Tony Antoniou
United Kingdom
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A newer re-vamped edition of Junkyard Races will be out later on this year (2010).
Please go to http://www.gen42.com/junkyard-races for more information about this new and exciting game.
Basically it is a 2-8 player board game where you crazily race your karts around the board. The first player to go around the board 5 times is the overall winner. There are 2 exciting tracks to choose from by reversing the board to reveal them. Racing around the track is not as straightforward as you may think as your opponent will lay down various dastardly traps to slow your kart right down and even bump you into the cold icy stream, thus putting you behind the race. You now need to play strategically to catch up and hopefully win the race.
I have to say, this is a really addictive and extremely fun packed game. 
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Martin Gallo
United States
O'Fallon
Missouri
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Terrific news.
When will it be available?
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Tony Antoniou
United Kingdom
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Sometime later on this year, but no specific date is mentioned.
It will be announced on the Gen42 website ( www.gen42.com) and via their e-newsletters first.
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J G
United States
Plano
Texas
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I got a chance to play this game at BGG.CON 2010 (thanks to those who made sure there was a copy in the BGG.CON library). I enjoyed how this style of racing game felt more like Mario Kart (one of my favorite video game series) than any other racing board game that I have tried. The randomness created by the dice rolls made events a bit unpredictable and the weapons and attachments available for the cars gave me enough choices that I did not feel controlled by the randomness of the dice. My first play of the game was quite memorable after my opponent got stuck in the mud on the last lap. I was behind but flew past my opponent and the finish line with a roll of 18 on the 3 dice that I was able to roll from the dry road for the win!
 It was a crazy chaotic race. Fun stuff!
My opponent did not feel cheated by the dice. This was a light hearted, fun race.
So, can we get an update as to when the new version will be available in the U.S.? I haven't heard anything new so I am suspecting we will see this after Christmas?
BTW, including the Hive advertisements on the sides of the bottom half of the box was an interesting idea. People kept walking up to our table at BGG.CON confused after seeing Hive on the box next to the race track and saying "Wait..what's this? This can't be a Hive game...what IS this?"
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Rob White
United States
Richmond
Virginia
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Is it available yet in the U.S.?
Thanks in advance,
Rob
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J G
United States
Plano
Texas
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The Boards & Bits pre-order is now saying January 2011.
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John Yianni
United Kingdom
Potters Bar
Hertfordshire
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CrimsonCobra wrote: Fun stuff!
So, can we get an update as to when the new version will be available in the U.S.? I haven't heard anything new so I am suspecting we will see this after Christmas?
Thanks JG glad you enjoyed playing Junkyard Races.
The game should be available in the U.S.A, about the beginning 2011.
CrimsonCobra wrote: BTW, including the Hive advertisements on the sides of the bottom half of the box was an interesting idea. People kept walking up to our table at BGG.CON confused after seeing Hive on the box next to the race track and saying "Wait..what's this? This can't be a Hive game...what IS this?"
That's so cool we designed the box sides to draw attention to our other games, but we never predicted that it would also work in reverse.
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Peter
Netherlands
Leeuwarden
Friesland
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Gen Four Two wrote: CrimsonCobra wrote: Fun stuff!
So, can we get an update as to when the new version will be available in the U.S.? I haven't heard anything new so I am suspecting we will see this after Christmas? Thanks JG glad you enjoyed playing Junkyard Races. The game should be available in the U.S.A, about the beginning 2011.
Any word on when the game will be available in Europe?
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John Yianni
United Kingdom
Potters Bar
Hertfordshire
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Dear Peter
The game is available in the Netherlands, please contact Vendetta Games:
http://www.vendetta-games.nl/contact_en.php
Thanks
John
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Peter
Netherlands
Leeuwarden
Friesland
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Gen Four Two wrote:
Tnx John, send them an invoice right away 
p.s. The game is not mentioned on the site yet though.
Best, Peter
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Peter
Netherlands
Leeuwarden
Friesland
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Chilwd wrote: Gen Four Two wrote: Tnx John, send them an invoice right away p.s. The game is not mentioned on the site yet though. Best, Peter
Sadly never did get any response from Vendetta. But I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, perhaps a glitch in the contact form on the site
Think this game will be a blast in my gamegroup!
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Hélio Andrade
Portugal
PORTUGAL
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me too, never got an answer. Too bad we can't buy this game.
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John Yianni
United Kingdom
Potters Bar
Hertfordshire
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Chilwd wrote: Sadly never did get any response from Vendetta. But I'll give them the benefit of the doubt, perhaps a glitch in the contact form on the site Think this game will be a blast in my gamegroup!
I'm very sorry that you have not got a response from Vendetta.
One of the partners of Vendetta also has a games shop in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The shop is called THE JOKER, here is their telephone number: 0031(0)302 332 158
It might be best just to call them and order the game from them there.
Hope this is helpful
Regards
John
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Hélio Andrade
Portugal
PORTUGAL
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I don't mean to be disrespectful, but this is the Internet era! I want to click somewhere and be able to buy the damn thing!
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Shawn Low
Australia
Footscray
Victoria
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What are the differences between the old edition (Which I own) and the new?
Are parts interchangeable too? The board in the old version is terrible!
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John Yianni
United Kingdom
Potters Bar
Hertfordshire
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helioa wrote: I don't mean to be disrespectful, but this is the Internet era! I want to click somewhere and be able to buy the damn thing!
Your not being disrespectful, I know exactly what you mean.
here is a link to coolstuffinc.com:
http://www.coolstuffinc.com/main_boardGame.php?viewType=view...
They seem to have the game in stock along with Hive Carbon and the Ladybug.
Cheers
John
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John Yianni
United Kingdom
Potters Bar
Hertfordshire
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shawn_low wrote: What are the differences between the old edition (Which I own) and the new?
Are parts interchangeable too? The board in the old version is terrible!
Unfortunately JKLM printed the first game and did a pretty bad job of it.
The new game is completely new, published by us (Gen42 Games).
There is now a two sided board, up to 8 players (8 karts and characters), the rules have changed and the set collection and junk tiles rules also.
The player kart cards have less spaces and are smaller and the junk tiles are stored on you player kart card, you can now only store up to 5 unless you buy other storage. You now collect tokens to buy parts instead of collecting parts at random.
All the artwork has been redone and the new karts are very nicely made.
All in all I would have to say, miles better production and a much more fun game.
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Hélio Andrade
Portugal
PORTUGAL
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Gen Four Two wrote:
Ordering from the US to Europe? When the game was made in the UK? Makes no sense... I suppose you sold all your copies in Essen, since your own publisher produced the game but they're nowhere to be found... maybe Essen 2011?
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David Bezio
United States
Bonduel
Wisconsin
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I might have missed it somewhere...but what is the diffrence between this "new" edition and the older one? I haven't played this game, but am thinking about purchasing it. I don't want to get an old version by accident, especially if there are problems, components of lesser quality, or if the new edition adds all sorts of cool stuff. How do I tell the difference?
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Martin Gallo
United States
O'Fallon
Missouri
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grubman wrote: I might have missed it somewhere...but what is the diffrence between this "new" edition and the older one? I haven't played this game, but am thinking about purchasing it. I don't want to get an old version by accident, especially if there are problems, components of lesser quality, or if the new edition adds all sorts of cool stuff. How do I tell the difference?
Uhm, look up?
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David Bezio
United States
Bonduel
Wisconsin
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martimer wrote: Uhm, look up?
DOH! The post above that is when I stopped reading and was thinkin "WTF, this tread doesn't tell me the difference!?!"
Guess I'm an idiot...but thanks for taking the time to point it out
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Svein M. Gaasholt
Norway
Trondheim
Unspecified
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helioa wrote: Gen Four Two wrote: Ordering from the US to Europe? When the game was made in the UK? Makes no sense... I suppose you sold all your copies in Essen, since your own publisher produced the game but they're nowhere to be found... maybe Essen 2011?
With the current rate of the dollar, I think you will find that the price including shipping from the US will be competitive and most likely cheaper than from an european supplier. CSI have quite reasonable shipping prices to europe. I ordered from them and the total cost to Norway was ca. 55 USD, or 40 euros.
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I ordered me this game, thinking it was the new edition, but to my surprise it was the old one. I'd liked having the 8 characters & cars and the double-sided and better looking board. And buying me a new edition copy just for that would be a bit silly, no ?
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