But even if you wouldn’t go within a mile of Ascot and couldn’t care less about the Grand National, you’d have to try hard not to enjoy this fast-paced, push-your-luck experience.Įach player gets their own brightly coloured player sheet, which they’ll scrawl on with a dry-erase marker. It’s not a world that’ll be to every player’s taste – especially those of us who question the sport’s treatment of its equine participants, and the social cost of gambling on its outcomes. This latest title from designer Chris Handy (actually a streamlined roll-and-write-ish remix of his 2009 game Long Shot) takes place in the world of 1930s horse racing, with players betting on and/or buying horses while racing them around its dinky, cartoony track. If Long Shot: The Dice Game proves anything, it’s that you shouldn’t judge a board game by its theme.
