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The Really Nasty Horse Racing Game box art
1989 Ranked #5,623

The Really Nasty Horse Racing Game

A horse-racing game has players move assigned horses, place bets, and use dirty tricks to manipulate results. Supporting another horse can make sabotaging a personal runner the most profitable choice.

Party Games Animals Racing Betting and Bluffing Roll / Spin and Move

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

1.66/5

Rating

6.27

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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The world of horseracing has long been associated with cheating in all its forms. But few games ever attempt to simulate that aspect.

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The world of horseracing has long been associated with cheating in all its forms. But few games ever attempt to simulate that aspect. Players are assigned a horse and must move it around the track by rolling a single die. This would be rather boring if the game didn't allow for the players to bet on another player's horse, so the dilemma is whether or not to move your horse badly just to make it easier for the horse you bet on to win. Even that could be boring, but then each player is issued cards that allow them to commit dirty tricks, for instance making a horse fall or forcing the winner to take a drug test. All in all, it makes for some very interesting racing.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
4–6
Play time
90 min
Age
12+
Complexity
1.7/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Simon Knock

Publishers

4
Rascals Products Limited University Games Upstarts Winning Moves UK Ltd.

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