Rally Run!
Rally Run! Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Contents
- 4 rally race cars
- 24 road tiles
- 1 pit stop tile
- 4 start-finish tiles (printed as "tart-finish tiles" in the source)
- 4 golden trophy tiles
- 1 set of instructions
Preparation of the Game
Place the pit stop tile in the center of the playing area. Shuffle the road tiles and place them face down in a 5 x 5 grid centered around the pit stop tile. The four start-finish tiles are placed on each corner of the grid. Take one trophy tile per player, shuffle them and place them face-up on top of the pit stop tile. Leftover trophy tiles will not be needed and should be put back in the box. Each player selects a rally car and places it on one of the start-finish tiles at the grid corners. For the time being, colors are of no importance.
How to Play
The game proceeds clockwise. The youngest player begins and has two options:
- turn over a road tile and place the race car on top of it, or
- switch the places of two road tiles
Turn over a road tile and place the race car on top of it
You may turn over only one road tile each round. The tile you choose to turn over must border the tile on which your car is standing. After you select the tile, turn it face up and look at it; decide which way to turn it so that it creates a road for your car to continue on. If there are several options, choose the one you prefer and place it back down, face-up where you got it. Exception: The player turning over a dead end tile in the first round may turn the opening to the dead end to face one of the bordering, face-down, tiles, but it may not border a start-finish tile.
Now place your car on top of this card, even if it leads in the wrong direction or is a dead end. Finally, turn back over the tile your car was just on so that it is face-down again.
(Printed as "this card" in the source; it means the road tile just turned over.)
If you like, you can drive your car onto a tile where another car already stands. But only, of course, when the tile borders the one you are on and the road leads to it. In this case, you do not turn over a new tile as the move is considered your turn.
Important: Always remember to turn the tile face down again once your car has left it, as long as no other car is still standing on it.
Switch the places of two road tiles
Choose two face-down tiles and switch their places. You may not look at them.
Important: If the player before you just switched two tiles, you may not switch one of these tiles again.
Pit stop
If you can move your car onto the pit stop tile, you may take the top trophy tile and place it in front of you. The background color of the canister tile now shows you which finish line you need to reach in order to win the trophy. The same game rules still apply.
(Printed as "canister tile" in the English pit stop text; the contents list calls these golden trophy tiles. Transcribed as printed.)
End of the Game
The first race car driver to reach the correct start-finish tile, that matches the trophy tile background, is the winner and receives the Champion's Trophy!
Creative play: Use the road tiles to build a race track, zooming along your cars to your heart's content.