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1978 Ranked #17,109

Win Place Show

A horse-racing betting game where players use horse cards, place wagers, and seek the most chips after a series of races. Limited personal funds create a closed economy, so every payout comes directly from another bettor’s losses.

Racing Betting and Bluffing Hand Management Sports: Horse Racing

Players

3-8

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

2/5

Rating

6.53

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How does it play?

A horse race game with a difference. Each player is dealt 7 horse cards at the start of the game.

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A horse race game with a difference. Each player is dealt 7 horse cards at the start of the game. Based on the numbers these cards, which affect which horse will move, the player then places up to four bets. Each bet is worth one chip, and all similar bets go into a common pool. A player plays a card for the horse he wishes to move and rolls the dice to move the coloured horse played. This continues until three horses have crossed the finish line. Whoever bet on the winning horse shares in the "win" pool: the second horse, the "place" pool; the third horse, the "show" pool: the first and second horse (in order), the exactor pool and the first second and third horse (in order), the triactor pool. Any odd chips remain for the next race. Because this is a 'closed' system (each player starts with only 10 betting chips), every time someone wins a chip, someone else will be down one. The winner is the one who has the most betting chips at the end of 10 races.

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Play and group

Players
3–8
Best with
2
Play time
60 min
Age
8+
Complexity
2.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
G. E. Volrath

Publishers

1
Copp Clark Publishing Company

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