This time 6 chariots took the starting line. With 4 players, we added a wrinkle: Every 3 turns players diced for control of the red and blue chariot. Whoever had control ran them for 3 turns, then diced again. This caused much carnage and mayhem. And yes, I was on the outside, while Helen had the pole position.
Did I say carnage and mayhem? Right off the bat I had an early start, but Miles, running the blue chariot, rammed him into me, causing a double crash.
By turn 3 of the first lap things had settled out a bit, with every body behaving.
But a failed triple-activation had motivated a gang of hooligans onto the track! By the end of the race, 2 gangs were roaming around, looking for trouble.
Late in the game. Sara has a lock on the lead, looking to cruise to an easy victory. Where is Miles? There he is, half a lap behind, seemingly not even in contention. Some would give up now, but not Miles.
...And with good reason. Total carnage in turn 3! The Blue Chariot (me controlling) went on a suicide chicken-run. He took out Sara and Helen, Red Chariot (controlled by Miles), took me out in exchange. While everybody tried to get their chariots back on 2 wheels, Miles calmly cruised through the middle, using his "crowd favorite" to thread the needle.
And it paid off: Miles crosses the line first, while also getting "crowd favorite" again! MHI for the win.
After Miles crossed in first with crowd favorite, Sara also crossed the line with 3 successes. So we house-ruled that both got the bonus points for crossing the line as the favorite, as the alternate seemed mean.
The standings after 3 races:
Sara 10 points
Miles 10
Tom 7
Helen 5
