The soft tire deck allows everyone to open up the throttle and go. Hard tires make the game a bit slower and tighter with less pure speed and handling to get past opponents. Each set of cards have unique effects on the race.

Grand Prix comes with three Event Decks, one for hard tires, one for soft tires and one for wet tires. These do not count against speed but they do constantly pile up until an event card calls for the player with the most to pay the consequences. In addition to typical wear like suspension damage, tire wear and engine wear, Grand Prix incorporates “close-call” tokens for aggressive drivers. The penalty threshold for wear is lower and pitting will happen more frequently. Yellow flag saves are not as common in F1 and pit strategy is even more important. It will be up to the players to learn how the courses and the cards work together on each track to optimize their play. But the abilities are tweaked to maximize the feel of Formula 1 racing. The game borrows heavily from the Thunder Alley movement classes so you will find a familiar combination of solo, line, pursuit and lead movement in this game as well. The courses of the Grand Prix are not simple ovals or wide open super speedways but tight tracks that will limit passing opportunities and require finesse and skill to make it to the front of the line. Players will score in two different ways individual car scoring where first place is huge and only the top 10 places get any points, and team scoring where the placement of all cars in a race will determine the team score. From 2-11 players can compete in the game controlling either one team of two cars or multiple teams. Grand Prix is the newest auto racing game from Jeff & Carla Horger and GMT Games. But are you ready for a new challenge? The global stage is calling and now is your chance to step up into the big time. You’ve swapped paint and mixed it up with the good ol’ boys.

38 Minute Video Review from Monsieur Miniatures.

What's New in Grand Prix?, by Jeff and Carla Horger.Closed Curcuit: Thunder Alley, Grand Prix, and New Tracks, by Jeff and Carla Horger.How to play (video) by Top Shelf Boardgames.Mark Simonitch has asked for any of you who are willing to take a look and send him any edits you find at Thanks! Here's a near-final version of the Grand Prix Rules.Great Battles of the American Civil WarĬomponent Photos (see slideshow at left) by Scott Mansfield.

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