This time, Green started and rolled the blue horse number three which moved three spaces. However, each player has three “wilds” which are opportunities to choose any horse.Īt the end of the game, players score if they own or bet on a horse that is placed and for any cap/jersey combo for the same horse. if horse number two is rolled, players can bet on that horse, buy that horse, get a cap or jersey for that horse’s rider or cross that horse off the concession grid. In general, the action depends on the horse that has been rolled, i.e. The actions include: placing bets, buying a horse, buying a riding cap, buying a riding jersey, crossing a horse off the concession chart to get a bonus action once a row or column has been completed. Everyone (including the active player) then chooses an action from their card, carries it out and crosses it off.

The idea of Long Shot (Dice) is that the active player rolls two dice which dictate which horse moves and how far (one to three spaces). Ticket to Ride is well known within the group though and was therefore quicker to get started. Long Shot (Dice) is quite simple, and Blue, assisted by Green, was explaining the necessary to the runners and riders. Inevitably, that was not quite how things turned out, however. As it is relatively quick to play, the idea was that it would leave plenty of time to play some of our other old favourites and Ticket to Ride: London was thought to be a good match in terms of length. As Long Shot was supposed to be quite short, eventually, Plum, Pine, Purple and Lime took themselves off to play Ticket to Ride: London, with Blue, Green, Yellow, Black, Ivory and Teal sticking around to play Long Shot: The Dice Game.īased on the party game Long Shot, Long Shot: The Dice Game is a light horse racing and betting game in a similar mould to that of Turf Horse Racing, that featured on several people’s lists of top games from 2022. Before long though, there were eight all ready and lined up to play the “ Feature Game“, Long Shot: The Dice Game, when two more arrived and a debate began to work out who would play what and where. He was especially welcome as he was bringing a copy of Paris that he’d been looking after since UK Games Expo in August 2021. One of the first to arrive was Yellow, and it was delightful to see him after such a long time.

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