Grand Prix Road Race Game (1974)

A simple "spin and move" automobile racing game for up to four players. Players begin by spinning for the highest number to determine who will be the first to choose a car color. This is important because the cars move in specified order each turn (red first, followed by yellow, blue, and then green). The first car to reach the finish line of the curvy track wins the game. Some spaces on the track are marked with events that may require a player's car to move forward or backward additional spaces, or to lose one or more turns. The game's only real outstanding feature is its colorful, cartoonish artwork. If the art strikes you as reminiscent of something you might have seen in Mad Magazine, you'd be right! The box cover and game board feature artwork by Mad's very own Jack Davis. —user summary