Downforce, we've got Downforce here!
High-stakes bidding on million-dollar race cars. Frantic bets placed in secret even as the cars race around the track. And to the victor, the biggest purse of all. But in the world of motor racing, the margin between victory and defeat can be a single moment: a steep banked turn, tires screaming and spitting out smoke, and the downforce, pressing you down in your seat and keeping you on the track as you make your move inside to pull ahead.
Downforce is a card-driven bidding, racing, and betting game for 2-6 players based on Top Race, the award-winning design by the legendary Wolfgang Kramer.
Players first bid to own the six cars in the race, then they play cards from their hand to speed them around the track. However, most cards will also move their opponents' cars. So figuring out just the right time to play a card is the key to victory. Along the way, players make secret bets on who they think will win the race. Whoever has the most money from their prize money, winning bets, and remaining bank wins.
This is a game whose design needed no attention. Years of play and multiple versions have honed it to near perfection. On the contrary, one of the design challenges was figuring which of the many rules modules to incorporate to create the most fun version. Downforce also adds variable player powers to improve replayability. But mostly, it improves the look of the game to make it gorgeous and easy to play. Special attention was paid to the colors, the layout of the cards, the design of the cars, the details on the board, and more.
You get it : it's impressive, but easy to play.
You can try the game right here :
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=downforce
PLEASE NOTE
*The boards "Switchback Pass" and "Crosstown Speedway" from "DANGER CIRCUIT" expansion, as well as "Aloha Island" from "WILD RIDE" expansion pack ARE available to play.
BUT the new special abilities from "DANGER CIRCUIT" expansion pack as well as the "Savannah Stretch" board from the "WILD RIDE" expansion are NOT available yet.*
The team would like to thank, of course, Restoration Games for making it possible to have this game here, as well as Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson and Wolfgang Kramer for their wonderful game.
A very special thank you goes to our developer, bdrieu, who did an amazing labor of love porting the game to BGA.
And to finish, a quote from Jeremy Clarkson :
Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary… that’s what gets you.
《玩命賽道》:如果你能控制住,代表你的速度還不夠快!
玩命賽道,我們這裡有玩命賽道了!
百萬美元等級的高額賽車競標。
即使賽車在賽道上奔跑,瘋狂的賭注也處於秘密狀態。
而勝利者,就是擁有最多財富的人。
但是賽車世界中,成敗之間可能只有片刻:陡峭的彎道,輪胎尖嘯,煙霧瀰漫,以及將你壓在座位上的下壓力,使你在賽道內側一路順風的前進。
玩命賽道是一款基於紙牌的競標,競速和下注遊戲,基於傳奇的沃爾夫岡·克雷默(Wolfgang Kramer)屢獲殊榮的設計——Top Race,一款 2 ~ 6 人遊戲。
玩家首先競標擁有賽事中的六輛賽車,然後他們出牌以加快它們在賽道上的速度。
但是,大多數卡牌也會移動對手的賽車。
因此,弄清楚正確的時間出牌是勝利的關鍵。
在此過程中,玩家們會秘密投注給他們認為會勝出的玩家。
獎金、下注和剩餘總和金錢最多的人獲勝。
這是一款無需關注其設計的遊戲。
多年的遊玩和多種版本使它接近完美。
相反的,設計挑戰之一是找出在許多規則模組中的哪一個方可創建最有趣的版本。
玩命賽道裡還增加了多種特殊能力以提高其重玩性。
但主要的是,它改善了遊戲的外觀,使其變美觀且易於遊玩。
它特別注重了顏色,卡片的佈局,汽車的設計,板上的細節等等。
你明白了:它令人印象深刻,但容易遊玩。
您可以在這裡嘗試玩一下遊戲:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=downforce
請注意
可以使用“危險彎道”擴展中的“ Switchback Pass”和“ Crosstown Speedway”板以及“ WILD RIDE”擴展包中的“ Aloha Island”板。
但是“危險電路”擴展包中的新特殊功能以及“ WILD RIDE”擴展中的“ Savannah Stretch”板尚不可用。
當然,團隊要感謝 Restoration Games 使得在此能夠有這款遊戲,以及Rob Daviau、Justin D.
Jacobson 和 Wolfgang Kramer,他們所設計的精美遊戲。
非常感謝我們的開發人員bdrieu ,他為將游戲移植到 BGA 上極大的心血。
最後,引用一段 Jeremy Clarkson 的話:
速度從來沒有殺死任何人,突然靜止 ... 那才是殺死你的原因。