It's a leap-to-the-finish in this colorful game of fast-moving reptiles. Choose a secret creature card, shake the cup and pour out the picture tiles. Move your lizard forward or backward depending on what the tiles show. But look before you leap or else you could wind up at the back of the line! The first player to jump to the finish is the king of chameleons.
Players place track and cities, create routes, and deliver goods. Bonuses are awarded to players who deliver multiple types of goods. This game requires careful management of steam to move your train as well as hand management to thwart other players as well as enable your own route.
500 copies manufactured for Essen 2008.
Days of Steam is #5 in the Valley Games Modern Line
A Japanese racing and sports competition game using athletes with special powers. The game is consistent with other games in the Grimpeur series in that it comes in a colorful small box and has modest components.
Game Summary
Players all start with seed money, used to draft a team of racers. The racers come out in random order, and each have a unique power (mostly modifying movement rules, sometimes giving extra pre- or post- race abilities). The draft is as follows: shift any unbought racers down one step on the board (decreasing prices as they shift), then add a new card to the display. If all spaces full, must buy one. After players have their racers (a few will remain out of game), there will be 4 or 5 races. For each race, players secretly simultaneously choose a racer. Then, in turn order, simply roll d6 and move your racer. Of course, special powers modify movement throughout the race.
The first 2 finishers score VP (more VP in later races); most VP after all races wins!
Game description from the publisher:
The year is 1911. The earth holds only one unexplored place for man: the coldest place on earth. You are one of the five legendary arctic explorers racing to be the first to set foot on the South Pole.
By considering the terrain ahead in Roll to the South Pole, players must choose an optimal route and use their dice to take them farther into no-man's land. Will you know when to rest and when to keep pushing your luck? Will your route go straight south or through one of the depots? Can you properly manage your resources, or will you run short at the wrong time?
The race of high risks and careful planning is about to begin. Will you be the first player to the South Pole?
Reimplements:
Amundsen: Kappløpet til Sydpolen (According to the designer, the games share theme and graphics, but differ in game play, with Amundsen being a light game and Roll to the South Pole being a more strategic affair.)
Gentle-creeps…Start Your Mayhem!
In this customizable racing game, your Hot Rod Creeps team is your ticket to glory! Each team has its own special deck of movement cards and its own strategy. Customize your Hot Rod! Add a new Engine, Weapon, Pit Crew, or set of Wheels at a Pit Stop along the way. Customize your racetracks! Make them as wild and crazy as you want, with more than 50 interlocking track tiles. Everything you need for a race unlike anything you’ve ever see is included with Hot Rod Creeps!
Key Features
• There are six teams to choose from: Epic Battle Wizards, Monsters, The Underworld, Food Fighters, Aliens and Rockabilly!
• Build your own track! Dangerous Curves, Pit Stops, “The Jump”, and Hazards are but a few of the dozens of track pieces that allow you to create the track of your dreams… or nightmares!
• Each Hot Rod has its own deck and its own unique strategy. Your deck doubles as your Gas Tank. Run out of cards and you run out of gas!
• Players also have access to the powerful, but often dangerous, Nitro deck. Blaze a trail to the front of the pack, but watch out – you might get burned!
• Customize your Hot Rod with cards like the Horrific Hamster Haven, the Black Plague Rat-apult, the Ketchup Mechanics, or the Clown Car Corner Clingers. Blast your opponents as you blow by them.