I used to have this game on my computer many, many years and computers ago. I understand it’s either a French board or card game about a race.
Does anyone know where I can either:
Download it for cheap or, even better, free?
Play it alone on line?
Play it with faceless strangers on line?
Loved that game as a kid. You can get it for your Iphone for $2.99.
However, the comment section seems to indicate it is lacking and is not a perfect clone.
We had the original game when I was a kid, in the early 70s. It was, indeed, a card game.
Best card game ever. Loved it.
Yep, we played the card game in the 70s too. I remember enjoying it a lot. I think I still have the game actually, but I can’t remember how to play it anymore.
I’m remembering playing it with my young children in the early 90s but I don’t think we played against each other since this was a game. It was a DOS game. How 'bout Secret Agent? I remember getting that on a floppy!
We used to play Mille Borne when I was a kid in the seventies. I bought a deck when the stepkids were young in the late eighties and we still get it down during the holidays. The g-kids are just learning to play and having fun learning the French pronounciation.
I don’t know about online, but I’ve seen the card game at WalMart as recently as this past Xmas.
There’s an official version for iOS devices. I paid (IIRC) $9.99 for it. I don’t think you can play others online, but there is a multiplayer option if you’re on the same device.
It’s actually a lot of fun to play. There’s French and English available as language options, and I swear at the other players, so it’s remarkably therapeutic.
I found a kiosk in a local mall selling it about two months ago. In addition to the card game (which is the version I remember), there was also a board game-like version.
So, it’s still around, but this is the first time I’ve seen it in years.
Can you provide a link to it? I don’t see it.
It’s the version from Dujardin. I think it’s the official game from the original French makers of the game, not the Hasbro version. I was also wrong about the price; it’s $2.99.
An interesting thing about Mille Bornes is that it was almost completely lifted from an American game, Touring. If you want to see how completely, just click on that link…the French “inventor” of Mille Bornes stole damn near everything from the game. It’s rare example of a cultural artifact being taken from the US by a foreign country, then sold back to the US as a “foreign thing.”
Wait. The exact one I linked to in the second post?
I always loved Mille Bornes. Of course, I don’t think that I ever actually played it the proper way until I acquired a computer version of it. My friends and I – in, er, Spanish class, of all places – didn’t fool around with awarding points for this or that; we treated it as just a race to 1,000. I remember the rush of power when I drew the Right of Way safety card; not having to put up with getting stopped or speed limits made victory feel like a near-lock.
I have Mille Bornes, and I play it with my nephew Noah, and that’s exactly how we play it.
We used to play it a lot in college when we grew tired of bridge. We did follow the rules, though we called the a coup fouree “coup de fuck.”
I always thought there was too much power with the “Right of Way” card. Get it and win. Other than that, lots of fun.
And does anyone remember which animals were on the speed cards? I remember a flying bird on the 200, I think, and maybe a duck(?) on the 50.
I’ve still got the old Mac version floating around here somewhere, “1000 Miles”. System 6 or earlier, pre-MultiFinder design (so you’d see other applications or the Desktop through the “holes” between the card piles and the play area).
IIRC (it’s been 35 years), the slowest speed had a snail.
Animals on cards…ah, let’s see if I can remember.
200: swift (the little black bird)
100: rabbit
75: butterfly
50: duck
25: snail
I can understand the swift on the 200, but the other choices are a little odd. Maybe they’re beloved animals in France…although 100, 50, and 25 are more likely to end up on a plate there than in a petting zoo.