In Wikipedia it says: "The a frikanische Strauss (Struthio camelus) is a ratite , and is the largest living bird on earth. "And later:" ... The ostrich has very long legs with a strong running muscles. , a speed of 50 km / h, the ostrich last about half an hour ... .. "; Its top speed is 70 mph. A wonderful topic, then, to make it a funny racing game.

The authors thought the Gordon and Fraser Lamont probably in 2009 and brought the game "Savannah Tails" self-publishing out. In Germany, the Kosmos-Verlag attention to the game, provided them with a minor facelift and renamed it "forward-Strauss" in the name.

"Strauss ahead" to the genre is one of the "racing games", which in the history of board games have a very long tradition. 2-5 players send their long-legged birds in the race and try to run on a race track their individually composed Strauss as a first across the finish line.

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