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1990 Ranked #2,667

Daytona 500

Stock-car racing game where drivers play movement cards that affect several cars on a crowded track. Passing lanes and traffic can trap a leader, so every card must advance your car while leaving opponents boxed in behind it.

Strategy Games Card Game Racing Auction/Bidding Grid Movement

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.78/5

Rating

7.15

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Six little plastic cars race around the big Daytona track. The track is three spaces wide except for a sweeping curve at either end.

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Six little plastic cars race around the big Daytona track. The track is three spaces wide except for a sweeping curve at either end. In the curves, the track narrows to two lanes. The outer lane is a passing lane, requiring twice as many movement points to use and in which a car may not end its turn. Movement points come from play of the special deck of cards. Selecting a card from your hand, you move each of the cars on the card the prescribed number of spaces, trying to position your own car or cars most advantageously while leaving your opponents blocked. Before each race, the six cars are auctioned off, and you bid for them based on the cards in your hand. Payout is based on where your car(s) finished in the race. Most money wins. Suggested game length is three races (each race lasts about 20 minutes), enough to give the luck of the draw a chance to even out.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
70 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.8/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Wolfgang Kramer

Publishers

1
Milton Bradley

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