The Formula 1 season opens with Michael Schumacher, there is a comeback of a special kind enough reason to draw a parallel to a real Formula 1 - Board Game - classics. Top Race ventures in racing games already the 5 th of Pegasus comeback after 1974 (Tempo) 1982 (Niki Lauda's Formula 1, as well as "Top Race" in 1996 and 2002, so it is virtually the Schumi among racing games.

Top Race simulates a Formula 1 circus. Players take on a racing stable and to bid for the race cars participating in the colors corresponding to the previously drawn action cards. These cards are in the course of a race, one or several moving cars. Thus, it plays a significant role in the body color will be auctioned at the beginning.

The race then proceeds through the playing off of the card and the race plan on the available fields. In curves can this lead to bottlenecks if there to stop cars and thereby block the advancement of the other car. With Breakdown and Spurtkarten can influence the race further. For the finishing line then waved attractive prizes, which can be used in the following race to the successful bid for a new car. The richest player at the end of the season wins the game.

The Pegasus - version of the game has to offer over its predecessors, some more. The races can be played on up to four different tracks, making a real racing season can be simulated.

As a kind of extension, rather than complement, the variant "pit-stop can be played, with not a few cards are played from the hand, but are either taken from the discard pile or from a special display in the box on my hand. This allows cards that match the race set up at the right time, but at the expense of a game turn again.

In previous games there was a writing block, were noted on the tips during the race, which in the end cars have the edge. This was followed by small racing and tip markers, which can be flexibly used for typing. For tips on a particular car the player will receive the corresponding prize.

Instead of the tips may also be more complex variant of "shares" are played. In it, the cars have no direct owner, but the players hold shares in the car and bid at the beginning of the game, the movement cards. The aim now is to optimize the gain possession of the shares so that the racing cars, which can pick up on the highest Aktienstand, anterior placements and, hence, bring the most money.

Other variants of the long history of top race game designer Wolfgang Kramer has summarized on its website:

http://kramer-spiele.privat.t-online.de/varianten/varianten.htm # 05 - The variants, however, date from the year 2003.

Purists will not be much left for variants have and insist on the basic game in its original form, however, these variations make real change and a little more complexity into the game and make some more top race into a real Formula 1 - Manager - simulation. Okay, the next version will still have to license the cars and drivers .

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