Great list. I recently played Heat and liked it a lot! I'm also a big fan of Thunder Alley and the way it captures the feel of team-based stock car racing.
Cubitos is great but when i play it with my son or nieces they thrash me. Its like Quacks, kids have no idea of calculating risk so just merrily go nuts and seem to get away with it while I go bust/explode my cauldron.😂
Cubitos was one of those games that the guy who buys every game bought brings to game night once or twice and tells you how great the game is and you never see it again as they bring another greatest game for the next two weeks!
I always enjoyed Snow Tails, but it seems like the last revision only had one printing, and as a result very few people have ever played it. Great vid, as always!
Haha... been getting into modern board gaming lately so have been shopping around RU-vidrs to see who to follow for recommendations (much like I do with video gaming channels) and I did not expect someone in this style. Good shit, total Chad of a board gamer.
Thank you for this great list. Sorry to say I have only played 3 of these games. I don´t like the Heat game. To me this game could be about anything. I didn´t get the race feeling at all. Formula D I do like a lot. But the best of them all must be as you put it at first place, Ave Caesar. Simple and you could block your opponents using the cards right, and a bit of luck. I bought my copy, Ravensburg, in 1989, and loved it ever since. Easy to learn, easy to teach but not so easy to master
My top ten racing games: 1. Rallyman: DIRT / Rallyman: GT 2. Formula D 3. Gaslands: Refuelled 4. Jamaica 5. Ave Caesar 6. Beppo der Bock 7. Fiese Kühe 8. Stockers 9. Giro Galoppo 10. Thunder Alley
Awesome video as always! Now I have to find a copy of pitchcar and power boats! Curious if Thunder Road doesn’t make the list because you haven’t played or because it’s complete dog sh-t? It’s one of my favorite guilt pleasure games right now 😂
A few non-bollocks racing games for your consideration - 'Snow Tails' (dog-sled racing), 'Odin's Ravens' (racing ravens, errr), and two old timers 'Formula One' (obviously racing cars from Waddingtons as was) and 'Pole Position' (from Piatnik).
You convinced me to buy Ave Caesar in a previous video. I just ordered the Dice Tree version and it is supposed to come Saturday. Can't wait to give it a try. Just need to figure out where I can find sleeves to fit those cards. Oddest card size in my whole collection.
That's fair! I just wanted to know if it was up for your consideration in your list. There's just something I love about that game when you boost your car over the finish line, crumbling it down to it's last piece to just eeek out a victory. I'll be looking up some of the games from you list for sure though. :)
I really like dice game it kinda of a addiction sadly i don't have a lot of them... Think about scouring the for free print and play to scratch the itch
I seems like some good games. I haven't tried all of them. I favourite Racing Games are Odins Ravens, Ave Caesar and The Oracle of Delphi. I also remember once playing a dog sled racing game called Snow Tails that was very unique and I enjoyed, but I don't think that it's in print anymore.
Surprised not to see Downforce/Top Race on here - though perhaps that's more a betting game than a racing game? Similar blocking mechanic to Ave Caesar.
Downforce is one of my favorites. I had the Daytona 500 game when I was little and this is just an F1 version of that. Same movement cards but on a road course instead of Daytona.
I have the original Ave Caeser and can confirm Leeds Utd are the best, sorry got carried away, it is my fav racing game. Would have Charioteer and Circus Maximus in there as well. Infamy, infamy…
Great top 10, recently got cheap copy(£10) of Formula D for the club I run...went down an absolute blast. Likin the look of Ave Caesar maybe to add to club collection. Btw, thank f**k for straightforward, no-nonsense reviews here... Broken Meeple site is turning into a waiting room at your local GPs full of old coffin dodgers, where all ya hear is moaning n whining about the weather(too sunny apparently lolol) and medical ailments...jeez, bore us to tears with your problems Luke, why doncha???!!
That being said, this channel and Broken Meeple are the only 2 channels I know where I can get decent & objective reviews. Any other you could recommend?
Tbh I like my relatively dry Euros, and very similar tastes to Dan from Chairman of the Board channel. So, if you like them, give him a try...though don't expect to be hugely entertained or wowed by his charm, wit and repartee. But I do like his channel.
For halloween could you go through zombies!!! by twilight creations and all 15!!! of its expansions that would be a great video/sting of vids. for me at least haha
