Camel Up
骆驼大赛
Bet on a camel race where camels pile on top of each other and the lead changes every roll.
- 3–8 players
- about 40 min
- Easy to pick up
- Party
- Family
- Push your luck
- Racing
The goal
Have the most money when the race ends. Nobody owns a camel; you only bet on them.
How it plays
- 1Everyone starts with 3 coins; on your turn do one of four things. Bet on this leg: take the top betting ticket of one colour, backing that camel to lead when the leg ends. Each colour's tickets go 5, 3, 2, 2.
- 2Roll: take a pyramid ticket, shake the pyramid and release one die. That camel moves 1 to 3 spaces, carrying every camel stacked on top of it; the grey die moves one of the two crazy camels backwards.
- 3Place your spectator tile on an empty space, cheering (a camel that stops there moves 1 more) or booing (it moves 1 back). You earn 1 coin each time a camel stops on it.
- 4Bet on the whole race: put one of your finish cards face down on the overall winner or overall loser pile.
- 5When five of the six dice are out, score the leg: the leader's tickets pay their value, second place pays 1 per ticket, every other ticket costs 1, each pyramid ticket pays 1. Then reset for the next leg.
How you win
The moment any camel crosses the finish line, score the leg, then the race bets: correct cards pay 8, 5, 3, 2, 1 in the order they were placed, wrong ones cost 1. Most money wins.
First time?
- The camel on top of a stack counts as ahead, so a camel one space back can leap into the lead.
- Crazy camels never count in the ranking, but they can carry other camels backwards.
- Race bets pay more the earlier you place them. If you're confident, go early.