Mille Bornes Card Game

by Winning Moves

Product Features

• Includes 106 casino-quality cards and score sheets
• For 2 to 6 players
• For ages 7 and above

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 5 x 6 inches ; 6.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000DMBG
• Item model number: 1020
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 - 12 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,225 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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You're cruising along at 100 mph, bolstered by an extra tank of gas, when suddenly your opponent cuts you off with a flat-tire card. You slam to a halt, sidelined until you draw a spare tire. It's a 1,000-mile race along an imaginary road; your goal is to arrive first, avoiding the hazards--flat tires, accidents, empty gas tanks--while inflicting them on your opponents and collecting the spares and repairs that will speed you on. The oddly absorbing Mille Bornes (French for 1,000 milestones and pronounced "meel born") has easy-to-follow rules of the road: green means go; red means stop; obey the speed limit at all times. You might even pick up a few words in French. Nostalgics beware: Anyone who owned an earlier version of the game will miss the acid-green plastic cardholder and the oversize cards. Mille Bornes is for two to six players.

Product Description

You're in a cross--country auto rally through France, and it's filled with real--life traffic hazards. You've run out of gas--do you have a Gasoline card' You've got a flat tire--have you got a spare' Use the deck's special cards to overcome hazards and put obstacles in your opponents' path. Stop them with a Red Light, impose a Speed Limit, cause a Breakdown. But watch out--they're trying to do the same to you! Contains: 106 playing cards, illustrated rules and score sheets. Play with 2, 3, 4 or 6 of your friends.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very worth the purchase, September 24, 2007

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Indy Blues (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Mille Bornes Card Game (Toy)

I wanted to buy my grown nephew and myself sets as we played the original version when he was little. The new set is very durable, the cards are thick. Yes, it does have the French translation on the cards, which I liked about the old version. The pictures are still really fun, even though they aren't the original ones you might have played with. I read other reviews that the Collectors' Edition is sort of flimsy and wouldn't last (the cards and the card holder in the shape of the car) So I bought the new version and am very pleased.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Family Card Game, August 24, 2007

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Nancy C. (Portage, MI) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Mille Bornes Card Game (Toy)

I'm in my 50s and I've been playing this fun card game since I was just a kid. It's great fun, and now my own kids are fans of the game as well. It's a card game in which you are traveling in a auto race across county. The object is to lay down distance cards to total 1000 miles before your opponents. However, along the way, your opponents may try to slow you down by giving you a "speed limit" card or try to stop you with hazard cards such as a "flat tire", "out of gas", or "accident", and you must get the proper remedy card to resume play. It's a fast moving game with a minor amount of strategy. It's anyone's game to win right up to the end. A real classic that your family will enjoy for years to come, like mine!

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great memories, November 21, 2007

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WonderGirl (Las Vegas, NV United States) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Mille Bornes Card Game (Toy)

When my husband and I were in high school we used to have Mille Bornes card parties with our friends. It was a lot of fun and I enjoyed the fact that it was a game that was like no other. This would make a great gift also because there are no worries about whether they already have one because chances are they don't. Most people have never heard of it. I look forward to playing it again with my own children. It is a game that adults can enjoy with children.