Heat

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• Setup
  • • Place a board of your choosing on the table.
    • Each player takes:
      • a car in their color
      • a player mat in their color
      • a gear pawn in their color
      • 12 speed cards in their color
      • 3 starting upgrade cards
    • Check the board for how many heat and stress cards to add to each player's deck (usually 6 heat and 3 stress).
    • Shuffle your speed cards, including the upgrades and stress cards and place this facedown in the draw spot on your player mat (left hand slot).
    • Place the 6 heat cards faceup on the engine spot in the center slot on your player mat.
    • Put your gear pawn in 1st gear.
    • Place the remaining stress cards near the board.
    • Randomly place the cards on the starting grid to determine player order for the 1st round.
    • Each player draws 7 cards from their draw deck to form their starting hands.
• Gameplay

  • The game is played through a number of rounds until a player has crossed the finish line after the final lap. The number of laps is dependent on the track (printed on the board)

    • Note that the order of player turns is determined by the order of the cars on the track. The 1st car will play 1st.
      • If there are 2 cars next to each other, the car closest to the racing line is considered ahead for all purposes.

    Each round consists of all players taking their turn, which will consist of:

    1. Adjust their gear
    2. Play cards
    3. Move their car
    4. (other intermediate steps are situational/optional)
    5. Draw back up to 7 cards
  • 1. Shift Gears (simultaneous)
    • • You may optionally change gears.
      • You can gear up 1 or down 1 for free.
      • You may gear up 2 or down 2, but you must pay 1 heat to do so.
  • 2. Play Cards (simultaneous)
    • • The number of cards you must play is determined by your current gear. e.g. If you are in 3rd gear, you must play 3 cards.
      • Cards are played face down into your play area.
      • If you have so much heat in your hand that you cannot play the required number of non-heat cards for your gear, cover the difference with heat cards and then:
        • Your does not move this turn.
        • Move your gear to 1st gear.
        • Place the cards in your play area in your discard pile.
        • Skip straight to step 9, replenish.
  • 3. Reveal & Move (in order)

    • Each player will take turns, in car order (1st car plays 1st), revealing and moving their cars and optionally/situationally taking actions 4-8.

      • Flip all the cards you played face up.
        • If you have flipped 1 or more Stress cards, follow this procedure for each Stress to determine its speed.
          • Flip the top card of your draw deck and if it is a speed card (must have the speedometer symbol), add it to your played cards.
          • If the flipped card is not a speed card, put it in your discard pile and keep flipping cards until you draw a speed card.
      • Add the values of all the cards to determine your speed and move your car that many spaces forward on the track.
        • Cars never prevent you from passing them, even when it looks like the track is blocked.
        • If you would end your movement in a space where all the spots are taken, you are blocked and must put your car in the 1st open spot behind the blocking cars.
      • After completing your movement, make sure your car is as close as possible to the racing line.
        • If there are 2 cars next to each other, the car closest to the racing line is considered ahead for all purposes.
  • 4. Adrenaline

    • This only applies if you are the last player to move, or 1 of the last 2 cars in a game with 5+ cars.

      • You may add 1 extra speed (move 1 extra space) before or after your boost (see react).
      • You also get 1 cooldown (see react).
  • 5. React

    • Activate any symbols you have access to in any order. You might have access to symbols from your current gear or adrenaline.

      Cooldown

      • For each cooldown (number in the symbol), take a heat card from your hand and put it back in your engine (center slot).
        • Note that you get 3 cooldown in 1st gear and 1 cooldown in 2nd gear.

      Boost

      • You may boost 1x per turn to increase your speed.
        • Pay 1 heat.
        • Flip cards from your draw deck until you get a speed card (speedometer) and move your card the matching number of spaces. Discard all other cards drawn before the speed card, similar to Stress cards in the reveal & move phase.
  • 6. Slipstream

    • This only applies if you end your move next to, or behind, another car. This is optional.

      • If you choose to slipstream, you move 2 spaces forward.
      • Slipstreaming does NOT increase your speed value for the purposes of the check corner step.
  • 7. Check Corner

    • This only applies if you crossed through a corner this round.

      • Check if your total speed for the round is <= to the corner's speed limit. If so, nothing happens.
      • If your speed is > the speed limit, you pay heat equal to the difference of your speed to the corner's limit. e.g. if the speed limit is 3 and you went through the corner with a speed of 5, you would pay 2 heat.
      • If you go through more than 1 corner on the same turn, you must pay for each of them separately.
      • If you do not have enough heat to pay for your excess speed, you spin out (see below).

      Spin Out

      1. Move the car back to the 1st available space before the corner.
      2. Take stress into your hand based on your gear:
         • 1st or 2nd gear: 1 stress
         • 3rd or 4th gear: 2 stress
      3. Move your gear to 1st gear.
  • 8. Discard (optional)
    • • You may discard cards from your hand if you do not want to use them in a future round.
      • You can never discard heat or stress cards!
  • 9. Replenish Hand (required)
    • 1. Put all cards in your play area into your discard pile.
      2. Draw back up to 7 cards.
         • At any point where you would need to draw cards and your draw deck is empty, shuffle your discard pile into a new deck.
           • If this happens mid-turn, do not shuffle your play area into your draw deck!
      3. The next player resolves steps 3-9.
• End Game

  • When the 1st player crosses the finish line after the indicated (on the board) number of laps, this will trigger the end game phase.

    • If more than 1 car crosses the finish line, the car that is the furthest ahead wins.
      • Remember that the car closest to the race line is ahead.
    • Slipstreaming is not allowed if you have crossed the finish line of the last lap.
      • You cannot slipstream across the finish line.
    • Remove any cars that have finished and place them on the board in their positions and keep playing until every car has finished.
• Modules
  • Garage Module

    • With this module, each player will select custom upgrades instead of the 3 starting upgrade cards.

      • There are 2 sets of upgrades, basic and advanced. You can use any combination of upgrades you would like.
      • Additional setup: After placing your cars on the starting grid, draft the upgrade cards in 3 rounds.
        • Shuffle the deck before the 1st round.
        • Each round, deal out 1 card per player +3 cards.
          • Rounds 1 and 3: Players choose 1 card based on their position on the starting grid from last to 1st. Discard any leftover cards.
          • Rounds 2: Players choose 1 card based on their position on the starting grid from 1st to last. Discard any leftover cards.
      • After players have drafted 3 upgrades, they shuffle them into their deck instead of the 3 starting upgrade cards.
      • Some cards do have a "+" on them that is resolved like a stress card.
      • Some cards give you a choice of speeds, separated by a "/".
      • Note that most of the items on the upgrades are optional, but some are not. Those will have the yellow "!" symbol showing that they are mandatory.

      Cards

      Name	Description
      4 Wheel Drive	These are high speed, but also have a "+" that is resolved like stress cards.
      Body	These cards allow you to discard stress cards.
      Brakes	These cards give you a choice of speeds to use.
      Cooling System	These cards have cooldowns on them.
      Fuel	These are the super fuel "illegal" cards.
      R.P.M.	These will help you slipstream and most effective in corners.
      Tires	These cards allow you to go faster around corners or get a lot of cooldown.
      Turbocharger	These are the highest value cards, but require you to pay heat.
      Wings	These cards help you drive faster in corners, but require heat.

      Symbols

      Symbol	Description
      	Move # heat cards from your engine and place them in your discard pile. If you cannot pay the heat for this, discard the card and play a random speed card instead.
      	Take # cards from your draw deck and put them face up in your discard pile.
      	If you cross a corner this turn, your speed is adjusted by #. "+" means you move faster, "-" means you must move slower.
      	Take up to # heat cards from your hand and return them to your engine.
      	If you choose to slipstream, you may add # to the normal 2 spaces.
      	You may immediately discard # stress cards from your hand to your discard pile.
      	You may place this card back on top of your draw deck at the end of the react step.
      	You may look through your discard pile and choose up to # cards to shuffle into your draw deck.
      	You may play this card from your hand. If you do, it applies as if you played it normally, including speed and mandatory/optional icons.
      	You may increase your speed by 1 for every card flipped this turn (from upgrades, stress, and boost). If you do, you must increase it for all the flipped cards.

  • Legends Module

    • Legends are automated drivers you compete against in either solo mode or as additional opponents.

      • Setup:
        • Shuffle the 10 legend cards and place them face down on the legends mat.
        • Pick as many cars as you wish to add and add them to the mix when filling the starting grid.
      • When it is time for the 1st legend to move, flip the top legends card face up -- this will be used for all legend car movements.
      • Resolve the movement value for the car's color.
      • If they are coming up to a corner:
        • If they have are between the corner and the legends line, move them forward a number of spaces equal to the corner's speed limit + the number in the diamond above their helmet.
        • If they have not crossed the legends line, they will do one of the following:
          • If they can move at their top speed without clearing the corner, they will do so.
          • If moving at top speed would cause them to clear the corner, move them directly to space 0-3, corresponding to the diamond value above their helmet.
      • Legends never splipstream, use heat, or cooldown.
      • Legends count when determining adrenaline, even though they do not get a benefit from it.
      • When the legends deck is empty, shuffle the deck into a new draw deck.
  • Weather and Road Conditions Module

    • You can add weather and road conditions to any track.

      • Setup:
        • Shuffle the 6 weather tokens and draw 1 for the race. Place it on the billboard space.
          • Adjust how many heat/stress cards you have for the race depending on the token's effects.
          • Weather tokens always modify the car setup for all players before the race. They may also have an effect in some sectors of the track if a weather road condition token is in play.
        • Shuffle the 12 road condition tokens and draw 1 for each corner of the race track.
          • If the token shows an arrow, it modifies the next sector (all spaces between this and the next corner). Put it on the tent of that sector next to the track.
          • If it does not, it modifies the corner itself and is placed on the tent at the corner.

      Symbols

      Symbol	Description
      	Adjust the speed limit by the given number, + or -.
      	If your speed is higher than the speed limit, you take 1 additional heat.
      	If you slipstream, you may add 1 extra space to the usual 2. Your car must be in this sector before you slipstream.
      	Do not pay heat to boost in this sector (still max of 1 boost per turn). Your car must be in this sector when you boost.
      	The weather effect on the weather token applies to this sector.
      	(setup) Shuffle 1 extra stress card into your deck. If it is a -1, remove 1 stress from your deck.
      	(setup) Place 1 extra heat into your engine. If it is a -1, remove 1 heat from your engine.
      	(setup) Shuffle 3 of your heat cards into your draw deck.
      	(setup) Place 3 of your heat cards into your discard pile.
      	(weather) If you choose to slipstream, you may add 2 extra spaces to the usual 2 spaces. Your car must be located in this sector before you slipstream.
      	(weather) You cannot start slipstreaming from this sector, but you may slipstream into it.
      	(weather) +1 cooldown in this sector during the react step.
      	(weather) No cooldown allowed in this sector during the react step.

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