{"product_id":"iello-downforce-game","title":"Iello Downforce Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on Daytona 500 and Top Race by legendary designer Wolfgang Kramer. Card driven racing. Auction, racing, and betting mechanisms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlayers invested in everyone's turn. Unique special abilities for each racer. Number of Players: 2 to 6.Highstakes bidding on milliondollar race cars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrantic bets placed in secret even as the cars race around the track. And to the victor, the biggest purse of all. But, in the world of motor racing, the margin between victory and defeat can be a single moment: a steep banked turn, tires screaming and spitting out smoke, and the downforce, pressing you down in your seat and keeping you on the track as you make your move inside to pull ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDownforce is a card game for 26 players based on Top Race, the awardwinning design by the legendary Wolfgang Kramer. Players first bid to own the six cars in the race. Then, they play cards from their hand to speed them around the track.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever, most cards will also move their opponents cars. So figuring out just the right time to play a card is the key to victory. Along the way, players will make secret bets on who they think will win the race.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhoever has the most money from their prize money, winning bets, and remaining bank wins the game. Back in 1974, Top Race began as Tempo, a themeless race game on a straight track and Kramers first published game. In 1980, he brought it back as Niki Laudas Formel 1, now licensed and featuring the race car theme that would garner it so much attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1996, he released the definitive version of his racing system with Top Race, recommended for the Spiel des Jahres (the same year he won it for El Grande). Over the next decade, it would see print under a number of different names and licenses, including a Daytona 500 version put out by Milton Bradley in 1990. It was this version that Rob had so much fun playing with his kids around the family table.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor this restoration, we were dealing with a game whose design needed no attention. Years of play and multiple versions have honed it to near perfection. On the contrary, one of our primary design challenges was figuring which of the many rules modules to incorporate to create the most fun version.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe also wanted to add some variability to the play experience, so we incorporated variable player powers. But mostly, we wanted to bring the component quality up to a high level for a wider audience. Most of our time was spent polishing the look of the game to make it gorgeous and easy to play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe paid special attention to the colors, the layout of the cards, the design of the cars, the details on the board, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IELLO","offers":[{"title":"SuperGamers","offer_id":40427869667529,"sku":"10057144","price":62.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"KG Super Store","offer_id":40428068438217,"sku":"10057144","price":82.72,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0024\/9803\/5810\/files\/6c0475e1c90b4394a932f0b8f9dab63b.jpg?v=1776072247","url":"https:\/\/www.jbhifi.com.au\/products\/iello-downforce-game","provider":"JB Hi-Fi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}