BET ON IT! Bring the excitement of the race track to your next game night! by Jennifer Handy, Vice President, Perplext
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ong Shot: The Dice Game started in development more than five years ago when Perplext sought to bring back some of the favorite aspects of the now out-of-print original board game Long Shot (Z-Man games, 2009) and add some exciting new twists. In the original Long Shot, designer Chris Handy set out to make a familyfriendly racing game built around a single horse race with 10 horses. He captured the nature of a real horse race, with betting and cheering on horses, in a short amount of playing time. With Long Shot: The Dice Game, Chris and the team at Perplext developed a light strategy game for up to 8 players that provides interesting strategic choices and just enough luck that results in emotional outbursts of excitement. The theme is intriguing to the casual gamer who approaches the game with a built-in understanding of the game’s goal, while the mechanics and embedded strategy wet the hobbyists palate for a party strategy game that accommodates a full game-night’s players. Wes Tomlin of Never Bored Gaming states it best: “From solo gaming, to a double date night, to a party, Long Shot: The Dice Game does a fantastic job keeping everyone at the table active and engaged in the game!”
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The original game lent intriguing possibilities, and as “roll & write” style gameplay was becoming popular, it became clear to Chris and the Perplext team that the style was a great direction in which to take a new version of the game. And so, Long Shot: The Dice Game took off out of the gate, and with help from the team at Brieger Creative, Perplext finished the game with compelling results. It delivers a modern, racing experience that “gives you the thrill of betting on actual horses, but throws in enough ways for you to manipulate the odds that it doesn’t feel like a complete gamble” (Jonathan Estis, Roll for Crit). And so the team’s intuition came to fruition when Brody Sheard from Meeple Mountain said, “Long Shot: The Dice Game will be one of the games
mentioned when you hear someone say roll and write!” It will also be one of the games retailers get asked about from new and existing patrons as participation and support for the wildly successful KickStarter campaign ripples in the market. And as a result of the campaign, Perplext also added several additional horse card sets and components, giving the game even more compelling reasons for gamers to revisit the title regularly. Some exciting features of Long Shot: The Dice Game: • A short playing time of 25 minutes! • Clever “Roll & Write & Erase” gameplay! • Actions and betting while the race is on! • Multiple horse card sets, making each race exciting and unique! • Accommodating eight players and including a solo mode! • Small, portable box! • Full-color wooden horse tokens! Perplext’s line of “Roland Wright” breaks new ground and expands the possibilities of the “roll & write” genre with each new title. Long Shot: The Dice Game is certainly no exception! Long Shot: The Dice Game is available April 2022.
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