A friend brought this along to a games night recently, and I'll be honest, I was put off initially by the cover, the board and the overall gameplay. But once we started playing, man was it an absolute blast to play. Everyone was really getting into the race, cheering on their horse that they bet on, and crying out in anguish when another horse pipped theirs to the post, costing them a lot of money. I highly recommend it, and that's coming from someone who ended the game with nothing!

This game just needs the relative app mirrored to a big tv for a perfect game night!

I am definitely going to DIY this - make it big and use poker chips.

Can’t wait to get this one when it’s in stock! I’m looking for some +5 player games, so up to 9 players is perfect! I find the larger the group then there tends to be a wider variety of gamers. This game just looks so interactive and fun that everyone can enjoy.

Looks great! How does it compare to Unicorn Fever? I’m deciding on the two at the moment.. Tom mentioned it seemed better, anyone tried both?

Thank you all for this review!

I'd like to know what optional rules are included for the roller to participate more in the betting (he hinted at this at the beginning).

Out of Long Shot (original) and Winner’s Circle, this one is by far the most exciting and welcoming to any level gamer. Chaotic fun. If you have a large group and tired of the same ole party style games.. you NEED to give this a shot

The race portion of the game is the same as a variant of a game I have only heard called Horse Race, which has slotted wooden horses. It is listed as Horse Race on BGG but does not have the variants listed. The betting portion and app appear to be an improvement of the variant of Horse Race by a long shot...

@riffleshuffleandroll

Жыл бұрын

Yea, the classic was a peg and board game that used a standard deck of cards. This is a nice evolution of the game. :)

@rexology_bg

Жыл бұрын

@@riffleshuffleandroll Yeah, deck of cards and dice for the base game that I had, but it had a variant that was just dice with the additional movement for rolling the number twice that are like this game.

Is app available??

This is a nice take on the classic Derby Dash.

Chris makes an excellent point. There's a ton of strategy for this to seem like a party game.

I agree with Tom a bigger "race" board and poker chips. I am going to wait for the bigger component version. And yes this is a party game.

Has Tom played with the app and has his rating remained a 9.5?

Immediately on my wishlist

Already have this game pre-ordered! I wonder if you could glue some magnetic strips under the race track, then glue small magnets on the bottom of horses?

I am so excited for this. Was thinking of preorder but also thinking of waiting to catch it at my lfgs

I’m confused about the “ real time“ element of this game. I’m disabled, so I couldn’t stand up. It would also be difficult for me to try to quickly place my bets on the board. What’s to prevent you from slowing the game down a bit?

@DTChrisYi

Жыл бұрын

You could roll the dice slower so people have a little more time to see where the horses are, and each game group can also decide how to handle when multiple people reach for the same betting spot at the same time.

@flawed1

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reply. That seemed to be the case, but they were talking as though something forced you to go quickly which was kind of confusing

@DTChrisYi

Жыл бұрын

@@flawed1 I think players will naturally want to slam down chips quickly, and the person rolling the dice will also naturally be excited and go fairly quickly. But I think a game group could have those discussions to make it work.

@douglaswilliams7320

Жыл бұрын

That was a great question to ask and thanks Chris for your reply as that does make sense to me and would make this game much more accessible for everyone.

@joelface

Жыл бұрын

You could likely implement a rule at the table that you have a buzzer or something to signal when you want to make a bet, and then you can carefully place the chip where you want, and then the game resumes until someone else signals they want to place something. In that way, you'd avoid the situation where the most sprightly individual or the person with the longest or most aggressive reach can out-move others at the table.

This reminds me of the kind of game LCR is. I remember we had a group of like 12 or 13 people playing LCR for money and it was insane and crazy fun. I could imagine that this kind of game lends itself for people who want to do actual gambling with like 10+ people.

@RandomPerson-nd2ey

Жыл бұрын

That's the only way to play LCR. Gamers may not like it because they're looking for a deeper game. Nope, it's a quick light gambling game.

Is there a timer for placing bets, or could an AP person ruin the fun?

@kylemartin7871

Жыл бұрын

If they don't place bets, they aren't getting any payouts. The betting is real time not turn based

@dankelly

Жыл бұрын

@@kylemartin7871 excellent. Thanks.

ready set bet vs camel up. Whats a better game/gift

@pauljohnson8847

5 ай бұрын

Sorry to say, but BOTH. And also pick up Longshot the dice game. All different in execution, and all so much fun. Ready Set Bet for a mixed group of people ready to get loud, Longshot for a little more sedate group who wants to weight their options more slowly (it's the more overtly strategic of the group but still very lively fun at the end), and Camel Up for a group of goofballs and kids.

I just preordered this

The Fox Experiment is my wife and my game of the con. We loved it and can't wait to back it!

Definitely ready to check this out at the Retreat!!!

Me and my wife just use standard poker chips, and instead when you lose a bet you lose the entire amount you wagered, it makes the game so much easier to play

This game was quite fun actually.

I going to have to give this a try. I literally hate everything about it. Real-time, betting, short play time, luck, party game feel. Yet for some reason I am still interested in giving it a shot

@Poiuytrew.Q

Жыл бұрын

A long shot to be specific.

Solid review. Looks like a great game to try with a group of people! Two notes: 1) When listing the game stats (player count, time to play, age rating), please leave it up longer - 3.5 seconds is not enough time. 2) The player count for this game is 2-9, not 2-4 as posted in the video.

There was a game that was like this back in 2005 or 2008. I cant remember what was called but it was a circle board instead of a straight board. It seems like this is the same game. Also you can buy your horses

@thedicetower

Жыл бұрын

You're probably thinking of Horse Fever

@TheErnieforss

Жыл бұрын

@@thedicetower i had to look it up. I was thinking 2009's longshot.

Will you all back the new larger version as everyone seemed to love the game. After watching this I probably will.

Thank you all for streaming the game and reviewing it. Very interesting. You all do great work!

This seems like the closest thing to the old Sigma Derby horse racing machine in Vegas that I can play at home!

@boxingandbulldogs6341

6 ай бұрын

Check out Peers Hardy's Horse Racing Derby. It's electromagnetic and is probably the closest affordable home game to Sigma Derby.

I'd pay $99 for a Delux version with Iron Clays

Rolling dice to move horses? lol, I remembered Norwegian cruise did that in giant size version. Everyone can place real money bet. This was back in 2010 or so.

Nice to see someone turn Snail Pace Race into an actual game.

I thought they would play this game 😀

I feel like this should be the next JackBox game

@huckwach3074

Жыл бұрын

I thought the exact same thing

Real-time games are generally a big turn off for me. I'm curious to see this game in action though ...

So I really really enjoy Long shot the dice game and figured I really dont need another similar game. Having seen this played, im starting to wonder. Gahhh!

@caesarsihombing2822

Жыл бұрын

so... ur gonna buy this too??

@rb4551

Жыл бұрын

@@caesarsihombing2822 I did lol

@Jacksonas

10 ай бұрын

Which one you preffer more and what are the biggest differences between these two?

@rb4551

10 ай бұрын

@@Jacksonas I enjoy both and dont regret having either. Long shot is more of a "game" in that you have a bit of roll and write, some decisions as to which things to buy and what horses to slow down or boost so there is a lot of chaotic fun. Ready Set Bet is more of a party game in that its more simple to play for a lot of people, less teaching...its almost a perfect horse racing betting simulation. If you are the person rolling the dices and moving the horses it can be hilarious and fun to call which horses move as you roll the dices which is my favorite thing to do while the other players anxiously try to see where they place bets as the race progresses which is kind of a race of its own because you can only have 1 player's chips on any bet spaces so for them its to determine when the best time to place a bet is...too early and you might lose points, too late and the spot is gone.

@Jacksonas

10 ай бұрын

@@rb4551 nice. I have played Ready Set Bet for the first time yesterday and it was a blast! I have also preordered: Long Shot dice game and I think I will enjoy it immensely as well!

Ready Set Bet or Long Shot ?🤔

@benjaminspears8488

Жыл бұрын

I think Long Shot Dice definitely looks better and is more about manipulating the horse cards to get your horse to race ahead. This seems to be less about the race and more about the betting. Long Shot will work better for families as well. I’m surprised they didn’t bring up other race/betting games to make some comparisons though.

@jhowd78

Жыл бұрын

Ready set bet by a mile

@joelface

Жыл бұрын

I love Camel Up... and now I want both of these games as well... Very similar themes, but they each do it quite differently.

@saveversus

Жыл бұрын

Ha, I came here to ask the same thing!

@uplift-yourdailypickup6424

Жыл бұрын

I would pick Ready Set Bet. Long Shot is fun, but it ends up being a little too slow for me. I'm always having to get on people to take their turns.

This or camel up?

This is very similar to many other dice horse racing games available on amazon and elsewhere. Some of those games have great production quality, wooden components, etc.

@bryanstarke1313

Жыл бұрын

Genuine question, which ones? I'd love the links to help home brew my own version of this game.

Chonky Unicorn themed Ready Set Bet?

I can understand the excitement value, but rolling the dice that fast seemed to much. Would still be as fun if you slowed it down a bit?

Tom Vasel may be a little biased because it looks like he's on the game's cover. ;)

It's a party game in the vein of craps. It can be overwhelming, but you don't have to know all the types of bets to win. You can just bet on one thing and let it ride. That said, it's closer to craps than it is to 'downforce,' which isn't a party game.

It got a big laugh for the ridiculousness of the comment, but I'm sure there is a segment of the population of the older generations that learned math at the track.

Can't get worked up over a horse race betting game. Sounds worse than trading in the Mediterranean, 18XX or whatever title including a stock exchange.

@trojan403

10 ай бұрын

Great party pooper comment 👍🏻

I'm reminded of Panic! On Wall Street

This review is exceptionally boisterous.

why only 720p?

@Norm-R

Жыл бұрын

The way KZread works. When you upload a video, it uploads the lowest quality first and posts the video and then the higher resolutions take longer to process. If you ever can't get to 1080 on a video, come back 15 minutes later and you will almost certainly be able to up the resolution.

What's the smallest number of people that this succeeds with? Is four or five too few?

@thedicetower

Жыл бұрын

I've played with four and had fun.

@TheHallbjorn

Жыл бұрын

@@thedicetower Thanks for the reassurance!

@buckles75

Жыл бұрын

I have played many times with 6 people ... the more the merrier.

It’s craps with horses

@bernan1

Жыл бұрын

this

I wouldn't call it a party game, the betting is complex and there's a steep learning curve. The players have to think carefully but fast. In my opinion, Many players that are loud and having a great time doesn't make it a party game. I've played many games of Cosmic Encounter that would fit that bill (and I never really care if I win).

@12345678abracadabra

Жыл бұрын

Or, you know, people just wanna have a good time and not just think about strategy and optimisation?

@lastburning

Жыл бұрын

@@12345678abracadabra There's no fun without strategy.

Gambling never really interested me, and this game seems basically like 'Gambling, the Board Game'.

Sadly a real time game doesn’t work for my situation. Teaching this to new players all the time sounds like a task and if it’s loud and obnoxious I hate to cause a scene or annoy/bother other people in the games cafe. I guess it’s an American thing that noise isn’t a big deal, after all, take your cinemas..... 🤪 Very group dependant as Mike says. Would it work if wasn’t real time?

@joelface

Жыл бұрын

Loud and obnoxious is a choice, not an imperative with a real-time game. You could play it silently, I'm sure, or with hushed voices. I was also thinking that instead of rushing to place chips on top of each other, each player could have a marker of some kind that they can quickly place on the table in front of them to signal that they want to place a bet, and turn order is based on the order players placed their markers on the table. That might prevent the "obnoxious" moments where players are reaching for the same square at the same time and creating a commotion.

You talk about it for 20 minutes but don't play it? :(

@BodgeAttack

Жыл бұрын

They do have a video of them playing it.

I think Mike is right… definitely group dependent. Listening to the how to play, it just sounds pointless. Put down a bet on 7 right at the start, then tell me in a few minutes who won.

@StephenAslett

Жыл бұрын

If you do that, you'll lose most times. You can place bets until three horses cross the red line. 7 is not always going to be farthest along the track.

@StevenStJohn-kj9eb

Жыл бұрын

@@StephenAslett Sure, but they said 7 does win most often. And 6 and 8 next most often, so you pick them to show. Of course you won't win every time, but it's always the best bet. Yes, you can wait until the race is underway, but why would you? Then you risk not betting in time. That's how gambling works. It's just odds, and the odds are always against you winning, but there's always a best bet. In roulette for example, you're guaranteed to lose money, but you lose the least betting red or black rather than a particular number.

@StephenAslett

Жыл бұрын

@@StevenStJohn-kj9eb I don't think you quite understand how flattened the probability curve is in this game and how not like regular gambling this is. There's not a normal dice distribution here. Sure, 6, 7, and 8 are slightly more likely to win, but not dramatically more so like with regular dice rolls. Also, their payouts are much lower to reflect increased odds. And because they are the "safer" bets, you lose more money making 6, 7, and 8 bets if they do not pay out (one of 7's bet squares will cause you to lose 6 dollars if it doesn't pay out!). Not only that, but there are special powers and exotic and prop bets that you can make informed decisions on as the race goes on. This is a game as much about reading the table and making strategic bets quicker than your opponents as it is about luck.

@buckles75

Жыл бұрын

@@StephenAslett That's correct. The expected return value on your bets over the long term are roughly equal regardless of the horse.

@FranciscoPerez-cr4os

Жыл бұрын

Found the guy not to play this game with 😅

That’s a total miss for me…it does not provide any interesting decisions for me… I do not like the theme…and the worst fact about it is that it supports hazard and betting and that is just unacceptable. Uninteresting dangerous game

@ninjabiscuit1095

4 ай бұрын

No one loses any real money in this game, which is the thing about betting that ruins people in real life, don't know what you're talking about

@vakporcovac

4 ай бұрын

​​@@ninjabiscuit1095 the point is that it does introduce the concept of betting to ppl. It does teach you that betting is fun at a subconscious level. The game is seducing you to hazard...not cool for me 🤷

@ninjabiscuit1095

4 ай бұрын

@@vakporcovac for 90+% of people betting provides no hazard and is fun, that's why millions of people do it every week with no harm done to themselves or their bank accounts beyond tiny amounts. Gambling isn't instant addiction and financial ruin, hence how so many people do it for fun, your view seems very puritanical and quite frankly very ignorant

@vakporcovac

4 ай бұрын

@@ninjabiscuit1095 there once was a birthday party and the family came together...the uncle of the 5 year old stumbled and while doing it he did swear....the kid heard him and repeated his swear word...the family couldn't stop laughing hearing it... it was fun harmless and funny, because kid didn't understand the meaning of the word and mumbled the word in funny way...then the kid start doing it over and over again because he learned there is always a reaction when he does it....then the kid start using the word outside of the family circle...ppl around the kid got disturbed starting explaining him its bad...when he got older he did use the word because he wanted to address something that is bad...hurting other ppl with it etc. and once he used the word in front of his kid and the kid repeated the word. He couldn't stop laughing...

@ninjabiscuit1095

4 ай бұрын

@@vakporcovac what the fuck are you on about? Did you mean to post this slam poetry on another video? You know if you haven't got any rebuttal to the points I've made then you can just not comment right?

Played this multiple times, it’s FANTASTIC!!! … I love Camel Up & I’ll always choose this over Camel Up … Pre-ordered immediately-> 9.5/10

@donut2099

Жыл бұрын

Dang, this is what I'm wondering. I love Camel Up and throw it on the table any chance I get. I'll have to check this out.

@BigRenz13

Жыл бұрын

I love camel up so it looks like this is a no brainer

@trojan403

10 ай бұрын

Have you played Unicorn Fever? How does it compare? I’m deciding on the two at the moment..