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- 60–120 min
- 2025
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- BGG #18,997
- BGG rating
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Granfondo: Tempo, Taktik, Kettenfett
2025
Rules assistance for Granfondo: Tempo, Taktik, Kettenfett
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- 2–4 players
- 60–120 min
- 10+
- Complexity 3.0/5
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Granfondo: Tempo, Taktik, Kettenfett is a board game released in 2025 for 2–4 players, 60–120 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Ralf Vanpey and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Race, and Track Movement.
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About the game
Granfondo is a tactical cycling board game about positioning, timing, and team coordination in a road race. Each player controls a team of three riders — a Sprinter, Climber, and Rouleur — racing across tracks with flats, climbs, descents, feed zones, curves, and tactical obstacles. Granfondo is designed and published by Runner Games, an independent one-person board game studio from Berlin. Movement is card-driven. For each rider, players secretly select a movement card, then riders move in race order based on their current position. Terrain, drafting, rider type, stamina, and tactical options shape the final result. Players manage performance points, use slipstreaming, sprints, team coordination, and positional battles, while risky doping cards may offer short-term advantages at the cost of possible disqualification after the race. The goal is to place your riders as well as possible and score the most points based on final standings. Optional modules add crashes, intermediate sprints, rider drafting, team-based Race Alliance play, Automa opponents, and tournament modes. The New Challengers expansion increases the player count to six and adds new tracks.
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Publishers
- Runner Games
Questions and answers
Granfondo: Tempo, Taktik, Kettenfett supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Granfondo: Tempo, Taktik, Kettenfett is 60–120 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Granfondo: Tempo, Taktik, Kettenfett for ages 10 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Granfondo: Tempo, Taktik, Kettenfett has a complexity rating of 3.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Granfondo: Tempo, Taktik, Kettenfett belongs to these categories: Racing and Sports. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Race, and Track Movement. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Granfondo: Tempo, Taktik, Kettenfett are: Ralf Vanpey. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Granfondo: Tempo, Taktik, Kettenfett as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.