Game Review: Darrell Waltrip’s Race Cards, the Stock Car Racing Game
Officially-licensed NASCAR card game updates Mille Bornes for motorsports fans
Throughout the years, NASCAR has had its share of game-based adaptations, from edge-of-your-seat simulation video games to multiple Monopoly editions. The recognizable branding, the thrill of racing, and the fan-driven frenzy surrounding stock car racing has led to many family gaming iterations of the sport. One game of mixed results updates the classic French […]
Is Michael Waltrip Moving to Chevy?
No one can deny that Michael Waltrip is a NASCAR legend. He’s raced in over 780 races in 31 years, and is now a part-time driver when he’s not on Fox Sports as an analyst. You also can’t forget that he’s been on Dancing with the Stars, the true mark of celebrity. https://youtu.be/HhTUlFmOwVw While he’s racing […]
Jeff Gordon To Join Fellow NASCAR Legend Darrell Waltrip in the Fox Broadcast Booth
Jeff Gordon will be hanging up his racing helmet and picking up the microphone when he joins the Fox broadcast team in 2016. The four-time NASCAR champion previously announced this would be his final season as a full-time driver, but just recently announced his move to Fox. Gordon will be replacing Larry McReynolds, who is […]
Review: Z-EDGE T4 Touch Screen Dual Lens Dash Cam
Dash cams have become an essential accessory for many drivers, providing constant surveillance of the road ahead (and sometimes behind them). Videos of dash cam footage on YouTube garner thousands of views each day, with plenty of people hoping to see unbelievable driving methods and ridiculous road rage. But for most, installing a dash cam […]
Counting Down 10 Big Ones in the Daytona 500
Every sport has its grand event. For football, it’s the Super Bowl. In baseball, it’s the World Series. When it comes to NASCAR, the Great American Race at the Daytona International Speedway takes the cake. Daytona kicks off every racing season with a field of 40 cars racing 500 miles at top speeds of 210 […]
First Production Toyota Supra Goes on Sale for $2.1 Million at Auction
Just over a month ago, we wondered how much someone would be willing to pay for the first new-generation Toyota Supra. The answer turned out to be quite a bit higher than we anticipated. The first production 2020 Toyota GR Supra, VIN number 20201, was auctioned for charity on Saturday evening for a whopping $2.1 […]
I Binged the Whole ‘Fast & Furious’ Franchise – Here’s My Review
The Fate of the Furious will premiere in just a couple of days time and given that I write for a website about cars, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to put together a review—the only downside being that of the seven movies that came before it, I had seen exactly none. So […]
Blu-Ray Review: Fender Bender (2016)
The film Fender Bender is not terribly dissimilar from the only time I was involved in a vehicular collision. I was on my way to work one morning and arrived at the point where the two-lane expressway by my home splits in two directions, which is typically an incredible task for Cincinnati’s hilariously inept drivers […]
Jeff Gordon Might Drive Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Chevy Racecar at Indy
After Team Chevy driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. made the announcement that he would miss the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, it was declared that Xfinity Series driver Alex Bowman would replace Earnhardt in the No. 88 Chevrolet. However, if Earnhardt needs additional time off, his former teammate at Hendrick Motorsports, Jeff […]
Muddy Motorsport Mayhem: Review of Allen’s ‘Dirt- The Game’
Even when things get messy, there's no such thing as a bad slide job
In the world of motorsports, there’s nothing as wild and rowdy as a sprint car race on a dirt track. Vehicles and drivers are pushed to the limit as they trade paint and claw their way across the finish line. It’s quite different from the prim and proper international racing that’s more about precision […]
INDYCAR Unplugged – Motor Racing Board Game Review
For as many NASCAR board games that have been released over the years, it’s surprising that IndyCar racing hasn’t received the same attention–especially since the motorsport has been around for a hundred years. One of the few tabletop racing games that embraces American Championship car racing is the colorful, family-oriented INDYCAR Unplugged from Good Ole Games. The […]
10 Fun Facts About The Daytona 500 You Might Not Know
The Daytona 500 is the first points race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season and it’s also the biggest event of the year. Nicknamed the “Great American Race,” the event covers 500 miles and is 200 laps long. Richard Petty has the record for the most Daytona 500 victories with seven, while Bobby Allison is […]
‘Roadkill Rivals’ Card Game Review: Audacious and Addictive
I’m an avid fan of offbeat card and tabletop games. Because crowd-funding channels like Kickstarter are producing a wealth of unconventional ideas these days, many creations that wouldn’t have seen the light of day otherwise are receiving their rightful releases. Hearing that Pygmy Giraffe Games has created a card game about making roadkill, I was […]
Fast & Furious: Full Throttle Board Game Review
Can the blockbuster film franchise be adapted into a high-octane board game?
Back in the day, dice-rolling, token-moving board games were everywhere, and that seemed like the only way to adapt movies into competitive family fare. Superman, The Goonies, Candyman–it didn’t matter who the film’s audience was: its game had to be formulaic enough to encourage the most easily-confused people to participate. Then we entered this renaissance […]
Game Review: The Great Heartland Hauling Co.
With so many unique niches in the world and the abundance of creative game designers, it’s not surprising that nearly every theme is being turned into a tabletop game these days. The business of cargo hauling via semi-truck probably isn’t a top interest for most gamers, but considering the success of similar transportation games like Ticket to Ride, maybe […]
Mille Bornes: The Classic French Auto Racing Card Game Review
Can this classic cross-country card caper compete against current card games?
It’s a disheartening truth that card games simply aren’t as popular as they used to be. Despite the golden age of tabletop gaming we’re in, the vast majority of people do not play cards like they did 50 or 100 years ago. Families aren’t hosting weekly bridge, canasta, or pinochle gatherings. Many in today’s generation have not experienced […]
Go500: The Racing Dice Game Review
Does this press-your-luck, dice-based stock car game capture the thrill of racing?
Some nights, you don’t feel like playing an intensive strategy game that requires plenty of thinking. Sometimes, you just want to pass the time with your friends by playing a simple dice-rolling game. It doesn’t require much effort to learn or teach, and the only real choice you have to make is to […]
NASCAR Daytona 500 Race Game (1990) Review
The perfect blend of German-style gaming with full-throttle American racing
Adapting automotive racing into a board game is a challenge. Some games oversimplify it and miss the strategy, while others over-complicate it and lose the thrill. The officially-licensed NASCAR Daytona 500 Race Game finds that rare balance and drives it home. Don’t let its NASCAR branding or Milton Bradley publication fool you–this is a well-designed and […]