This game entry refers to two nearly identical games which are not compatible with one another. Ages 6 and up.
PitchCar and Carabande are dexterity games where large, wooden, puzzle-like pieces are used to construct a race track that looks very similar to a slot car track when finished. But instead of using electrons, players use finger-flicks to send little round pucks around the track, a la Carrom.
Contents:
Eight car discs
Six straightaways
Ten 90-degree curves
Rail pieces for straights and curves
One Start/Finish line sticker
One rule sheet with suggested track layouts
Carabande was produced by Goldsieber and had only the single expansion with the Action Set. Both are currently out of print. It was also produced in a special "Audi" edition, titled Rennspiel-Action. In the BGG photo gallery, Carabande has yellow/orange rails.
PitchCar is produced by Ferti. It currently has three expansions which add "tight" curves, crossroads, small jumps, long straightaways, 45-degree curves, and curved bottlenecks. PitchCar apparently also has two editions, where the first edition has the black laminate on the top and bottom of the track pieces, where the second edition only has the laminate on the top of the track pieces. In the BGG photo gallery, PitchCar has red rails.
This is a simple, fun expansion that our gaming group uses to introduce 4 different types of obstacles to PitchCar. With our suggested rules, even using all 4 types on 1 track should not increase your play time much at all.
Enjoy!
- The Mi-Go 13
This is a Winner's Pit that I made for our gaming group to make it more fun and thematic to track the racers as they cross the finish line. I recommend printing it at 9x5 inches and gluing it to a piece of MDF so it matches the PitchCar standard a bit better.
Enjoy!
- The Mi-Go 13
Zip file includes PitchCar TrackBuilder files showing the tracks included in the base set and Ext. No. 2 instructions. Tracks 2 and 5 from Ext. No. 2 have been slightly modified. Tracks 8 and 10 cannot be built with the PCTB at this time as they require multiple sets.
Enclosed are the data files (.trk's) for tracks for PitchCar's Base Set to be used with TrackBuilder 1.1. The files are named Base Set 1 through 10 with two variations on track 9 (Base Set 9.1.trk and Base Set 9.2.trk). Enjoy!
A drag-and-drop building utility for PitchCar, Carabande and their expansion sets.
Changes from previous version:
* Added Carabande, Carabande Action Set, and PitchCar Stunt Race pieces
* Added the ability to build with multiple sets
* Added the ability to annotate tracks anywhere
* Added the ability to import bitmap files into your tracks
* Added some customization of helper objects
Since this was re-built, the program requires MS GDI+. These files are installed automatically with XP and Vista. Older versions can download the GDI+ files from Microsoft - the user guide explains this. Mac users will need to be creative, and even then I don't know if it will run. My understanding is that previous versions will run on a Mac using Wine.
Previous Downloads:
Version 1.1 -...
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