L’Alpinista is a re-edition of a rare nineteenth-century game. It reproduces the fascinating world of mountaineering: a sport that, in addition to healthy competition, has solidarity, help and friendship among its founding values. Cross the Alps and complete a journey full of challenges and unexpected events. What makes this splendid board game unique is...
It's a cycling racing game so the idea is fairly simple: go from point A to point B and preferably get there first. Great idea, but still room for improvement, right? To make it more entertaining, you will be managing a team of 3 racers to whom you will allocate competence points in three fields: sprint(sprint), stamina (endurance), and climbing...
This is another roll and move cycling game where each player controls a team of 3 cyclists. The twist here is that you can divide results of the dice thrown over your cyclists as long as they stay together in one group. As usual in the genre, there are some cards with positive effects (burst of speed) and negative effects (flat tire, having to take a...
L'échappée Infernale: Race tactics and strategy Become sports manager and target your objectives according to your team (puncher, sprinter, climber) and the route (plain, hilly, medium and high mountain). Set the record straight: Jump on the right breakaway, The Infernal Breakaway, the one that will bring you to the finish line. Manage your energy capital...
Cycling game released in the early '90s by a company from Valence (France) named Samourai to promote fruit from the Rhône-Alpes region in France. Each player has a team of 3 cyclists. The 4 available teams are the Apricots (orange color), Pêches (pink), Pommes-Poires (green with yellow) and the Petits fruits (red colored cyclists). There also are a cyclist...
This card game simulates a 200 kilometer long cycling race. During each player's turn, they play a card from their hand. This could be an attack card, letting them escape from the peloton. Other cards cause accidents for your opponents, change the circumstances of the race, or advance the distance counter. When the distance counter reaches predetermined...
The name roughly translates to "Open Sea Race". This is a sailing game where players decide on a course to run (St. Malo to Quebec, Lorient-Bermudas round trip, The Rum Route and others on the North Atlantic). Each player runs a boat and tries to be the first to finish the course. Winds will change from turn to turn, and players must adjust sail and...