
2017Dan Letzring
From BoardGameGeek
It's the annual Mint Julep race and time to place your bets! Will Whiskey Princess defy the odds? Will Alaskan Justice spit the bit? Play your cards right or you'll be shut out. You are in attendance of an amazing horse race and your goal is to end up with the most points by the end of the race. In Mint Julep, players draft cards, place bets and then manipulate the race in order to ensure the horse that they want to win ends up finishing the race in a top spot. Be careful where you place your bet because the odds might be against you! Each game is played in 3 Rounds that each consist of three phases: 1.) drafting cards for your hand 2.) betting on which horse you think will win 3.) playing movement cards to adjust the order of the horses in the race. Final scoring is based on where horses start in the race (horses starting in lower positions are worth more points), where horses end in the race (more points earned for higher place finishers), and when a bet was played (with later bets being worth less than earlier bets). Score the highest points with your bet and you win!
Mint Julep has 4 videos from 4 creators: 1 review and 3 how-to-play guides. They date from 2017 to May 2023.
To learn the rules, start with "How To Play Mint Julep" by Jason Tagmire, which runs 3 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Mint Julep horse racing card game by Button Shy Games" by SpeedwayTag.
If you like it, try Groves, also by Dan Letzring, or Hot Streak, It's a Wonderful Kingdom and Arctic Scavengers, which share several of its mechanics.
2021Frédéric Guérard
1 - 2 players45 minMedium weight
2009Robert K. Gabhart
2 - 5 players45 - 60 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
It's the annual Mint Julep race and time to place your bets! Will Whiskey Princess defy the odds? Will Alaskan Justice spit the bit? Play your cards right or you'll be shut out. You are in attendance of an amazing horse race and your goal is to end up with the most points by the end of the race. In Mint Julep, players draft cards, place bets and then manipulate the race in order to ensure the horse that they want to win ends up finishing the race in a top spot. Be careful where you place your bet because the odds might be against you! Each game is played in 3 Rounds that each consist of three phases: 1.) drafting cards for your hand 2.) betting on which horse you think will win 3.) playing movement cards to adjust the order of the horses in the race. Final scoring is based on where horses start in the race (horses starting in lower positions are worth more points), where horses end in the race (more points earned for higher place finishers), and when a bet was played (with later bets being worth less than earlier bets). Score the highest points with your bet and you win!
Designer
Dan Letzring
Artist
Hong Anh Nguyen
Publisher
Button Shy
Categories
Mechanics