Milles Bournes

[dsrtao]

Eliz taught me how to play Milles Bornes a few nights ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mille_Bornes (of course.)

There is a flaw in the game that prevents it from being easier to learn: the cards have plenty of space to describe what it is that they do, but they don't.

Remedying that flaw would also make it possible to produce a more complex, yet playable, variant in which more card types could be introduced, a la Magic.

Also, the "Right of Way" card is either too powerful or too rare; I haven't made up my mind. Possibly both.

Comments

[dsrtao]

I was trying to avoid the need for a map to depict where everyone is and what they have done -- otherwise it gets away from the card game aspect and becomes more of a board game.

It could be a fun board game, but there's already CarWars...
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2795

[metageek.livejournal.com]

There is that.

Heh. Or you could cross MB with Pokémon, and have a car race where the cars keep getting stomped by monsters. :-)