Escalado
1997
Chad Valley Toys UK
 
First produced
1920s
Players
2 to 6 or teams
Age(s)
8+
             

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1 x handle and track housing
1 x track with track end bracket and elastic cord
1 x table fixing bracket
1 x hook
2 x clamps
1 x starting stalls
1 x finishing post
5 x plastic horses with riders
5 x horse cards
5 x stall cards
1 x pad of score cards
1 x pack of play money in four denominations
1 x rules leaflet

With 2 to 6 players; one player is the bookie. With more than 6 players, each can bet but players do not own the horses. The winner is the person with most money at the end of the allocated number of races. Players agree a betting process, minimum / maximum stakes and odds before the race. New to this edition;

- starting stall and a finishing post replace the start and finish line

- horse and stall cards are used to select horses and starting position

- money

- a pad of score cards

 

A wonderful highly visual party game; horses race along a track, their movement activated by a special vibrator box which causes the horses to move at random and varying speeds towards the finishing post. A nominated player turns the vibrator box handle in the direction of the indicator arrow as quickly as possible but it helps to decide a close finish if the action is slowed down just as the leading horse's front legs near the finishing post. There may be only a fraction of an inch between first and second. If a horse falls over at one of the obstacles or fences, players should agree prior to the game whether to leave it on the track possibly to interfere with other horses or stop the race, remove the fallen horse and then recommence.

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