Golem Races

Ruparstein is a land that didn’t stand out from the rest of the world until their rulers decided to export their national entertainment: the golem races. Nowadays it’s a very widespread sport with lots of racers and an anxious and unconditional audience. Skilful gnomes prepare their iron golems, necromants stitch up bodies together to create their ultimate flesh golem, dwarven conjurers sculpt stone to give birth a solid runner, and a hundred other participants wait for their call to the start line. The best runners have been called. It is now the time to make your coach a rich man and to catapult him to golem’s glory. —description from the rulebook

The game is played by a referee and multiple racers. Players create individual golems, primarily by random roll. Play then proceeds in turns, each turn spans four distinct phases. During Phase 1, players determine initiative (who will go first that turn. During Phase 2, players move their pieces in initiative order. During Phase 3, players check for mechanical problems. During Phase 4, the referee adjusts the board as needed. The game ends when the first player - the winner - crosses the finish line.

The game is provided as a PDF rules document with suggestions on common items that can be used as game components.

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