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Pole Position (2024)

Players
1–6
Best: 5, 6
Playing time
45–180 min
Age
14+
8.27
Average rating
353
Ratings
2.94/5
Weight
#5251
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Alternate names:Pole Position: Big Box
Designer:José Joaquín Bernal
Publisher:Doit Games
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 9, Interaction 10, Complexity 5.9, Theme 5
Strategy5.0
Luck9.0
Interaction10.0
Complexity5.9
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

DiceRacingSportsAuction / BiddingTeam-Based GameSimulationPush Your LuckGrid MovementPlayer EliminationTurn Order: Stat-BasedCritical Hits and FailuresRaceNegotiation

Overview

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

Expansions

Pole Position: Circuits Pack 1 Italy & China
Pole Position: Circuits Pack 2 Monaco & Spain
Pole Position: Circuits Pack 3 Germany & Brazil
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