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Year Published
2008
# of Players:
2 − 10
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4, 5 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 players
(19 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(6 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
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Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Leader 1
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Families
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Leader 1, the legend of cycling, is a cycling race simulation by Ghenos games.

In each of the 5 teams there are different types of cyclists: 1 rouleur, 1 climber and 1 leader. Different tracks can be arranged with the hexagons reproducing different types of routes: plain, ground rise, mountain pass and downhill.

Every cyclist enjoys the benefits of a free base movement which varies according to his specialty and according to the hexagon at the beginning of his movement. After this kind of movement every racer can add a paying movement. Therefore, the race is based on the riders’ energy management: initially the riders are all inside the peloton, where it is easier to save energy, but then they will have to find the proper moment to break away to open the definitive gap ahead of the peloton.

The slipstreaming rule assures the simulation of the easier breaking away with a fellow, saving energy by swapping places. Cracks, falls and punctures make the simulation more complete.

Leader 1 has a simple yet fascinating mechanism: players decide the placement and energy management of their riders, facing all the elements of a “classic” or “stage” race.

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1 Leader 1 dutch rules
This is an conversion from the dutch rules from Ghenos games. There were some translation errors in the dutch rules and also some unclear sentences. I also removed the cutting lines which took up a lot of valuable paper space.
2009-11-01
1 Leader 1 L'Etape Du Tour 2008
Layouts for 5 stages of the L'Etape Du Tour 2008. Original layouts were published to the Ghenos games website. This document allows you to easily recreate them. Link to original: http://www.ghenosgames.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=33&Itemid=113 The L'Etape Du Tour is for amateur cyclists to attempt a stage of the Tour de France. See Wikipedia entry for more details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Etape_du_Tour
2009-08-24
7 Leader 1 Tour de France 2009
Track layouts from Tour de France 2009. Based on thread "All-Time Great Tour de France Replay" [url]http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/420513[/url] by [username=John Weber] If any errors are noted let me know and I'll update the file: Known Issues: 1. Not all mountain sections have a category. Assume Cat. 3 for those not classified.
2009-08-10
3 Score table
Score table for Leader 1 / Giro d'Italia ready to print with cutlines
2009-06-17
2 Leader 1 .Simulation
These domestic rules try to promote the simulation of the game, contributing realism
2009-05-26
2 Leader 2 Player Aid ver. 1.01
A player aid in Word format for the Leader 2 variant rules. Reviewed by Garf on May 20, 2009. The change from version 1.01 to 1.02 is a three word change to the puncture rules.
2009-05-20
2 Reglamento Deluxe Leader1
Resumen y reordenación de las reglas oficiales en sólo 7 páginas. Ideal para iniciaciones y consultas rápidas. SPANISH
2009-03-03
1 LEGSTRONG
A "Leader 1 Legend of cycling" variant. It's a variant for doping, a awkward subject in cycling. Many would like doping did not exist, but like they say of Galician "meigas" (whitches): "Haberlas, haylas". If this subject is too crude for you, please don't download the file. The name of the file is lame joke, but could as well be called "Intherain" or whatever pun you prefer. [edited after prompt from commentator]
2009-02-27
39 Leader 2 rules
Yes, you read correctly: by now the set of rules me and my group are using is so different from the original ones that it would be almost misleading to use "Leader 1" in the title :) How have we ever gotten so far? We liked the game a lot from day 1, but were disappointed by some of its mechanics causing the races to resemble the real ones rather poorly, while offering very few strategic options. After lots of brainstorming and then testing, we finally arrived to this set of rules, which seems to play out nicely for all kinds of routes, while not being too complex. Enjoy! As a bonus, a separate section of comments, where I discuss the motivation and real-life examples behind the new rules. Also, a bunch of concepts we have invented from scratch in order to make the game more...
2009-02-26
15 Leader 1 - Pimp My Ride cards+tokens
The use of pen and paper to track riders' expert abilities, risk and energy is a bit annoying, fiddly and off-putting to some players, so I have made a set of printable cards and tokens which can be used instead of the player sheets. Slipstream tokens are also included to keep track of slipstreaming riders. This version 2 file replaces the previous expert tokens with rider cards for downhill and sprint expert riders as well as for standard riders. Each colour coded rider/expert card includes all the movement details for that type of rider/expert on the different types of terrain. General game turn and movement rules summary cards are also included.
2009-02-18
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Board Game Rank: 472
Num Ratings: 426
Average Rating: 7.18
Standard Deviation: 1.43
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Personal Comments: 167
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