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Information

Designed By: Alfredo Genovese
Published By: Rio Grande Games
Ghenos Games
Mfg suggested # of Players: 2 - 8 players
User suggested # of Players:
Best with 4, 5 players
Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6 players
(3 voters) [poll]
Playing Time: 120 Minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages: 14 and up
User Suggested Ages: 8 and up
(2 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence: No necessary in-game text
(2 voters) [poll]
Category: Sports
Racing
Mechanics: N/A
Other Names: N/A

Description

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Bolide presents itself as a revolutionary car racing game since no cards or dice move the cars.

Each driver can take total control of his own car by applying a move mechanism based on a second pawn, able to reproduce the real accelerations, decelerations and inertial movements of the cars during the races.

To learn such a mechanism means to learn driving a racing car and to experience a very high simulation level: the drivers can work out the best routes along the squares of the track and push their car at the speed they want, racing opponents and making breathtaking over-takings or extreme braking.

They really play with their driving style. But they should make sure they preserve their engine and tires for the last part of the race...

Moving on to the advanced level, the top drivers, besides their driving skills, will have to demonstrate their strategic abilities by choosing the best tires, by deciding between pit stops tactics or long race ones and by identifying the optimum set-up to push the car ahead of all others.

To improve the level of simulation and play, a die is provided to rule superior performance requests, unforeseen events & risky situations: this adds a touch of the unexpected to the Bolide race.

The game comes with multilingual rules (Italian, English, German)

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0 Estadísticas Bolide
Estadísticas Bolide.pdf
Según mis conocimientos de Cálculo de Probabilidades, Inferencia Estadística y Estadística Aplicada, he calculado las probabilidades de éxito y fallo en las tablas, y después las he redondeado a números bonitos. Buena suerte en Interlagos, muchachos!
0 Reglas para Campeonato (Spanish)
Bolide Campeonato Reglas.pdf
Reglas y pequeña guía para organizar un campeonato con Bolide y sus dos expansiones. Se admiten sugerencias.
1 Bolide rules variant using 2d6 dice
BOLIDE 2d6 rules.doc
The rules in this variant are identical to the unofficial rules re-write with the exception that the tables have been modified for 2d6 dice rolls instead of using 1d12. The result is a better distribution of odds over both favorable and unfavorable events. The Pitstop rules have been corrected to match the original rules as well.
0 Bolide alternative ruleset – new game?
bolide.rtf
This is the ruleset I use when playing with the Bolide components. Including: * Speedier play with simultaneous movement. * Intuitive 'tyre strain point' system for panic braking/speed turning. Three tyre types with different specs. * Diagonal moves = 1.5 steps. Slightly adjusted rules for legal car movement. * Changed rules for boost/slipstream, to work more generally. * Die rolls almost eliminated. The file is written as a complete rulebook - you do not have to have the Bolide rulebook. For me personally, I find this improves the game a lot. If anything is unclear, feel free to geekmail me.
0 Unofficial Rules re-write and re-format with FAQ, Glossary, and Quickstart v1.0
BOLIDE rules.doc
This is an unofficial re-write of the rules. As such, they should be considered house rules until officially blessed by Ghenos. I have attempted to correct numerous grammatical errors and clarify situtations as well as re-format the entire rulebook. I have added a glossary, the FAQ, and a quickstart reference. Cheers.
0 Resumen de reglas (spanish)
Bolide Resumen Reglas.pdf
Resumen de las reglas más básicas. Si hubiera algún fallo, hacédmelo saber para corregirlo cuanto antes. Gracias.
0 Fichas para Bolide
Fichas Bolide.zip
Algunos modelos con colores y equipos de F1. Some models with colours and F1 teams.
2 Bolide Runoff boards.pdf
Bolide Runoff boards.pdf
Runoff boards for Bolide
1 Bolide Cards.pdf
Bolide Cards.pdf
Cards to designate each player's set up, charts amd damage chits
0 bolide_tables_v1_0.xls
bolide_tables_v1_0.xls
Table Chart Japanese Translation by Hiroyuki Ueno