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1996 Ranked #18,283

Ben Hurt

This chariot-racing game has players auction for cards, race with their chariots, and seek the largest payoff from the prize pool. Every bid both buys an advantage and raises the reward, while dice can overturn careful preparation.

Strategy Games Ancient Dice Auction/Bidding Betting and Bluffing

Players

4-8

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

1.74/5

Rating

5.65

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

A chariot-racing game with pre-race rounds of card auctioning - the trick being that the race-winning "pot" is made up of the auction bids.

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A chariot-racing game with pre-race rounds of card auctioning - the trick being that the race-winning "pot" is made up of the auction bids. You have to balance the cost of the cards against the likely return - you want good cards cheap, and you want to force your opponents to pay over the odds for their cards. Of course, everyone else is trying to do the same thing. However, there is a great deal of luck in the actual movement during the race, so your careful planning can be destroyed by a few poor dice rolls.

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Play and group

Players
4–8
Best with
4–5
Play time
60 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.7/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
James Ernest

Artists

1
James Ernest

Publishers

2
Cheapass Games Truant Spiele

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