Win Place & Show (1966)

A race meeting consisting of 6 races, each with 6 horses of varying power and characteristics. Board shows an oval track of six lanes, straightforward in straights but graduated on the curves. Although dice play a part in the game there is plenty of room for skillful maneuvering in the course of each race, which can be from 5 furlongs to 1 1/4 miles. An important part of the game is provided by certain marked squares: if you can get your horse to stop on one of these it can overtake one horse ahead of it in the same line, which can be vital considering that only two swerves are permitted in each turn (only one if the jockey is an apprentice). Every horse has a distinctive racing pattern (slow or fast starter, stayer or fader etc.) represented by a set of numbers, one for each turn. These numbers are added to a single dice throw (common to all the horses), so that the speed of each race can vary substantially. There are many other interesting factors too numerous to describe in a short review. Odds on each horse are pre-set and depend largely on the number patterns described above.

Originally released as part of the 3M Sports Games line.

Win, Place, & Show (1977)
Avalon Hill revised existing published design (3M)
Designed by J. Reilly & T. Divoll
Development by Don Greenwood

Originally published by 3M in 1966 in their linear box with wrap-around plastic mapboards—a configuration which characterized the entire 3M sports line.

Avalon Hill released several historical races, horses and events in its All-Star Replay Magazine:

1974 All-American Futurity - Ruidoso Downs, NM. All-Star Replay, Volume II, Number 2.

1976 Ben Blades Memorial Appaloosa Stakes - Arlington Park, IL. All-Star Replay, Volume II, Number 3.

Harness Racing Rules with Pacing Triple Crown Winners and Trotting Triple Crown Winners. All-Star Replay, Volume III, Number 3.

The Best Thoroughbreds of 1980. All-Star Replay, Volume III, Number 4.

1980 Arabian Super Derby - Arlington Park, IL. All-Star Replay, Volume IV, Number 2.

1982 Triple Crown: 108th Kentucky Derby, 107th Preakness Stakes, and 114th Belmont Stakes. Also includes insert for top 6 horses of each decade from the 1860's through and including the 1970's. All-Star Replay, Volume IV, Number 4.

1965 Little Brown Jug Race. All-Star Replay, Volume IV, Number 5.

Great Thoroughbreds of 1982. All-Star Replay, Volume IV, Number 6.

The GENERAL Index Article List:

• The GENERAL Vol.25,No.5
  • Win Place & Show – “Sports Special- The Best Bet” (Strategy) Jim Burnett
• The GENERAL Vol.30,No.4
  • Win Place & Show – “Official Program” (Insert) Stuart K. Tucker
  • Win Place & Show – “A Day at the Races” (Variant Discussion) Stuart K. Tucker