing game. It is an abstracted racing game. I think Formula D is a better game, but it does take longer (and uses way more space). I like both games, but they both have different purposes.
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