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Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udc65 a game for 2 to 4 players
\u23f3 Play time is 60 – 120 minutes
\ud83c\udfe2 Publisher is Runner Games<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step into the world of Granfondo, where tactics, teamwork, and a healthy dose of guts come together. Lead your cycling team over challenging mountains, fast descents, and treacherous cobblestones. Will you go for a smart slipstream, an all-or-nothing sprint… or will you even play with fire by using doping? In Granfondo, you don’t choose a quiet cycling race.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Let’s get in on the table<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Granfondo, you control a team with three riders, you move these riders by playing cards and the best team with the best overall placements and the most points is the winner of this race.

You can start with each track that you want but in your first game its recommended to start with Track C, the beginner and the short race. Before we start, every player receives 3 cyclists (sprinter, climber and all-rounder) in a team color, 3 player boards for the different riders, 20 race cards per rider, 3 performance makers and randomly 3 team members (1 sprinter, 1 climber and 1 all-rounder). Place the performance markers on place 4 (for beginners)

Place to race track in the middle of the table, so every player can reach it. Now shuffle the 20 race cards per rider and create seperate deck for each of your riders.

Shuffle the Fate Cards from 1 to 12 and each player draws fate cards for their riders, these are the starting positions of your riders.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Each round consists of three phases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Planning Phase<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Movement Phase<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. End Phase<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Let’s dive a bit deeper into the different phases<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Planning Phase<\/strong>
    In this phase you draw cards up to your hand limit and secretly assign one card per rider, in this phase you can also choose to play or discard a doping card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Movement Phase<\/strong>
    In this phase, you reveal your cards and the riders move in order of their position. From round 2 you can also use specials actions like sprint, slipstream, rolling, position battles and Belgian rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    End Phase<\/strong>
    In this phase you move your played cards onto the discard pile, check your team performance and draw new cards.

    The race end when the riders have crossed the finish line, then the placement and doping control follows.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    First and Second Round Explained<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    First Round<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    Planning Phase<\/strong>
    After drawing cards, choose one card for each of your riders and place the selected cards face down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Movement Phase<\/strong>
    In the first turn, riders move in the order of their starting positions. From the second turn onward, the rider in first place moves first. In case of a tie, the rider closest to the inner lane goes first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Once all players have chosen their cards, reveal them and move x Race Points like you have on the card, move your rider straight forward or diagonally forward. The rider moves a number of spaces equal to the value shown on the card. Riders may move through other riders. If all reachable spaces are occupied, place your rider in one of the spaces directly behind those riders. Then the next rider resolves their movement, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    End Phase<\/strong>
    Place all played cards face up on the discard pile of the rider\u2019s tableau. Then draw new cards until that rider\u2019s hand limit is reached.

    Second Round and Beyond<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    From this round on, the key elements of Granfondo come into play:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Rolling<\/strong>
    Instead of playing a card, you may move your rider 1 space. If the rider\u2019s Performance value is 2, they gain +1 Performance point instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Slipstream<\/strong>
    If you end your movement exactly two spaces behind<\/strong> another rider, you may use slipstream to move one additional space forward<\/strong>, ending directly behind that rider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Sprint<\/strong>
    Instead of playing a single card, you can also play multiple cards.
    When you are in a sprint and you use 2 cards, you count up the race points and apply a penalty;
    for a sprinter -1 Race point
    for the other riders -2 Race points

    When you are in a sprint and you use 3 cards, you count up the race points and first apply a penalty for 2 cards and then you apply a deduction;
    for a sprinter -2 Race points
    for the other riders -3 Race points<\/p>\n\n\n

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    Doping<\/strong>
    Euhm what are you going to explain here? Aren’t we racing fair? No, in Granfondo you have the choice to use doping. Each rider has 2 doping cards, but you have to be aware that you are playing risky and can be disqualified. You play these cards like normal but you can also discard them (nothing happens then). Doping cards also act like wild cards and match the symbols for the teamwork actions.

    Teamwork<\/strong>
    Like we mentioned earlier, you are also racing with your team. At some points you want to increase your performances. Each racing cards displays one out of six different cycling symbols. To be succesfull at least one of the symbols has to be the same on a card played by each of your 3 riders in the same round. If this condition has been met, you may increase the performance +1 at a rider from your choice.

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    Course Features<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Mountains<\/strong>
    Once a rider enters a mountain section or starts their turn on one, their maximum movement per turn is limited:<\/p>\n\n\n\n