# Death Roads: All Stars – Expansion 1: Goons and Guns ## General Info - **Year Published**: 2023 - **BGG Rating**: 7.7 - **BGG Rank**: — - **Players**: 1-5 - **Duration**: 45-90 min - **Weight**: 4.00 / 5 - **Designers**: Jasiek Łuszczki - **Artists**: Anna Martseniuk, Dawid Malik, Marcin Szewczyk, Mariusz Szulc, Maszrum, Patrycja Boś, Tyma Sobala - **Publishers**: The Knights of Unity - **Categories**: Expansion for Base-game, Fighting, Miniatures, Racing, Science Fiction, Video Game Theme - **Mechanics**: Action Points, Deck Construction, Events, Hand Management, Player Elimination, Turn Order: Stat-Based, Variable Player Powers ## Verdict If you're already enjoying the madness of Death Roads: All Stars, the "Goons and Guns" expansion is an almost mandatory upgrade to add even more chaos and strategy to your race!Charismatic new driversInnovative Sidekicks mechanicExpanded and dangerous arsenalIncreases complexityCan prolong the gamePlayer elimination still presentHIGHLY RECOMMENDED ## Description Buckle up, last-minute drivers! The "Goons and Guns" expansion for Death Roads: All Stars is here to add more fuel to the fire of this insane race. If you thought the base game was chaotic, brace yourself: this beauty adds five new competitors to heat up the asphalt, each with their own tricks and envious looks. But the real star here is the "Sidekicks" mechanic, a brand-new addition that changes the game. Now you can hire a dozen goons to give you that extra boost, each with their specialties to help you dominate the track or sabotage rivals. And speaking of sabotage, the arsenal has also been upgraded! Get ready for a horror show with sonic weapons, murder tools that inflict unprecedented status effects like "Net" and "Buildup," and the cherry on top: a completely new class of weapons with the "Glitch" mechanic, which promises to turn the game upside down. With these novelties, your deck construction and hand management strategies will have to be redone from scratch. The complexity increases a bit, but so does the fun and unpredictability. If you enjoy a racing game with touches of combat, science fiction, and a lot, a lot of mayhem, this expansion is for you. Just don't complain if your car turns into scrap metal before the finish line! ## How to Play Objective of the Game Death Roads: All Stars – Expansion 1: Goons and Guns introduces new mechanics to the base game, allowing players to enhance their vehicles and strategies. The core objective remains to outmaneuver and outgun opponents in a high-octane vehicular combat scenario. Players will utilize new Sidekicks, powerful Glitch Weapons, and tactical Net and Buildup mechanics to gain an advantage and tear down their opponents' vehicles. The expansion can be used with any other game mode and expansion, offering diverse ways to achieve victory through destructive and strategic gameplay. Preparation (Setup) New Drivers and Weapons Add the new Driver boards and Weapon cards from this expansion to the respective pools of Weapons and Drivers from the base game. Some of these will utilize the new Glitch, Net, and Buildup mechanics. Sidekicks Set up the game as usual. After choosing Weapon cards, each player, starting from the last player and going to the first, picks one Sidekick card and places it face up near their Driver board. Glitch cards Shuffle all Glitch cards together to create the Glitch deck. Place it face down near the board. Fluxo do Jogo Consulte o manual para detalhes sobre esta seção. Ações e Como Jogar Sidekicks Each Sidekick card provides a useful skill or action to its owner, similar to a Driver. These skills or actions can be used to enhance your vehicle or disrupt opponents. Glitch cards When you are hit with a Weapon and must suffer its effect, draw that many Glitch cards and place them face-up near your Vehicle board. You must obey the effects of these Glitch cards until they are discarded. To discard a Glitch card, you must spend one of your Actions (either a Driver Action or a Card Action) and suffer 2 damage. Once discarded, place the Glitch card onto the common Glitch cards discard pile. If the Glitch deck runs out of cards, reshuffle the Glitch cards discard pile to create a new Glitch deck. In the rare event that no Glitch cards are available in either the Glitch deck or the Glitch cards discard pile, instead of drawing a new card, you suffer 2 damage. Net Status token Each time you move forward any number of spaces, your Vehicle suffers 1 damage for each Net token you have. Unlike regular status tokens, Net tokens are not discarded after you resolve their effect or after your "Apply status tokens" phase. The only way to remove Net tokens is to perform a Focus action. When you perform Focus, simply return all your Net tokens to their pile. Buildup Some Weapons allow you to draw a Buildup token after use. These Weapons have an effect that becomes stronger with each Buildup token you possess. When you encounter a buildup symbol instead of a number in an effect, use the current number of Buildup tokens you have. Buildup tokens stack for different weapons, making it beneficial to accumulate more of them. Buildup is not a status, and there is no way to discard Buildup tokens. Fim de Jogo e Pontuação Consulte o manual para detalhes sobre esta seção. Dicas para Vencer Consider gathering multiple Buildup tokens, as they stack for different weapons, potentially making your weapon effects much stronger. Strategically use your Focus action to clear all Net tokens, especially if you plan a significant forward movement, to avoid taking excessive damage. ## FAQ ### Can this expansion be played on its own? No, "Goons and Guns" is an expansion and requires the base game Death Roads: All Stars to be played. ### How many players does this expansion support? The expansion maintains support for 1 to 5 players, the same as the base game. ### Does the game's complexity increase significantly with this expansion? Yes, the introduction of Sidekicks and new weapons adds strategic layers and options, slightly increasing the overall complexity. ### How much playtime does it add? Depending on players' familiarity with the new mechanics, playtime may increase slightly, especially in the first few games. ### What are the main new components? The expansion includes 5 new drivers, Sidekick cards, weapon cards with new effects, and tokens for the new statuses. ### Is it good for newcomers to the game? We recommend players first become well-acquainted with the base game before adding the expansion, to avoid being overwhelmed by the new rules.