"Race" games are are games in which the main objective it to be the first player to reach a goal. Typically, this involves moving game pieces around a playing board, according to the rules of the game. The winner is the first player to move all their pieces to the "home" position on the board. Race games are some of the earliest board games to be invented, appearing in India and the Middle East thousands of years ago. Today, Backgammon is the foremost game of this genre, and also one of the most popular. Race games include:

Aggravation Backgammon Ludo

Parcheesi Sorry Trouble

Other Race Board Games

Aggravation - The Classic Marble Race Game  BUY NOW  $13.99

Aggravate everyone you know! Because they'll try to aggravate you! Players compete in this classic marble race around the board from Base to Home. Just roll the dice and start moving. Take shortcuts to zip ahead or try the super shortcut to shoot across the board. Along the way, aggravate your opponents by sending them back to their Base! Includes game board, die, 24 marbles. For 2 to 6 players.

As in Jules Verne's famous story, the players in Around the World in 80 Days are members of a London Club at the beginning of the 20th century who bet each other on a round-the-world journey. Whoever can complete the journey in less than 80 days will win the bet and the accolades of his comrades. To accomplish this, the players will have to make good use of train and ship travel as they move from place to place. Along the way, they may have the opportunity to speed their travels with balloons and elephants. However, they must also avoid the over-zealous detective, who will slow their progress if he can catch up with them for interrogations in the places they visit. Naturally, events outside the control of the players may also play a part.

If you have problems winning a race, then this is the game for you! Change Horses is a unique racing game where the object is to finish last. Before the game, players are secretly assigned a horse. It is essential that everybody else's horse crosses the finish line before your's, so everybody tries to move their opponent's horses forward. In this tactical race to the back of the pack, every card played can change the outcome. And if you can't rein in your own horse, you can always change horses!

Race against your fellow drivers in the annual Gumball Rally from San Francisco to Long Beach. Take your place in the line of cars, and play a Race Card. When your Race Card number beats the one in front of you, or your card color matches the car, you hit the gas and pull ahead to pass him. Make your way to the lead position, and then do your best to stay there. But watch out for those Hazards--they can send you spinning to the end of the line. Play continues until someone draws the Checkpoint or Finish Line cards hidden somewhere in the final 12 cards. Earn the most point cards based on race positions and walk away with the coveted Gumball Rally trophy!

Head for the starting gate, it's time to race! This version of the classic and very popular "Racing Horse Game" comes in a premium wood cabinet with a sliding top. The interior of the 12" x 12" cabinet stores all of the game pieces, dice, and playing cards. In the Horse Race Game, players begin at the starting gate and roll the dice to move the horses along the sliding wooden track. Whoever holds the cards that match the number of the first horse to reach the end of the track wins!

Motor-racing fascinates many fans around the world. But simply sharing in the excitement through a television is nothing compared to experiencing it yourself with MotorChamp, a car-racing game for 2-8 players. Each player is both team manager and driver. As manager he must decide which driver in the team will go for victory and which will have the job of supporting him. As driver he must master the dangers of the racetrack and never let the opponents out of his sight. A feel for driving at the limit, the right strategy concerning pit-stops, clever use of the second car and the necessary bit of luck will guarantee a successful race. The game is designed so that 12 different racetracks can be constructed from the board. In this way you can organise entire series of races and championships.

Spend a fun day at the track with the Racing Horse Game! Roll the dice to move the horses along the sliding wooden track. Whoever holds the cards that match the number of the first horse to reach the end of the track wins! Includes wooden game board, chips, cards, and dice.

In Robo Rally you are one of several supercomputers in a fully automated widget factory. You are brilliant. You are powerful. You are sophisticated. You are bored. So enjoy a little fun at the factory's expense! With the other computers, you program factory robots and pit them against each other in frantic, destructive races across the factory floors. Be the first to touch the flags, in order, and you win it all - the honor, the glory, the grudging respect of the other computers. But first you have to get your robot past obstacles like gaping pits, industrial lasers, moving conveyor belts, and, of course, all the other robots!

In The Great Space Race, a racing game of interstellar proportions, players compete to be the first ship to complete three laps or to be the last remaining ship in play. Sometimes a race is about survival and sometimes it's just about hauling tentacle to the finish line. The dispersion of equipment, major events and, most importantly, play styles can all factor into this. Needless to say, every game is diferent and each provides its own unique challenges.

This game is sometimes known as "The Royal Game Of UR". The UR game board is a reproduction of a game board found in Mesopotamia's Biblical city of Ur of the Chaldees. The UR game for adults uses strategy and a second game for children is a race game. The game board is handcrafted from hardwood.

Race your opponents to gather the necessary cards that will allow you to Zig-Zag quickly along a multi-terrain path to your personal finish line. Can't quite make it to the end? Snatch more cards for another round and another chance--unless someone else grabs the ones you need and gets there first. Amusing, colorful card art!