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Mille Bornes Collectors Edition | 
 enlarge | Brand: Winning Moves
Category: Toy
List Price: $16.95
Buy New: $14.44
You Save: $2.51 (15%)
New (27) from $14.44
Avg. Customer Rating:  102 reviews
Sales Rank: 1140
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Age: 8 - 99 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 2.6 x 5.4 x 8
MPN: 1034
Model: 1034
UPC: 714043010345
EAN: 0071404310347
ASIN: B00004SDAP
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Contains: 110 poker-sized cards, car-shaped card tray | | • | Also includes oversized rules booklet and score sheets | | • | Charming classic artwork from 1960's | | • | For 2, 3, 4 or 6 players |
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Product Description
A cross-country race through France sets the stage as you earn mileage points, overcome traffic hazards and sabotage your opponents! Play 1,000 miles of cards and you win the game. This special Collector's Edition of Mille Bornes brings back the bright and charming artwork of the original 1962 cards. The cards are poker-sized, the rules booklet is easy to read, and the score sheets are large and convenient--just like they were in the original game! Not to mention, a unique car-shaped card tray! Features oversized cards with original 1962 artwork. Play with 2,3,4 or 6 of your friends.
Editorial Review
First published in 1962, Mille Bornes (pronounced "meel born," French for "milestones") is an auto racing card game whose object, for each team of two players, is to be the first to complete a series of 1,000-mile trips. Each player has a hand of six cards and picks more in turn from a central pile. There are Distance, Hazard, Remedy, and Safety cards, each with various subgroupings, which determine the course of play. This Collector's Edition reproduces the artwork of the original game. The set includes a car-shaped plastic card tray, score sheets, instructions, and deck of 110 playing cards with language in English and French. Bon voyage! --Richard Farr
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| Customer Reviews: Read 97 more reviews...
 Grandma & kids November 21, 2008
I remember the game more foundly as a child playing it with my Grandmother. Good game for children.
 My Own Game November 16, 2008
This has been a favorite card game in our family for many years. When the first son moved out on his own - he wanted his own game. Now the second son has moved out and he also wanted his own game. A great testament for a older game.
Fantastic Fun October 3, 2008
Always enjoyed this french card game.... when I was a young girl,
and shared it with my children.
Over the years we lost it.... and now I found it online.
Great fun for the whole family. My 20 year olds are
enjoying playing it on family vacations again.
Mille Bornes is great fun! October 2, 2008
My 9 year old got the hang of the game right away and we played for hours. You challenge your competitor on an imaginary raceway through the countryside with all the unexpected accidents, flat tire, etc. that could possibly happen. There is enough choice within the game to give a personal edge to building up your score. We love it and play it often!
Great memories! August 30, 2008
As a child, we packed Mille Bornes everywhere. It was part of most vacations (back in days when there was typically no TV in vacation homes!). A small box, no batteries needed, you can play it anywhere. We played on the beach, at friend's houses, in the car...
[By the way, this would be a perfect game to take on lengthy plane rides1] I was very excited to find the original cards, especially the French with the translation on the cards themselves.
A lot of fun: "flat tire!" "out of gas!" and voila, your opponent is stopped on the side of the road. A good educational tool, with some discrete math (Adding the mileage cards).
I was very excited to find the old cards I had actually played with as a child, and the plus (for me!) is that the cards feature both French and English. However I am still a little disappointed with the "collector's edition": the card tray is ....lightweight, it sure was sturdier in the 1960's, and the score sheets are merely a few pages within the rules booklet. A quick reference would have been great on the actual cardboard tray, as opposed to having to flip through the booklet each time. For a special collectors edition, they could have included a real score sheet pad, and a sturdy card tray.
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