Night at the Races (Games Workshop?? 2023)
This one was a bit confusing right away: the box said Games Workshop and I got it because I like Games Workshop stuff, but the copyright said Professor Puzzle 2023. The box said it's a "rapid-fire betting game" but what's actually in the box? There's a cute little race track, some horses that have a good feel to them, a stack of play money and some cards of decent quality. As for the pace of the game, the main die says STAY (move 0), MOVE (move 1) and GALLOP (move 2), distributed as 0-0-1-1-1-2, and half the spaces are red making you draw a CHANCE card where half the cards send you back, and a few make you lose a turn. So that's not going to be fast paced. Nope. I think we started off rolling STAY three times in a row. Whee. Nothing happened. There is a betting aspect, which is reasonably well planned, although the default win of $150 for a 2-player game versus even a moderate bet of $100 at 15-to-1 odds means it's more about which odds cards you pic...