Gang Rush: Breakout

A motorized getaway of dice and gunfire: cross the bridge with the most money and never finish last.

3–5 players
45–60 min
2.5 / 5 · Medium

Set up the game

0 of 6 steps

Tick each step as you complete it.

1Assemble the bridge and separate hazards and bonuses into two different piles. Shuffle each pile.
Bridge and cars
2Put the hazards facedown to the right of the bridge and reveal the first five in a line, after the starting line.
Hazards on the road
3Put the bonuses facedown to the left and reveal the first five in a line: that is the shop. Arrange them with golden (permanent) bonuses closest to the deck, then blue (temporary), metallic (instant) and finally grey (penalties).
Hazard and bonus piles
4The youngest player picks a car and places it on one of the five spaces behind the start line. They collect the money printed on that space, plus their dashboard and a ramp. Then the next youngest does the same, up to the oldest.
Starting spaces
5Set every dashboard: needle at 0 mph and all durability indicators green.
Dashboard at the start
6In your first games with 3 or 4 players, reveal as many hazards as there are players and leave the bonus shop closed until the group knows the basics.
Learning-game hazards

What it is about

Gang Rush: Breakout is a race shaped like a getaway: cars speed along a bridge full of obstacles, shoot at each other and collect the money left on the asphalt. There are no laps or timers: the bridge is a single straight with lanes, containers and ramps.

Each round has two very distinct phases. First hazards are placed in reverse standings order, so last place decides where it hurts. Then each player rolls their dice and turns speed into movement, steers into lane changes and shots into damage for a rival.

The game is settled by money, not position: you can finish second and win, or cross first and be disqualified for ending last in the final standings. That double goal —get paid and avoid last place— is what makes every turn a bet between accelerating, shooting or repairing.

BGG page Official rulebook

Source note

The PDF in the rules folder has no text layer: this summary comes from reading the scanned English pages. Illustrations are cropped from that same manual.

EN rulebook (CMON, 2017) · Reviewed: 23 Oct 2026