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Gear Shift
Gear Shift
by Actiongable Ltd (1978)
Player Count
2 to 8

Playing Time
15 minutes
Categories
  • Racing
  • Designers
  • Michael Hicks-Beech
  • Mechanisms
  • Dice Rolling
  • Family
  • Sports: Auto Racing
  • Rating: 7.29/10 from 7 users

    Description

    An obscure board game take on Formula One released by small games publisher Actiongable during the late 70's. Gear Shift has a unique and in many ways quite realistic take on F1 racing, where the movements are generally dictated not by dice, but by on-track position.

    So - unusually for a car-racing board game - this is very much a strategy game, with the element of chance coming in the form of hazard squares which require a roll from the 36-item hazard list on the inside of the box lid.

    Only one track comes with the game - Brands Hatch - but the rule book claims that Actiongable were going to make further tracks available. One can only assume that disappointing sales scuppered those plans.

    A hidden gem of the genre.

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