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Objective
The objective of Monza is to be the first player to get your racing car over the finish line.
Set Up
- Place the gameboard in the middle of the table.
- Each player chooses a color and takes the corresponding colored car. Place your car on the start space (has arrows of each color). Any unused cars are returned to the box.
- Place the six dice near the gameboard.
- The youngest player starts the game. Play moves in a clockwise direction.
How to Play Monza
To begin each of your turns you will roll all six dice. The colors you roll on the dice determine how far you will be able to travel on your turn.
![Rolling the dice](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Monza-Rolling-the-Dice-1-728x410.jpg.webp)
Moving Your Cars
After you have rolled the dice, look at the two or three spaces in front of your current space. These are the spaces that you will try to move to first. You must always move forward. You can only move to a space whose far end is further along the track than your current position. Cars may never move through or land on a space that has a tire on it.
If you rolled a color that matches one of the spaces that touch your current space, move your car to the space. You will then get rid of the die that matches the color of the space that you moved to.
![Moving using a blue die](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Monza-Moving-With-First-Die-728x410.jpg.webp)
After you have moved to a new space, you will look at the spaces ahead of your current space to see if you can move further on your turn. Should you still have a die that matches one of the spaces colors, you will move your car another space. If you are able to move forward, you have to move forward even if you don’t want to.
![Finished moving in Monza](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Monza-Finished-Moving-728x410.jpg)
Landing on an Occupied Space
You can move through spaces that have another car on them. If you end your turn on a space that another car is on though, the car that was previously on the space is moved back one space in its current lane. A car can never be moved back into a tire space.
![Landing on an occupied space](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Monza-Landing-on-Occupied-Space-728x410.jpg)
You will continue moving forward until you no longer have a die that matches one of the spaces in front of you. You can move up to a maximum of six spaces on your turn.
Winning the Game
The game ends when one of the players reach one of the finish line spaces. Each player that reaches the finish line remembers how many dice they needed to use to reach the finish line.
The round continues until all of the players have had the same number of turns.
Should only one player reach the finish line, they win Monza.
![Winning Monza](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Monza-Winning-the-Game-728x410.jpg)
If multiple players have reached the finish line, all of the players compare the number of dice they needed to use to reach the finish. The player that used the least dice wins the game.
Variant Rule
Players can choose to use this Monza variant rule if they want to.
After a player has finished moving, you will look at the color of the last used die. The player that is using the car that matches the color of the last used die, can move their car forward one space as long as it is free. The space doesn’t have to match their color and the player can choose to change lanes.
![Using the variant rule](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Monza-Variant-Rule-728x410.jpg)
Monza FAQ
If you have any questions about how to play the game, leave a comment below on this post. I will try to answer any questions asked as best and as quickly as possible.
![Components for Monza](https://www.geekyhobbies.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Monza-Components-728x410.jpg)
Components
- 6 Racing Cars
- 6 Color Dice
- Game Board
- Instructions
Year: 2000 | Publisher: HABA | Designer: Jürgen P. Grunau | Artist: Haralds Klavinius
Genres: Children’s, Roll and Move
Ages: 5+ | Number of Players: 2-6 | Length of Game: 15 minutes
Difficulty: Light | Strategy: Light | Luck: High
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