Your player board has a big grid on it that has a row for each horse with their multiplier for placing 1st, 2nd, 3rd or beyond the ‘no bet’ line, a helmet and a jersey for each horse and a space to record your winnings.

However, there are plenty of racing games that involve betting – Camel Up and Unicorn Fever being some of the best. Thankfully, Long Shot the Dice Game is edge of your seat fun without watching old people lose their life savings. One of the actions you can take is to add a jersey to a horse (whether it goes on the horse or the jockey in your mind’s eye is entirely up to you). It functions as an interface for your plot and scheming to the macro element of play, a conduit to the greater experience shared at the table.

One lets you bet on the horse even in the closing stages of the race, while the other lets you cross a box on that horse’s card, allowing you to favour other horses on a repeat of that die roll. That’s perhaps a bit more than some of its ilk but then again it has an actual board and wooden horse pieces, so that’s understandable.

You will revel in the thrill of the race and the temptation of just one more bet on that horse before it crosses the line. It’s almost like that horse is super encouraging, turning around and going “Come on you lot, you can do it! Players choose an action on their dry erase player board each turn no matter who the active player is. Or you can bet on the matching horse adding 1-3 dollars to any existing bet – as long as you have the money to do so. In this way you are assured its position, and thus its perceived odds, have not unexpectedly shifted.The restriction is important, because it narrows strategic considerations and forces you into lesser desired pathways, but it also speeds up play by equally narrowing your action menu. When the first three horses cross the line, you cash in your bets using the multipliers on the player boards, and add any bonuses.