Featured Game - Heat: Pedal to the Metal

Featured games are our way of teaching new games and highlighting something we think our players may enjoy or take note of. We'll explain from scratch how to play the game with a detailed description and demonstrate a few turns, then break into tables to actually play it. Each week it'll be something new, but will run the spectrum of different lengths, complexities, themes, and game mechanics. So if this week's game doesn't interest you, feel free to look again next time around!

Heat: Pedal to the Metal is a card-driven car racing game. Each turn, you'll choose a gear, which also determines the number of cards to play, and those cards determine how far you'll be able to move. Heat is resource that allows you to do more risky manuvers, like playing extra cards or moving through tight corners above the speed limit. But if you run through these corners too quickly, you'll spin out and lose valuable time! Manage your cards well in order to avoid this happening. Keep in mind, we'll also be working through some expansion content this time, giving us some extra cards that may give players some customization too.

Heat is a game for up to 6 players and should take experienced players about 1 hour to play. It has a complexity of 2.20 according to BoardGameGeek, making it low-to-medium complexity compared to games typically played here.

Read the rules here: https://cdn.svc.asmodee.net/staging-daysofwonder/uploads/2024/07/9101-HT-Rules-EN.pdf
Or watch a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ychy0Tgegjk

If this is your first time with this group, you should see a link to our Discord group once you've signed up for this event. You may join any time before the event begins to get to know people, but once this event starts, we'll typically join the Lobby voice chat, then move to another voice chat once we've gotten started. Note that I, as the game teacher, will share my screen to show how the game works, but all other interaction will be voice only, no video, so no need to look presentable first. The game itself will be played using Board Game Arena - please create an account on this site beforehand.