Cover art for Pole Position

Pole Position

2024 · BGG
Avg rating
8.29
Bayes rating
5.77
Weight
2.90 (Medium)
Players
1-6
Playtime
3 hr
Ratings count
347

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Description

Pole Position is a race game that has the following features:


 Box entry: to change the kind of tyres and repair car damage.
 Climatology: get the best tyre according the weather. 
 4 types of tyres (soft, hard, intermediate, hard rain)
 Auction for overtake.
 Asymmetry of drivers and teams.
 Collisions, breakdowns
 Campaign mode: world championship
 8 different circuits


Each race lasts 5 or 6 laps. In each race you have to choose which kind of tyres you use. Your strategy during the race is crucial:


 When to overtake: Overtake it's not an easy question, you have to decide the right moment.
 When and how use your break points, engine points and driver points during the race.
 When to enter box: this is a crucial decision in the game you have to enter your box depending on the weather and the car damage.


—description from the publisher



Mechanics

Auction / Bidding Critical Hits and Failures Grid Movement Negotiation Player Elimination Push Your Luck Race Simulation Team-Based Game Turn Order: Stat-Based

Themes

None recorded

Publishers

Doit Games GameGiant

Designers

José Joaquín Bernal