Robo Rally

The Basics
Description: Imagine that you're a supercomputer. Now imagine that you're bored. So you dream up a little contest for you and a couple of your supercomputing buddies. Your task is to move one of the stupid little robots out on the factory floor through a series of checkpoints scattered throughout the factory. The wrinkle, however, is that the factory floor is filled with all kinds of inconvenient (if not down-right deadly) obstacles located in various locations: conveyor belts, crushers, flame-throwers, pushers, teleporters, oil slicks, pits, et cetera. But the real fun comes when the robots cross each other's path, and suddenly your perfect route is something less than that...

How to Play

• Wizards Demo (Official Demo) (Web Guide) (Power Point)
• Wizards (Official Rulebook)
• Geek (Copy of Official Rulebook)
  

Where to Play Online (I like Gleemax, but Eye Play and Palm version are fine)

• Gleemax (Free - Registration Required)
• Eye Play Games (Free - Registration Required)
  
• Source Forge (Free - Registration Required)
• Lurk Lurk (Free for Palm OS - No Registration Required)
  

Cheat Sheets (from the Geek)

• Great Website on Robo Rally (Not the Geek)
  
• Teaching Aid (Downloads a Pdf)

Game Hints

• Basic Strategy: Thread on the Geek
  
• My Tips: None from me, but a good thread on the Geek

Views

• Opinion: I really enjoy this game. I enjoy Hunters more, but this is an easy game to learn. I can teach it and go over it at lunch time, at the house or online.
• Online: Works fine online
• Work: Could be to long on the table, might work better online.
• Home: Great game for families after they get the rules down.

Other Info

• Plays best with: Works fine with 2-8 players, best with 5 or 6.
• Gateway Suitability: Easy to learn, a little hard to master. So it might take a few games, then you are hooked.
• Spouse Suitability: Chrissy loved the pieces and the game.
• Re-playability: Once you get into it, replay is high.
• Real Life Setup: A few minutes, sorting pieces and cards.
• Real Life Time/Length: Without the expansions over an hour, the more players could take 2 hours in person.
• Geek Link: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18