1973 · Racing
Hare & Tortoise
Players race to the finish while managing a shared pool of carrots as movement fuel and three mandatory lettuce cards to spend during the game. Movement costs carrots proportional to distance moved, and players gain or lose carrots through board spaces and special rules; the goal is to arrive with about ten carrots or fewer remaining. Hare squares and similar spaces introduce catch-up mechanics or penalties, and several common variants alter how those spaces work (miss-a-turn, delayed rewards, or payments when overtaken). Turns consist of choosing how far to move, paying carrots, optionally playing lettuce cards, and resolving space effects until one player meets the finish condition.
- Players
- 2–6 best 4
- Playing time
- 45 min
- Age
- 8+
- Complexity
- 1.9 / 5
About the game
- Design
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Full stats in Ludoya- 80
- Plays logged
- 109
- Players
- 55m 50s
- Average play
- 45
- In collections
5.5/10
from 21 Ludoya reviews
Garfield2.0 I played it when I was a child and now in 2016 again. But I'll play it never again. Too much luck involved. Start player has a big advantage. And it takes too long for a simple game like that.
SrCornelius8.0 Local-(092)
Fernando7.0 Cuando me tocó en el Jesta 2014 y vi la caja, me dije, vaya mierda, ya me ha tocado otro juego de niños... Sin embargo, una vez lo juegas, te das cuenta de que lo único que tiene de niños son las ilustraciones y temática. El objetivo es simple, debes ser la primera liebre en llegar a la meta. A partir de ahí el juego se convierte en pura estrategia y cálculo, porque tú eliges libremente cuántas casillas avanzas o cuántas retrocedes; teniendo en cuenta lo que te cuesta cada movimiento. Por lo tanto el azar se reduce a la mínima expresión. Ganador del premio Spiel des Jahres en 1979! Fue el ganador de la primera edición de tan prestigioso premio.
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