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2019 Ranked #12,833

Turtle Race Mini

Hidden-color racing game has players move stacked turtles with cards while secretly favoring one racer. Lettuce changes the finish condition, and the leading turtle or bottom turtle in a tie wins for its owner.

Family Games Children's Game

Players

2-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

5+

Complexity

1.17/5

Rating

6.46

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1โ€“5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.8/5

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?

In Turtle Race Mini, players race turtles to be the first to the finish line. Arrange all turtle tiles in a row.

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In Turtle Race Mini, players race turtles to be the first to the finish line. Arrange all turtle tiles in a row. Each player gets a secret color (black is neutral so it does not get assigned) and 5 movement cards (no lettuce cards, also included in the deck). Play one card and perform the action, then redraw. Motion cards let you move the given (color or wild) turtle 1 to 3 steps forward or back. Moving means you place your turtles above other turtles and possibly move whole stacks(turtles on top of turtles are also moved). Do not move further than the front or end of the row. Shaking cards let you drop all turtles from the back of the selected turtle (place them behind the turtle). Lettuce cards are placed in front of the turtles. Game ends as soon as the third lettuce appears on the table. The player whose turtle is in the lead (or on the bottom of the stack if tied) wins. In the advanced game variant, the first two turtles are taken out of the race and the remaining ones take part in the next race. You separate the turtles in the stacks by placing them in a row behind the turtle at the bottom in the same order as they were in the stack, with the lower ones first. The advanced game ends as soon as two turtles of the same color have finished the race. Part of the "backpack games" series from Egmont Polska. This is a card game version of P?dz?ce ?รณ?wie, which is the Polish version of Ribbit.

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Play and group

Players
2โ€“5
Best with
2โ€“5
Play time
15 min
Age
5+
Complexity
1.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Reiner Knizia

Artists

2
Rob McClurkan Rolf Vogt

Publishers

1
Egmont Polska

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