Perplext | Long Shot: The Dice Game | Board Game | Ages 14+ | 1-8 Players | 25+ Minutes Playing Time

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You will revel in the thrill of the race and the temptation of just one more bet on that horse before it crosses the line.

In the six player game, four of us had played before and most people knew what they were doing before it came to their turn. Each horse’s card shows the other horses that move along with it, each of them trotting 1 space only. People lose their minds when a horse that was in the back hits on 2 or 3 consecutive rolls of the dice. As you go from horse 1 to 8 the multipliers increase, representing decreasing odds of that horse crossing the finishing line. Free bets and extra money are up for grabs, but also a few uber-powerful abilities that let you move horses forwards – and backwards – around the track.At this moment, there are very few ways I’d rather spend 30 minutes of my life than playing Long Shot: The Dice Game. You and your fellow gamblers choose which horses to bet on, and whether to throw all your money at one, or spread it over lots of nags. One of my early vacation memories as a kid was my grandmother taking us to the greyhound races in Daytona Beach.

Matt has been writing about and reviewing tabletop games professionally for over a decade and playing them since he could talk.It should prove entertaining for anyone beyond young children and the most discerning of heavyweight strategy gamers. Once 3 horses cross the finish line, earnings are totalled and the player that makes the most money will be declared the winner! If you’re going to place a bet on number seven, lovingly dubbed Better Safe Than Sorry, you want to wait until each player before you have taken their turn. Long Shot: The Dice Game takes 2009’s oft-overlooked gigi gamblefest Long Shot, and packs it into a small box.