Elephant Rally

About this board game

Elephant Rally is a 3–6-player racing game with a 60-minute play time, in which elephant pawns compete to be the first to complete a course through an Indian village, treacherous mountains, and parched deserts.

Set during a lively harvest festival, the race features elephants decorated by their young partners as villagers celebrate with carpets, mango juice, holy cows, monkeys, and snake charmers. Beyond the festive crowds, racers must brave difficult terrain and tiger-filled forests while seeking honor for themselves and their proud elephant friends.

The game’s primary mechanism is hand management. Players use cards from their hands to advance their elephants, carefully choosing when to move ahead and when to disrupt the progress of their rivals.

• Push elephants in front of your own until they encounter an obstacle.
• Move sideways when necessary, creating a path for your elephant to continue forward.
• Use move-adjusting cards for effects such as diagonal movement and obstacle movement.
• Play tactical cards to trigger nasty effects against opposing racers.

Because elephants shove and jostle their way through the course, every move can affect more than one racer. The result is a race where careful card use, timing, and a willingness to interfere with opponents are all important.

Originally released as Formula E, Elephant Rally turns a colorful festival elephant race into a tactical contest. When the bell rings and the elephants trumpet, players must manage their cards and maneuver through the hazards to reach the finish first.