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Mint Julep

Mint Julep

2017·Dan Letzring

2 - 4 players
20 - 30 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

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

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Learn to play

How To Play Mint Julep3:26

How To Play Mint Julep

Jason Tagmire

Jason Tagmire

Review

Mint Julep horse racing card game by Button Shy Games18:24

Mint Julep horse racing card game by Button Shy Games

SpeedwayTag

SpeedwayTag

Which Mint Julep video should I watch?

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.

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How To Play Mint JulepHow to play3:26

How To Play Mint Julep

Jason Tagmire

Jason Tagmire

Mint Julep- Solo explained- Button Shy wallet gameHow to play14:52

Mint Julep- Solo explained- Button Shy wallet game

fearanarchy

fearanarchy

Mint Julep board game horse racing done miniHow to play8:02

Mint Julep board game horse racing done mini

Indietabletop

Indietabletop

Mint Julep horse racing card game by Button Shy GamesReview18:24

Mint Julep horse racing card game by Button Shy Games

SpeedwayTag

SpeedwayTag

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fearanarchy
fearanarchy
1 video of this game
Indietabletop
Indietabletop
1 video of this game
Jason Tagmire
Jason Tagmire
1 video of this game
SpeedwayTag
SpeedwayTag
1 video of this game

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About Mint Julep

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

Card GameRacing

Mechanics

Betting & BluffingDrafting
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