Downforce, we've got Downforce here!
High-stakes bidding on million-dollar race cars. Frantic bets placed in secret even as the cars race around the track. And to the victor, the biggest purse of all. But in the world of motor racing, the margin between victory and defeat can be a single moment: a steep banked turn, tires screaming and spitting out smoke, and the downforce, pressing you down in your seat and keeping you on the track as you make your move inside to pull ahead.
Downforce is a card-driven bidding, racing, and betting game for 2-6 players based on Top Race, the award-winning design by the legendary Wolfgang Kramer.
Players first bid to own the six cars in the race, then they play cards from their hand to speed them around the track. However, most cards will also move their opponents' cars. So figuring out just the right time to play a card is the key to victory. Along the way, players make secret bets on who they think will win the race. Whoever has the most money from their prize money, winning bets, and remaining bank wins.
This is a game whose design needed no attention. Years of play and multiple versions have honed it to near perfection. On the contrary, one of the design challenges was figuring which of the many rules modules to incorporate to create the most fun version. Downforce also adds variable player powers to improve replayability. But mostly, it improves the look of the game to make it gorgeous and easy to play. Special attention was paid to the colors, the layout of the cards, the design of the cars, the details on the board, and more.
You get it : it's impressive, but easy to play.
You can try the game right here :
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=downforce
PLEASE NOTE
*The boards "Switchback Pass" and "Crosstown Speedway" from "DANGER CIRCUIT" expansion, as well as "Aloha Island" from "WILD RIDE" expansion pack ARE available to play.
BUT the new special abilities from "DANGER CIRCUIT" expansion pack as well as the "Savannah Stretch" board from the "WILD RIDE" expansion are NOT available yet.*
The team would like to thank, of course, Restoration Games for making it possible to have this game here, as well as Rob Daviau, Justin D. Jacobson and Wolfgang Kramer for their wonderful game.
A very special thank you goes to our developer, bdrieu, who did an amazing labor of love porting the game to BGA.
And to finish, a quote from Jeremy Clarkson :
Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary… that’s what gets you.
DOWNFORCE: Se tes o control, non estas a ir rápido dabondo!
Downforce, temos Downforce aquí!
Apostas altas sobre coches de carreira de millóns de dólares.
Apostas tolas colocádas en segredo mentras os coches percorren a pista.
E para o vencedor, o maior premio de todos.
Pero no mundo das carreiras de automóbiles, a marxe entre a vitoria e a derrota pode ser un só momento: un xiro escarpado, os neumáticos berran e escupen fume, e a adherencia, presionándote no teu asento e manténdote na pista mentras ti fas o teu movemento cara o interior para adiantar.
Downforce é un xogo de cartas, apostas e carreiras para 2-6 xogadores baseado en Top Race, o galardonado deseño do lendario Wolfgang Kramer.
Os xogadores primeiro poxan por posuír os seis coches da carreira, logo xogan ás cartas da súa man para movelos darredor da pista.
Nembargantes, a maioría das cartas tamén moverán os coches dos teus adversarios.
Así que descubrir o momento axeitado para xogar unha carta é a clave para a vitoria.
Ao longo do camiño, os xogadores fan apostas segredas sobre quen pensan que gañará a carreira.
O que máis cartos gañe do seu premio, apostas gañadoras e aforros restantes gaña a partida.
Este é un xogo cuxo deseño non necesitaba atención.
Anos de xogo e varias versións adaptárono á perfección.
Pola contra, un dos desafíos de deseño foi descubrir cal dos moitos módulos de regras incorporar para crear a versión máis divertida.
Downforce tamén engade poderes de xogador variable para mellorar a rexogabilidade.
Pero maioritariamente, mellora o aspecto do xogo para facelo fermoso e doado.
Prestouse especial atención ás cores, á disposición das tarxetas, ao deseño dos coches, aos detalles no taboleiro e moito máis.
Aí o tes: é impresionante, pero fácil de xogar.
Podes probar o xogo aquí:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=downforce
*** POR FAVOR TEN EN CONTA***
Os taboleiros "Switchback Pass" e "Crosstown Speedway" da expansión "DANGER CIRCUIT", así como "Aloha Island" do paquete de expansión "WILD RIDE" están dispoñibles.
PERO as novas habilidades especiais do paquete de expansión "DANGER CIRCUIT" e do taboleiro "Savannah Stretch" da expansión "WILD RIDE" aínda non están dispoñibles.
O equipo quere agradecer, por suposto, a Restoration Games por facer posible ter este xogo aquí, así como a Rob Daviau, Justin D.
Jacobson e Wolfgang Kramer polo seu marabilloso xogo.
Un agradecemento moi especial para o noso desarrollador, bdrieu, que fixo un incrible traballo de amor portando o xogo á BGA.
E para rematar, unha cita de Jeremy Clarkson:
A velocidade nunca matou a ninguén e de súpeto quedou inmóbil ... é o que che atrae.