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Official Horse Race Game Thread (9 Viewers)
- Thread starter wonderpuddle
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New board, new chips. First time 'felting' the Lunars from Tina, and first time playing on the new board. Really like it, but the tracks aren't easy to keep track of. Going to have to stain some lanes or label the holes to make it easier to follow them along. Fun time!
TKEUofM
Flush
Played with our NYE party. Old school with quarters and dollars.
buffalojim
Royal Flush
That's awesome man, never saw a round board like that, I really like it! My family loves this game actually, we just play for dimes, nothing crazy.
LoL, this was family night. We just played for funsies
And thank goodness too, since I was down to one of each chip when we called it!
The kids love this game! Can’t wait to get my topper to play this on the big table
Had a couple of questions, I'm sure they've been answered prior but ...
- How many cards per player?
- Still possible with 2 players? My wife wanted to play with me on game nights so wanted to make sure it can still be done
- If the scratches are .25/.50/.75/1 what is the entry fee?
- Are there situations where the entire pot doesn't get taken? And it would go to the next game?
- Thought I saw a table topper in this thread, are those available somewhere?
I answered your questions in the box “click to expand”
You can look up the rules on Google btw type in horse racing board game rules.
Good luck playing it’s super fun and rolling dice is fun
Barth
Pair
We played over the holidays with each scratched horse starting at 1 chip fee if rolled, then 2, 3, 4, then back to 1 and repeat. Seemed to grow the pot fairly well and kept everyone paying attention to try and not roll the scratched horse in the higher fee spots.
Has anyone done this with tourney chips to encourage early arrival ? I was considering giving everyone who arrives on time a free barrel of hundos. Jockey purse ante of $200. Scratched horses cost $100, $200, $300, and $400. Winners split the purse and get that amount added to their tourney stacks.
merkong
Full House
One of our Captains apparently has a lot of time on his hands and deliberated a few variants to the beloved and favorite degenerate pre-poker favorite. I obliged him with fashioning a board out of a broken coffee table I didn’t have the heart to simply trash.
We already play two decks, $1-2 jockey fee, have never scratched at .25/.50/.75/1.00 and always done first two horses .25, second two .50 and have other versions of that too.
We use a 13 sided die.
The two decks is a must and the non-weighted “jumps” it takes to get to the finish line usually puts 3-5 horses neck and neck at the finish. Also, it neither screws you for getting those “bad” ponies either because they have a long track or because they’re scratched and you roll them non-stop.
We don’t have to remove the Aces and Kings as well. Major Tom had purchased a lower ended set for Beta testing hence the large candy lollipop styled horses were using. Also, had to sub in a couple of Knights from a spare chess set.
The Joker in the corner is for the "Jockey Fee"
We like it and it has been what we do pre-flop for awhile and the board, while rudimentary, is cool.
Continuing to up the stakes is also something we’ll continue to do because we open the bank while cleaning up and sell more plaques.
Good times.
We already play two decks, $1-2 jockey fee, have never scratched at .25/.50/.75/1.00 and always done first two horses .25, second two .50 and have other versions of that too.
We use a 13 sided die.
The two decks is a must and the non-weighted “jumps” it takes to get to the finish line usually puts 3-5 horses neck and neck at the finish. Also, it neither screws you for getting those “bad” ponies either because they have a long track or because they’re scratched and you roll them non-stop.
We don’t have to remove the Aces and Kings as well. Major Tom had purchased a lower ended set for Beta testing hence the large candy lollipop styled horses were using. Also, had to sub in a couple of Knights from a spare chess set.
The Joker in the corner is for the "Jockey Fee"
We like it and it has been what we do pre-flop for awhile and the board, while rudimentary, is cool.
Continuing to up the stakes is also something we’ll continue to do because we open the bank while cleaning up and sell more plaques.
Good times.
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guyfleegman
Flush
I lLOVE this version of the game. Smooths out the racetrack, more “photo finishes” easy to make your own board….
That said, it got me thinking about the math involved…
Why not use A-Q for 12 spots?
12 sided dice are pretty common in the world of table top games already( Dungeons & Dragons etc.) AND with a deck of 48 cards you have an even number of cards dealt out when playing with:
2-3-4-6-8-12 players
13 “horses” makes it impossible for equal cards to each player unless you have 4 players.
Now I know that you don’t HAVE to deal out equal amounts of cards but it does make it more “fair” for a lot more circumstances (5 or 7 or 9 players excepted).
Just a thought.
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