Lacorsa Grand Prix Racing Board Game Expansion: 1962

Hello Mark,

I am pleasantly surprised to receive a response from you. I really appreciate you considering my feedback. I hosted a Lacorsa Grand Prix party over the weekend. Although I am the only hard core F1 fan in the group, (I made an official F1 game for Xbox when I was the head of racing at Microsoft), all of the players were veteran gamers. We had a lot of discussion about the design of the game. Frankly, it is pretty brilliant. Adapting a war-style game loop to F1 seems like a challenge, but you pulled it off for the most part. :-)

We played the base game a few times and found it to be a bit too limiting. People felt too much at the mercy of the hand you were dealt. There were some pretty crazy hands. I had no R's or Champions in my hand and only one extend. I did mange to finish second in that race thanks to effective strategy. Another player had almost all the 4-6's in one hand. There is a feeling of doom from the start in those types of scenarios. Playing multiple rounds definitely lessons that pain, but when you add pitstops, the pain goes away completely pretty much regardless of the hand you are dealt. Now there is hope to improve your hand and recover with a well-timed pitstop. We played with the rule to allow players to examine all of the cards in the discard pile to gauge the piles strength and help time the pitstop. They still have to shuffle the cards before selecting them. That became a game in itself. I think it also really fits the emotional theme of what pitstops are about in real racing.

I have attached images of the car cards that were included in the two packages. There is no match for the pale green team in the base set or the blue and green teams in the 1962 expansion set. Part of the issue is the color of the stripe for the lead driver's car. This was frustrating because we use the cards to track pitstops. I added a set of markers to the game (you can sort of see them in the packaging) that we lay upon the corresponding car card to record the pitstop.

Your overall expansion design is awesome. The seven different race conditions, lead driver rules and of course the pitstops really make this game sing. I have a big Super Bowl party coming up on Sunday and several of the guests are big F1 fans and gamers. We are going to play a hardcore full season before the football game begins. :-)

Regards,

AJ

Our IndyCar mechanics and engineers are playing this game back at the hotel on race weekends. So much fun and a bit of trash talking

I love the theme and aesthetics. The new rules add meaningful depth, but low overhead, that I didn’t expect.

Another great addition to the Lacorsa Grand Prix racing line! Love the different options for rules. These cars are awesome! Colors are vibrant and jump right off the track!

Family loves the game! Getting the expansion pack added new rules and enough extra cars & cards to allow for all of our family members to participate. Love the added rules that come in to play to allow for different track strategies. A great buy!

The Lacorsa 1962 Expansion has 3 more color sets of cars. It includes some additional conditions for when you race. This set also has room to add another Wooden board (Purchased separately. Its a great edition to have go with the main game, due to it allows you up to 12 players, which could be very exciting to play. I give this a 10 out of 10 for the packaging and contents. They are all made with great quality! Don't snooze on this one!

Our family loved the new cars and the variety of gameplay this added. Once we got a taste of pit stops there was no going back. And the incidents and the funnest kind of terror. Momma always picks the Partnership Green car now!

Nothing beats spending quality time with others and also competing for a championship, except when you can do it with more friends! Being able to play with more people adds even more fun to the game.

I really enjoyed having more options for team and player colors. The playing pieces are well made, and all the color options are vibrant. I have a few friends who are colorblind, so it's easier to play when there are more contrasting colors to choose from.

Overall, this is a great expansion to an already wonderful game!

I absolutely love this game/expansion…
I’ve played it now, every day for a couple weeks
and I can say with all certainty that it’s my favorite game!
I love racing games and this one doesn’t disappoint. It’s not only exciting to play but it has beautiful table presence, which means a lot to me :)
I’m so glad I discovered this game!!!

Became an instant fan of the core game, so I had to get the expanded rules! The pits & incident tables add a great random element to each race. I hope to see more in the future!

Quick delivery and a solid addition to my livery stable

I enjoy offline gaming. I am always looking for the next best time waster, and I've found it! I love the throwback feel of being in the 1960's era f1 circuit. The expansion rules are an awesome addition to an already cool game. The expansion offers new variations to the game with different racing experiences. As much as offline games can, this one delivers a real race-like feel. You will enjoy this game and you'll do what I have done...buy the rest of the car sets, that come with new race rules. I'm just waiting for the next set...I've got them all and I'm not sorry. You won't be either.

…and if you don’t want to be last… get the expansion pack! Adds so much depth to the base game. Well worth it!!

Great expansion to a great game. It offers some cool extra rules that make the game even more like a F1 season, but with no complications to confuse non race game players. I love it and tje new car colors.

Added more depth to the game. My son (11) and I enjoy the added strategy to this add to an already great game.

The expansion added more to experience and some great car colors. Great addition.

There are so many aspects of the game that play so much like real racing strategy.

This expansion adds a lot of depth to the game, making it much more realistic. Races don't end super fast now with fewer players, and the different track and incident cards add a lot of variety to the game. It makes it a lot more fun to play solo as well, as there's a lot more strategy that goes into the game. However, with lots of cars races can drag on with the added pit stops (not a bad thing). Overall, super fun!

Love this game and expansion pack! My son is a huge racing fan and he loves grabbing a pizza and spending an evening strategizing for racing victory! A+ experience!

Love this game. And the expansions add so much to the experience

Nice expansion beyond just adding more cars/players to the table. Also adds some fun house rules for variation between tracks and adding some risk/reward in aggressive overtaking. Best part is the ala carte style in each to make the game as simple or complex as your group wants. Read the room and adjust as necessary.

This was purchased as a housewarming gift and was a big hit. Beautifully crafted. Shipment arrived promptly. Two thumbs way up!

The game is fun to play. I am still learning a lot about playing. So far I have only been able to play with one other person. I can’t wait till the holidays when my whole family comes to town. Definitely will be one of our top games to play. Thanks for an awesome game.

The additional rules and variability bring more realism to the game. Love the expansion!

I was already planning to get all the available expansions once I had the base set. But I know the 1962 set was the key one I had to start with. Adding the drivers, the rules about pitting, driver, and car incidents was essential to the experience. Not to mention having the additional track rules, like all the other expansion, was pretty important to me for the immersion as well.

I also love the colors in the set. I love my Braham Green cars, but right behind them from this set I love the Jack Blue cars. They just look amazing in relief against all the other more solid and stolid paint jobs of the other sets.

Do yourself a favor and get this set today. It'll elevate your game experience immensely right out of the box.

The expansion adds more depth to the game with driver and car abilities, track rules, and pitting strategies. These rules expand the game complexity allowing for multiple strategies and styles of play. All expanded elements are independent, so you can add track rules without pit stops for example. Or add players without adding driver abilities. Mix and match.

I was already a huge fan of the original game. The expansion adds a whole lot of fun variable to it. Highly recommend

If you like Lacorsa, the 1962 Expansion set is a no-brainer. Adds all the bells and whistles of tracks/drivers/champion seasons without the excessive overhead of other games. I highly recommend.