Winner’s Circle
Winner’s Circle – A Horse Racing Board Game
Searching for a horse racing board game?
Do you want to immerse yourself in the excitement of the tracks? Do you want to place bets and shout encouragement for your horse to win?
Horse racing is fun and exciting and there are several published board games that try to recreate the magic of the sport.
One such game is called…
Winner’s Circle
And they’re off….!
Winner’s Circle is a horse racing board game designed by Reiner Knizia. It is a strategy board game and allows you to bet on a favorite horse and help your horse to win.
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The game is published by F2F Games and is available for purchase at fine game stores.
Winner’s Circle:
- Designed by: Reiner Knizia
- Published by: Face 2 Face Games
- Number of players: 2-6
- Playing time: 45-60 minutes
- Player ages: 8+
In this horse racing board game, you are a bettor and your goal is to make the most money at the end of three laps.
Winner’s Circle – A Quick Overview
During the game, you will try to ensure that it is your horse that places first by:
- choosing to move the most appropriate horse (not necessarily the one you bet on)
- advancing your horses as far as possible
- slowing down others’ horses
- making threats or convincing other players into moving your horses!
The first horse to place the pace marker (space 18 on the board) will reward the bettor with an additional $100 payout per bet.
Only the first three horses to finish the race will pay out.
Winner’s Circle – Game Play
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You start the game by placing bets among the seven horses available for the first race. After placing the bets, each player will take turns to roll a special die and pick any horse to move.
The strategy in this game is to move horses such that your horse is the one most likely to win.
How do you pick a horse to move?
First you roll a special die, which has icons instead of pips, and based on the result of the die roll, you pick a horse. Each horse is represented by a tile which gives its movement abilities for a given roll.
For instance, if you roll a helmet, the horse, Equipoise, will move five spaces.
All horses are mathematically balanced (Dr. Reiner Knizia is a mathematics professor at a German university!) to have the same movement capabilities over time.
Winner’s Circle – Summary
Winner’s Circle is a great horse racing board game and it is suitable for teaching players about:
- managing risk
- manipulating odds
- diplomacy
- having fun!
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Winner’s Circle is a game that is best played with 4-6 players and it has interesting movement mechanics that allow for a lot of great table talk. It is an interactive game and it will surely provide a lot of fun for you in a short playing time.
Happy gaming.
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