2022Michael Kiesling, Wolfgang Kramer
- Videos
- 81
- Creators
- 66
1 - 6 players30 minLight weight

2026Bert Hardeman
Mainly reviews. Spokes is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 9 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, 3 unboxings, and 2 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
Spokes is a fast-paced cycling game in which players create cycle paths by swapping spokes from their wheels for those on the board, creating routes and changing options along everyone's routes, resulting in fast and dynamic play. Each turn, players select a spoke on their wheel to swap for one on the track, then travel down a contiguously-colored track containing the spoke they placed. As the game continues, players build, share, and dismantle routes, managing the selection of spokes at their disposal for efficient cycling on the best routes. Play goes around the table until one player has completed three laps and wins. Players can draft other bikes and use the reserved energy to pull ahead at opportune moments. This helps to recreate the excitement and theme of cycling, with the best players knowing when to sit behind other players, use their routes, and overtake them at the last minute for the win! Rules include team, multi-bike, and solo variants.
Spokes has 19 videos from 14 creators: 9 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 3 playthroughs, 3 unboxings and 2 other videos. They date from 2024 to May 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play | Spokes | The Cycle Racing Board Game | Bert Hardeman | Radical 8 Games" by Fun With Boxes, which runs 15 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Spokes Review: Different Spokes For Different Folks" by The Dice Tower. 7 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Solo Play Sunday: Spokes! 🏻️" by BoardGameDave, one of 3 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Wandering Towers, 1941: Race to Moscow, ORBIT or Entropy, which share several of its mechanics. It appears in convention videos from UK Games Expo 2024.
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2022Michael Kiesling, Wolfgang Kramer
1 - 6 players30 minLight weight
2022Valdemar Gumienny
1 - 4 players90 - 120 minHeavy weight
2026Tommaso Battista, Simone Luciani, Nestore Mangone
1 - 4 players90 - 150 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Spokes is a fast-paced cycling game in which players create cycle paths by swapping spokes from their wheels for those on the board, creating routes and changing options along everyone's routes, resulting in fast and dynamic play. Each turn, players select a spoke on their wheel to swap for one on the track, then travel down a contiguously-colored track containing the spoke they placed. As the game continues, players build, share, and dismantle routes, managing the selection of spokes at their disposal for efficient cycling on the best routes. Play goes around the table until one player has completed three laps and wins. Players can draft other bikes and use the reserved energy to pull ahead at opportune moments. This helps to recreate the excitement and theme of cycling, with the best players knowing when to sit behind other players, use their routes, and overtake them at the last minute for the win! Rules include team, multi-bike, and solo variants.
Designer
Bert Hardeman
Artist
Rusembell
Publisher
Radical 8 Games
Categories
Mechanics