Huuue! (2008)

About this game

A new horse-racing game, driven by card play. For each race, different horses are identified as favourites or laggards. You get more victory points for a bad horse finishing well than for a favourite winning the race. Players use cards from their hand to select which horses move forward and backward by different places. There is no race track. Instead, markers for each horse are re-ordered on the table as needed. This allows horses to run neck and neck, which affects how they move in later goes. Players secretly bet on their choice before each race and try to manipulate the result to their favour. After a few races, the most VPs wins.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 7.
• Rules load. At 1.3/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 8 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.