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Win, Place & Show with metal horses from Front Porch Classics
Custom wooden counters to remind players which horse they own during a race (note the A / V side, indicating jockey skill)
Win, Place & Show
Box Front
High Res Scan of Cover
Win, Place & Show at Origins 2012
Harness Racing Program from "All-Star Replay" Volume III number 3  (see file section for WPS rules expansion §14)
WPS-Charts with famous "Man o'War" and "Secretariat" (published in All-Star Replay, Volume III, number 2)
3M 1966 Detail: Stable Cards

Win, Place & Show (1966)

Players
3–6
Best: 6
Playing time
120–120 min
Age
8+
6.76
Average rating
887
Ratings
2.08/5
Weight
#4710
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Alternate names:Turf
Designer:John B. Reilly (I), Thomas M. Divoll
Publisher:The Avalon Hill Game Co +2 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 7, Interaction 5, Complexity 4.2, Theme 5
Strategy5.0
Luck7.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity4.2
Theme5.0

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

RacingSportsAnimalsBetting and BluffingRoll / Spin and MoveDice Rolling

Overview

A race meeting consisting of 6 races, each with 6 horses of varying power and characteristics. Board shows an oval track of six lanes, straightforward in straights but graduated on the curves. Although dice play a part in the game there is plenty of room for skillful maneuvering in the course of each race, which can be from 5 furlongs to 1 1/4 miles. An important part of the game is provided by certain marked squares: if you can get your horse to stop on one of these it can overtake one horse ahead of it in the same line, which can be vital considering that only two swerves are permitted in each turn (only one if the jockey is an apprentice). Every horse has a distinctive racing pattern (slow or fast starter, stayer or fader etc.) represented by a set of numbers, one for each turn. These numbers are added to a single dice throw (common to all the horses), so that the speed of each race can vary substantially. There are many other interesting factors too numerous to describe in a short review. Odds on each horse are pre-set and depend largely on the number patterns described above.

Originally released as part of the 3M Sports Games line.

Expansions

Win, Place & Show: Great Thoroughbreds 1860's-1910's
Win, Place & Show: Great Thoroughbreds 1920's-1970's
Win, Place & Show: Official Program
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