Introduction

The green light flashes. The flags go up. You press the pedal to the metal and take off in a blur of screeching tires. Will you spin out in disgrace, or will you beat your friends across the finish line? Find out in Mini Racers!

Overview

In Mini Racers, you take on the role of a race car driver, hoping to win first place. You start by drafting a driver and a car, each with unique stats and abilities. Then hit the track, collecting items, avoiding hazards, jumping off of ramps, and negotiating turns with well-timed precision.

Item cards like missiles and oil slicks help you thwart other players, while nitros give you a speed boost, and the lucky coin or the rabbit's foot can turn the odds in your favor.

Try various car and driver combinations to customize your strategy with a unique play experience every time.

Mini Racers packs a big racing game experience into a small box. See if you can outmaneuver your opponents in Mini Racers!

How to Play

At the start of the game, each player drafts a Driver and a Car.

Adjust your Speed, either speeding up using your car's Acceleration or slowing down using your car's Brakes.

Then advance your Car cube down the track a number of spaces equal to your Movement.

After moving, resolve any spaces you entered this turn in order. For each blue Item space you entered, draw an Item card.

For each red Hazard space you entered, reveal a Hazard card and place it beside that space. This creates a challenge that each driver must overcome.

To pass a Hazard, roll two dice and add your Driver's corresponding skill, either Steering or Reflexes. Then consult the Hazard card to determine your result.

Orange Jump spaces help you skip extra spaces: The faster your speed, the more spaces you get to jump!

Finally, yellow Curve spaces test your ability to hug the turns: The faster your speed, the harder the check (your Movement times the multiplier, shown below). Roll two dice and add your car's Traction to see if you stay on the road. If you beat the difficulty, you make the turn successfully.

If your result is lower than the difficulty, you Skid Out, taking damage, and ending your turn.

Two resources can help you pass those difficult checks. One way is to spend your driver's Grit to roll an extra die and add it to the result. The other is playing an Item card from your hand to add its Adjust value (in the lower left corner) to your result.

Items can also be used for all kinds of other things, like increasing your speed with a Nitro, rolling extra dice with the Rabbit's Foot, or attacking other drivers with a Missile or an Oil Slick.

Are you under attack? Play a card whose defense icon matches the attack icon of the attacking card. If you do, you successfully defend against the attack!

Looking for an extra challenge, or want to play solo? Face off against the Robo Racers! These "AI-controlled" bot drivers create additional racers to play against.

Do you have what it takes to maneuver the hazards, hug the curves, and outwit your opponents? Find out in Mini Racers!

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