Cover art for Racetrack

Racetrack

1973 · BGG
Avg rating
6.37
Bayes rating
5.56
Weight
1.47 (Light)
Players
2-8
Playtime
15 min
Ratings count
175

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Description

Racetrack is a paper and pencil game of unknown origins which simulates a car race in an abstract manner.

Racetrack is played on a sheet of square graph paper on which a track is drawn. Each turn a player draws the movement vector for his or her car - it can differ from the previous move's vector by only a certain amount (e.g., 2 squares total). A fair amount of planning is therefore necessary in order to negotiate curves safely.

The game has inspired many others, including:

 Motor Speed
 Tacara
 Bolide
 Triplanetary
 Breakneck Blitz
 Generic Racing Game
 VektoRace
 Grid Race




Mechanics

Line Drawing Paper-and-Pencil

Themes

Racing

Publishers

(Public Domain)

Designers

(Uncredited)