# Mille Bornes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2007, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348 "2007-06-17T08:57:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/1 "2007-06-17T08:57:26Z")
The card game. I played it with my parents many years ago, and I’m looking to get my wife and (someday soon, my son) playing it. But I’m cheap. And there aren’t any good game stores around here anyways. Are there any images or pdfs online of the deck I could print out? I’m not looking to break copyright on any artwork-- I’m just too lazy to draw up a deck in MSPaint on my days off from work. There’s a working online version [here](http://www.danduda.com/Milestone/tabid/55/Default.aspx), fwiw. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/2 "2007-06-17T11:22:08Z")
What a great game! I imagine that I spent no more than $8.95 on my deck a few years ago - is it that expensive? Joe ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/3 "2007-06-17T12:37:20Z")
Nah. Just hard to find around here. Guess I’ll break down and buy a deck from [Winning Moves](http://www.winning-moves.com/B248E7C47573406FA00E4443EFE8E0F7.asp?p_key=453229C2307A4AADAD26E150C0C999A5&type=auto_single&path=Home+%3E+Card+Games&spath=&cat_id=CEA0647E154D4470B2EDAE82CC9948C9&pc_key=DFCED5C8B0904862B589B66B5A6A695C&pcs_key=)… I was just looking for some easy Sunday morning printer project action. It’s a great game, the grandfather of all the collectable card games of the '90’s, ya know? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/4 "2007-06-17T14:08:51Z")
The '90s? It was one of our family’s faves in the early 1970’s. ---
**Author:** ![whistlepig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/73ab20/32.png) [@whistlepig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whistlepig)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/5 "2007-06-17T14:11:09Z")
I’ve seen Mille Bornes decks for $6 or less at Target, Kmart, etc. whistlepig, who has TWO of the old decks with the green plastic trays. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/6 "2007-06-17T17:03:13Z")
I’ve got a very old computer version (in English, **1000 Miles** ) ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/7 "2007-06-17T18:27:32Z")
Try ebay. ---
**Author:** ![MMI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@MMI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MMI)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/8 "2007-06-17T20:59:11Z")
Oh Creve ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/9 "2007-06-17T23:43:24Z")
> [@](#): > > The '90s? It was one of our family’s faves in the early 1970’s. We played it avidly in the mid-1960s. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/10 "2007-06-18T00:38:15Z")
We played it once in 1960 for twenty minutes. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/11 "2007-06-18T03:02:52Z")
[QUOTE=MMI] Oh Creve [/QUOTE] [Wallace Shawn]" **Increvable!!!** [/Wallace Shawn] ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/12 "2007-06-18T03:02:55Z")
Love, love, love that game! It was the seventies for us, too! Still have my original deck from back then. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/13 "2007-06-18T03:12:57Z")
I remember playing that a lot in Spanish class. ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/14 "2007-06-18T03:40:55Z")
I keep a _Mille Bornes_ card in my wallet (alongside the $2 bill, you know?) in honor of the many hours my mom and I spent playing this game. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/15 "2007-06-18T04:07:41Z")
You know, it might cost more for the ink and cardstock to print the cards than it does to order it online. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/16 "2007-06-18T04:36:29Z")
While packing, I just threw away my pack, as all the stop cards were ticked. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/17 "2007-06-18T07:07:43Z")
I seem to have misspoke. I was saying that all of the collectable card games that flooded the market in the '90’s owe something to Mille Bornes. Whis I played, yes, back in the '70s. Anyways, I went ahead and ordered a nice set. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/18 "2007-06-18T07:08:23Z")
I seem to have misspoke. I was saying that all of the collectable card games that flooded the market in the '90’s owe something to Mille Bornes. Which I played, yes, back in the '70s. Anyways, I went ahead and ordered a nice set. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/19 "2007-06-18T07:18:29Z")
I still have our set from the 1980s, but I also have a set of “Traveling” cards from the 1950s or earlier. Did any of you oldsters play? It is the same principle with punctures, out of gas, and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348/20 "2007-06-18T16:50:00Z")
I had this game in my closet as a child for years and years, but nobody ever wanted to play it with me. ☹ Maybe one day… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mille-bornes/408348.md?page=2)