Zed Run: horse racing in the multiverse age

If you are into NFTs, horse betting, and fantasy sport, there is a digital platform that can be of interest for you: Zed Run . This betting platform launched in 2018 allows its players to breed virtual horses and manage a virtual stable, and to have their horses competing in virtual races. This game is more based on skills than luck; it requires understanding the principles of the games, and to navigate within the many possible options and outcomes.

The platform runs on the blockchain, with Polygon ETH as a currency. Players use these tokens to sell, acquire and breed horses to earn more coins. The interest of the game resides in the fact that each virtual horse is a unique item, available as an NFT. Each horse's characteristics (such as breed type and bloodline for instance) come into play to define the horse's racing performances, thus the chances to win a race.

There are thousands of horses competing in the game. Horses' chances to outrun competing horses is mostly determined by their class rank. Once you acquire a horse, you have a few discovery races to understand how things work. From there, your horse will compete for real with horses of close performances. Similar to a poker tournament, you pay a buy-in fee to enter a race with your horse. The pool prize is then distributed among the horses who cross the racing line in the first positions. Races are available 24/7 and streaming on the site and on Twitch.

This game's general mechanic is both simple to understand, yet with enough complexity in the horse's management to make it a compelling and challenging long term game. Such as in betting, it is key to understand well how your horse's characteristics (such as distance preference and fatigue factor) fits to a certain race. This and a little bit of luck still will enable you to win certain races even as an underdog . 

• Pros: original platform, sophisticated mechanics, inspiring graphics, popular in the NFT sphere.

• Cons: complex rules, relatively long learning curve, monetary gains are limited. 

Zed Run is absolutely recommendable if you are interested in the most modern aspects of digital gaming and you would like to try something totally new within the online betting scene. If you are a bettor mostly interested in odds and financial gains, or if you are a player who prefers fast and easy games, it’s probably best to stick to more regular forms of digital betting and fantasy sports.