Great video! If I may, I would add 4 additional racing games that may be worth considering, even though they are quite old: - Elefantenparade : basicaly leapfrogging, the boardgame. Each player has 2 elephants, but has to move 3 at their turn, mostly by leapfrogging. There are pitfalls (rivers), and intermediate objectives. - Hare and Tortoise : here, the players choose to spend carrots to go forward (in triangular number), or go backwards to earn carrots. There are mandatory pit-stops (lettuces to eat), and in order to pass the finish line, the amount of carrots a player can own is very limited. There are some catch-back mechanisms -Turfmaster : a simple but elegant horse race. The lane changes are quite limited, the leaders are quite hampered in their speed, and the game is quite fast-paced and tactical. - And, of course, backgammon.
Thanks for the video. I have a prototype for a rollercoaster game and, although not technically a racing game and would be excluded using your criteria, I did get some inspiration for some rules tweaks. Thanks for the coverage and especially enjoyed the transitions from one game concept to the next within the same game to make it flow better.
I'm huge fan of your designer videos and just like the others I'm a new designer and got so much help just by watching these! I know that you're putting so much time and effort to put this videos together, but I promise, it's totally worth it. Thank you so much! I would love to see a video about how to design a good and interesting card game which allows lots of interesting choices for a player's 🙌🏻 Aki game Designer from Finland and founder of Bomb Away card game ❤
Much appreciated Aki. Yes, it is many, many hours of work - so I'm glad they're helping! I was a little disillusioned after the many negative comments on my "Outdated mechanisms" video - even though it had vastly more views and new subscribers than any of my other videos!!! I don't have a thick enough skin to post controversial topics I think! Haha.
@@AdaminWales Surprised about any negative comments (I usually don't read past the top few). Your work is an incredible resource and benefit to designers, players and game historians!
One example of a weird racing game (well, it is a racing game for me) is Freese's Fast Sloths. It is similar to Powerboats in the sense you don't have a set track. You need to visit 8 locations, in any order.
Excellent as usual Mr. Wales, I have tried my hand at making a few videos and even tho I'm just doing a voice over a clip, man, it is a lot of work. Your videos are so well produced and edited, I can only imagine what goes into each one, great job!. You should think about kickstarting your Stratego game, its a risk but maybe you could have some sort of survey to see interest?
Thanks. Much appreciated :) I don’t really have any inclination to do crowdfunding / self-publishing at all. It isn’t really something that interests me, so I doubt I’ll go that route. But I appreciate the suggestion!
Great video and its given me stuff to think about with regards to my design. Also wanted to throw out there 'First Past The Post' as it was known here in the UK or Lose your shirt, as it is also known. Was a horse racing game with card movment and you had to take a card from your hand at the start of the race to place face down, as your 'bet upon horse'.
very good video! and love the series. you have missed my favorite racing game though. Speed Circuit, or CFR is the newer edition. its another game that doesnt use dice rolls or cards for speed. you build a car with limitations like acceleration and each turn you simply decide what speed you want to go within your parameters. there is a die, used only when you want push your vehicle. this is a very old game that uses the player in first goes first mechanic.
@@AdaminWales I haven't played formula 1 so I'm not sure on that, it may be. Maybe it inspired this. Although in speed circuit there is no dashboard, you just write things down on a pad including creating your car. The newer version CFR uses cards just to keep track of current speed and what your car load out is.
in Heat the "weather condition" token doesn't apply for the whole track, just for the parts of track that have weather token drawn. So if you don't draw weather tokens for any part of the track weather doesn't apply anywhere, and from the main weather token only starting cards modifiers apply. I've checked this several times during our playthroughs since it seems really weird - but that's how it is in rules.
I nit-pick here specifically because from the design point of view it seems like an odd choice and I still don't get it why it's done like that. I love Heat design overall, though.
Fantastic guide to racing mechanics, good to see some of my favourites too like BMX & Formula 1 Waddingtons. Could I get your thoughts on my race game “Park Racer” that uses custom black & white action dice that move the car based on the track side matching colour while also activating the die’s rolled action - currently selected gear corresponds to number of dice to be rolled” …
Hey Adam, just stumbled upon your videos! Do you have any videos that would help me get better at creating game show formats? If anything, i like dexterity games, stuff with mazes/rooms and contraptions like Mouse Trap...thanks:)
Hi, I’m afraid I don’t have much knowledge of game shows. But maybe these videos might help?!? How to design a PARTY game *Board Game Design* ruclips.net/video/rKSbnWi5xac/видео.html Bored of jigsaws? Here are 10 types of Puzzle Board Games to play instead! *Top 10 Mechanisms* ruclips.net/video/JzFB8yjZcZw/видео.html
Hey Adam, I appreciate the honest answer to my question. Can you recommend any other games similar to Mousetrap. Rumble in the Jungle, Piazza Rabazza, etc... BTW I did email you before I saw that you responded here, sorry about that...
Ah! No worries. Here’s a video where I talked about games with “table presence”. I think Burg Appenzell would be a good one to check out (I don’t think I knew that one when I made the video). RANKING 50 Board Games with amazing table presence! ruclips.net/video/yyh3AEk4Jvg/видео.html
RUclips selects the most appropriate definition for each video - for a video like this, I use a number of clips and images from publishers’ promotional materials. So I would imagine that some of those were lower quality and reduced the definition of the video as a whole.
I agree with you. “Action” games really need to get out the way of themselves - heavy rulesets tend to slow a game down and dissipate tension. Dexterity works well in action games - Pitch Car is a good example on this list.
As a newer designer and board game enthusiast, these videos are an amazing resource and incredibly entertaining! Thanks 👍
Glad you found it useful! (And enjoyable!)
@AdaminWales In my opinion, this is definitely your best series. Please keep updating!
@@AdaminWalesreally learned a lot about board game mechanics and some interesting board games to buy.
I just found this channel yesterday and went on a mechanic binge. Great to see a new one pop up!
Glad to hear it's binge-worthy! :)
Great video!
If I may, I would add 4 additional racing games that may be worth considering, even though they are quite old:
- Elefantenparade : basicaly leapfrogging, the boardgame. Each player has 2 elephants, but has to move 3 at their turn, mostly by leapfrogging. There are pitfalls (rivers), and intermediate objectives.
- Hare and Tortoise : here, the players choose to spend carrots to go forward (in triangular number), or go backwards to earn carrots. There are mandatory pit-stops (lettuces to eat), and in order to pass the finish line, the amount of carrots a player can own is very limited. There are some catch-back mechanisms
-Turfmaster : a simple but elegant horse race. The lane changes are quite limited, the leaders are quite hampered in their speed, and the game is quite fast-paced and tactical.
- And, of course, backgammon.
Thanks for the video. I have a prototype for a rollercoaster game and, although not technically a racing game and would be excluded using your criteria, I did get some inspiration for some rules tweaks. Thanks for the coverage and especially enjoyed the transitions from one game concept to the next within the same game to make it flow better.
Glad it was helpful! :)
I wish I could like it twice! Thank you for the video!
I'm huge fan of your designer videos and just like the others I'm a new designer and got so much help just by watching these! I know that you're putting so much time and effort to put this videos together, but I promise, it's totally worth it. Thank you so much!
I would love to see a video about how to design a good and interesting card game which allows lots of interesting choices for a player's 🙌🏻
Aki game Designer from Finland and founder of Bomb Away card game ❤
Much appreciated Aki. Yes, it is many, many hours of work - so I'm glad they're helping!
I was a little disillusioned after the many negative comments on my "Outdated mechanisms" video - even though it had vastly more views and new subscribers than any of my other videos!!! I don't have a thick enough skin to post controversial topics I think! Haha.
@@AdaminWales Surprised about any negative comments (I usually don't read past the top few). Your work is an incredible resource and benefit to designers, players and game historians!
One example of a weird racing game (well, it is a racing game for me) is Freese's Fast Sloths. It is similar to Powerboats in the sense you don't have a set track. You need to visit 8 locations, in any order.
I want to play this! I really haven’t kept up with Friese’s games over recent years.
I like that random order of locations to visit.
Mind-blowing research video!
Love the series! Always looking forward to more videos!
Excellent as usual Mr. Wales, I have tried my hand at making a few videos and even tho I'm just doing a voice over a clip, man, it is a lot of work. Your videos are so well produced and edited, I can only imagine what goes into each one, great job!. You should think about kickstarting your Stratego game, its a risk but maybe you could have some sort of survey to see interest?
Thanks. Much appreciated :) I don’t really have any inclination to do crowdfunding / self-publishing at all. It isn’t really something that interests me, so I doubt I’ll go that route. But I appreciate the suggestion!
Great video and its given me stuff to think about with regards to my design. Also wanted to throw out there 'First Past The Post' as it was known here in the UK or Lose your shirt, as it is also known. Was a horse racing game with card movment and you had to take a card from your hand at the start of the race to place face down, as your 'bet upon horse'.
I haven't come across that one - I'll look it up! Thanks.
very good video! and love the series. you have missed my favorite racing game though. Speed Circuit, or CFR is the newer edition. its another game that doesnt use dice rolls or cards for speed. you build a car with limitations like acceleration and each turn you simply decide what speed you want to go within your parameters. there is a die, used only when you want push your vehicle. this is a very old game that uses the player in first goes first mechanic.
Thanks! Speed Circuit does look very similar to the Waddingtons Formula 1 game - perhaps it was an evolution of that system?
@@AdaminWales I haven't played formula 1 so I'm not sure on that, it may be. Maybe it inspired this. Although in speed circuit there is no dashboard, you just write things down on a pad including creating your car. The newer version CFR uses cards just to keep track of current speed and what your car load out is.
in Heat the "weather condition" token doesn't apply for the whole track, just for the parts of track that have weather token drawn. So if you don't draw weather tokens for any part of the track weather doesn't apply anywhere, and from the main weather token only starting cards modifiers apply. I've checked this several times during our playthroughs since it seems really weird - but that's how it is in rules.
I nit-pick here specifically because from the design point of view it seems like an odd choice and I still don't get it why it's done like that. I love Heat design overall, though.
I think the algorithm helped me find you. Good stuff. Very informative. I expected more subscribers on this channel.
Thanks! Yeah, it’s been a slow build over 12 years! 😂 The algorithm apparently not so keen on game design content…
Epic video!
Thank you for including both adult and children friendly games.
I play (and design) just as many children's games as I do adult ones. So they deserve a place! :)
Fantastic guide to racing mechanics, good to see some of my favourites too like BMX & Formula 1 Waddingtons. Could I get your thoughts on my race game “Park Racer” that uses custom black & white action dice that move the car based on the track side matching colour while also activating the die’s rolled action - currently selected gear corresponds to number of dice to be rolled” …
Review video by Norm of Board Game Museum - ruclips.net/video/fLXPXMIVyE4/видео.html
Hey Adam, just stumbled upon your videos! Do you have any videos that would help me get better at creating game show formats?
If anything, i like dexterity games, stuff with mazes/rooms and contraptions like Mouse Trap...thanks:)
Hi, I’m afraid I don’t have much knowledge of game shows. But maybe these videos might help?!?
How to design a PARTY game *Board Game Design*
ruclips.net/video/rKSbnWi5xac/видео.html
Bored of jigsaws? Here are 10 types of Puzzle Board Games to play instead! *Top 10 Mechanisms*
ruclips.net/video/JzFB8yjZcZw/видео.html
Hey Adam, I appreciate the honest answer to my question. Can you recommend any other games similar to Mousetrap. Rumble in the Jungle, Piazza Rabazza, etc...
BTW I did email you before I saw that you responded here, sorry about that...
Ah! No worries. Here’s a video where I talked about games with “table presence”. I think Burg Appenzell would be a good one to check out (I don’t think I knew that one when I made the video).
RANKING 50 Board Games with amazing table presence!
ruclips.net/video/yyh3AEk4Jvg/видео.html
@AdaminWales Thanks Adam, I really appreciate your help:)
Why is it in 720p?
RUclips selects the most appropriate definition for each video - for a video like this, I use a number of clips and images from publishers’ promotional materials. So I would imagine that some of those were lower quality and reduced the definition of the video as a whole.
Where's Cubitos!?!?
I haven’t played it! :D I’d like to!
Please do! It's so fun!
how did you know what I am doing 👀
not my fav. majority of them don't feel fast. one expection is Thunder road Vendeta
I agree with you. “Action” games really need to get out the way of themselves - heavy rulesets tend to slow a game down and dissipate tension. Dexterity works well in action games - Pitch Car is a good example on this list.
@@AdaminWales thanks I'll check it out. btw great content, as always
How many of you think that Galaxy Trucker is a racing game?
I like Parcheesi
I have a deep hatred of racing games