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.
DOWNFORCE: Ako imate kontrolu, ne idete dovoljno brzo!
Dole, ovde imamo Downforce!
Licitiranje visokih uloga za trkačke automobile vrijedne milijun dolara.
Frantic oklade postavljaju u tajnosti čak i dok se automobili utrkuju oko staze.
A pobjedniku, najveća torbica od svih.
Ali u svijetu automobilskih utrka, granica između pobjede i poraza može biti jedan jedini trenutak: strmi nagib, gume i vrisak, ispuhivanje dima i sila, pritiskajući vas na sjedalu i držite vas na stazi dok vi učini svoj potez unutra da se povuče naprijed.
Downforce je igra za licitiranje, utrke i klađenje na karticama za 2-6 igrača koja se temelji na Top Raceu, nagrađivanom dizajnu legendarnog Wolfganga Kramera.
Igrači prvo natječu da posjeduju šest automobila u utrci, a zatim igraju karte iz ruke kako bi ih ubrzali oko staze.
Međutim, većina kartica također će pomicati automobile svojih protivnika.
Dakle, zaključivanje kako je pravo vrijeme za igranje karte ključ pobjede.
Uz put, igrači daju tajne oklade za koga misle da će pobijediti u utrci.
Tko ima najviše novca od svog nagradnog novca, dobitnih oklada i preostalih pobjeda u banci.
Ovo je igra na čiji dizajn nije bila potrebna pažnja.
Godine igre i više verzija dovele su je do savršenstva.
Naprotiv, jedan od izazova dizajna bilo je pronalaženje koji od mnogih modula pravila koje treba uključiti kako bi se stvorila najzabavnija verzija.
Downforce također dodaje ovlasti promjenjivih igrača za poboljšanje mogućnosti reprodukcije.
Ali uglavnom, poboljšava izgled igre kako bi bio prekrasan i jednostavan za igru.
Posebna pažnja posvećena je bojama, rasporedu karata, dizajnu automobila, detaljima na ploči i još mnogo toga.
Shvaćate: impresivno je, ali lako se igrati.
Možete isprobati igru ovdje:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=downforce
MOLIM ZABILJEŽITE
Ploče „Switchback Pass“ i „Crosstown Speedway“ od širenja „DANGER CIRCUIT“, kao i „Aloha Island“ iz „WILD RIDE“ proširenja mogu se igrati.
Ali nove posebne sposobnosti ekspanzijskog paketa "DANGER CIRCUIT", kao i ploča "Savannah Stretch" iz proširenja "WILD RIDE", još uvijek nisu dostupne.
Tim se naravno želi zahvaliti restorativnim igrama što su omogućile da ova igra bude ovdje, kao i Robu Daviauu, Justinu D.
Jacobson i Wolfgang Kramer zbog njihove divne igre.
Vrlo posebna hvala upućujemo našem programeru, bdrieu, koji je obavio nevjerojatan trud ljubavi prenoseći igru na BGA.
I za kraj, citat Jeremyja Clarksona:
Brzina nikad nikoga nije ubila, iznenada postaje nepomična ... to je ono što te dobiva.