Flamme Rouge is one of the best and easiest race games ever made that is enjoyed by serious gamers and families alike. Domestika on using python to do generative art and then realized the whole thing was in Portugese with subtitles. You'll find him rolling fistfuls of dice, reveling in thematic goodness, and giving Farmerlenny a hard time for liking boring stuff.

Flamme Rouge: Peloton, the first expansion for Flamme Rouge, offers a chase group of four riders (pink and white rouleurs and sprinters) that allows the base game to be played with up to six players. Yes, that would be quite crowded on a normal track, so you’ll be pleased to hear that the new track tiles have sides with 3 spaces per square, allowing more cyclists to fit in a tight pack. These two simple rules give rise to wonderful moments of glee as you get a slipstream bonus, anguish as someone slips into a gap in front of you, and an overwhelming urge to facepalm when you find yourself at the front too early on.It seems like the space isn’t quite far enough ahead to be worth the bid, especially given the inherent likelihood of absorbing a lot of Exhaustion cards. fi FLAMME ROUGE Flamme Rouge is a fast-paced, tactical bicycle racing game where each player controls a team of two riders: a Rouleur and a Sprinteur. This is a huge advantage in terms of distance moved but they’ll be taking a monstrous number of exhaustion cards if they manage to stay in the lead. Starting any game of Flamme Rouge at the back of the pack has always left a bitter taste in my mouth. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Each player essentially bids two cards for one of their riders, and the highest total gets to jump ahead (With 5-6 players, two riders get the jump). While on the face of things a race game, Flamme Rouge is not simply about going fastest, it’s about timing, positioning, and managing your energy. The strategy improvements of Peloton are just as subtle as the strategy found in the original release. Also worth mentioning, the changing widths of tiles adds some more tactics to think about, especially when it comes to slipstreaming. As I mentioned in the opening paragraph, one of the key additions in Peloton is that you can now add a fifth and sixth player.The game at six players is just as fast as it was with four, and with lower player counts I always add in the AI riders for extra excitement. Now it’s the last leg of the race, the ride home, and you’re up front with the best riders of the best.