Pole Position (1989)

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Designer	Gerhard E. Kodys
Artist	Madeleine Kugler
Publisher	Kirjalito Piatnik
Year Published	1989
# of Players	2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5 players (2 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	(no votes yet) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (2 voters) [poll]
Honors	1989 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
Subdomain	(3 voters) [vote]
Category	Racing Sports
Mechanic	Modular Board Point to Point Movement Simultaneous Action Selection
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Family	Auto Racing
Primary Name	Pole Position
Alternate Names	Paalupaikka
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Racing game on a modular Board. Every player holds cards from 1 to 9. Everyone chooses one card and they are revealed simultaneous. Highest card moves first. There are some spaces e.g. TURBO (win one position) with special features. These are the heart of the game. Moving in front of an opponent costs 1 additional movement point.
The player with the most points from his 3 cars wins the race.

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polepositionfr.pdf

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Pole Position Rules.doc

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Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/596.pdf	2012-01-22
Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=596&zoekcri...	2012-01-22
German review - Spielphase	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2011-04-20