Description

Welcome to the world of Grand Tour Bicycle Racing !

Stages is a 2 - 4 player card game where players battle for the Leader's Yellow Jersey by assembling teams of bikes racers in hopes of winning the most stages.

As the Sports director of the team, you are in charge of choosing which stages you are going to battle for with the team you have assembled.

There are 5 types of rides :
"The Captain", these are the leaders of the pack and their peddling for the podium.
"The Sprinter", these speed demons are winners of flat stages when top speed is on the line.
"The Climber", when the race heads into the mountains, you need the lungs of a yak, the speed of a mountain lion.
"The Domestique", eveybody needs help and these self-sacrificing riders are there to support their team by any and all means possible.
"The Super-Domestique", the ride able to morph into any rider when the time calls on them and thus the wild card.

Each of the 21 stages has a different profile suiting a different type of team. A stage takes anywhere from 1 - 5 riders to accomplish the stage. Every stage has points for the Leader's Yellow jersey and can have additional points toward the Sprinter's Leader Jersey with green points or red points towards the Climber's Leader's Polkadot Jersey.

However you can Crash Out of a stage or have teammates Traded to Other Teams.

Stage by stage and step by step battles ensue with the various jersey's changing hands until the final 21st Stage is completed and the winner is declared by holding the final Leader's Yellow Jersey.

Stages consists of 130 beautifully designed larger Tarot Card size (70mm x 121mm, 2.75" x 4.75") made of 300gsm professional quality card stock with a wonderful smooth finish.

With Hours of Play Testing, we Have Made Stages Easy to Learn and Quick to Play Taking Only About 30 Minutes for a Full Game.

You can simply build your team for the Current Stage or you can carefully plan your next few moves while you building your team for the more difficult upcoming stages. With stages, you can play with as little or as much strategy as you want to put in it. Whether you are 6 or 106, everyone will have fun collecting riders and winning stages.

—description from the designer