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Getting on Track

Casual Game Insider

Summer 2021

Track and Field is the centerpiece of the games, drawing in some of the biggest crowds and containing some of the most memorable moments. For example, Usain Bolt — shoelaces undone, chicken nuggets for dinner — sprinting his way to the 100m world record in 2008. Curiously, there are very few athletics-based modern tabletop games.

1500m, by Lucky Loser Games, bucks that trend. It is a racing game for 3-8 people with a free luck system and euro mechanics including stamina management. Sound too tiring? The rules also allow for a shorter 800m version.

Cycling is another Olympic sport that’s well-catered for in tabletop adaptations, at least outside of the velodrome at least. Flamme Rouge, Leader 1, and Pro Cycling handle the excitement of the road events, while Send It! captures mountain biking. Send It! came about following an accident doing the real thing. “In October of 2019 I had a bad crash on my mountain bike and ended up in the emergency room with an AC separation, a mild concussion, and lots of cuts and bruises,” says

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