The game comes from Euro Games, and is known as Formula Dé. It is the creation of French game designers Laurent Lavaur and Eric Randall. The game comes in a box with 7 dice, 10 cars and two large tracks (Monaco and Zandvoort). There are other tracks to be added, and they cost in the region of about 200 SEK per two-sided pair.

This is how the game creators describe it: The principle of the game: A die for each gear! The higher the gear, the more spaces you travel. Simple? Yes, except that you can't just slow down. You should save your engine and tires, conserve enough fuel for the finish, and above all, use skillful braking to take the corners. Corners? What corners? Coming into the chicane while still in sixth gear…don't worry…at 200 m.p.h. no one will hear you scream.

We think it's a strategic, fun and challenging game, while still being based on fairly simple principles.

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