La détanque is a game of pétanque, dice and square balls at the same time! It's the same principle as pétanque, you throw the cochodé (the jack dice) and then each team tries to position their dice as close as possible to the cochodé. Where détanque brings an additional playful aspect is that one side of each of the dice represents a super power. Swap the...
This huge French cycling game consists of a massive 108*73cm. vinyl mapboard, 6 teams of 3 cyclists each and 1 yellow and 1 white cyclist. Also included: 1 die and 66 cards. The game is bilingual in French and... Esperanto (!). Each team consists of a sprinter, a climber and a rouleur (time rider who is strong on flat terrain). At the start of the game...
It reproduces the development of a race of motorbike of the duration of 4 turns. Every player chooses a motorbike and takes the relative card with tachometer. Using of the cards movement he moves himself to us along the distance. Who wins arrives for first to the goal. Contained: map he represents a track, cards, 4 motorbike in plastic, 4 cards with...
Independent expensive Spanish cycling game that looks very good. It has 4 double sided boards and even innovative aspects like a service car (for each cycling team) and even road signs and a tunnel. With all these elements and others that I do not display here (in the booklet there are examples of how to set up different stages), this game is deceptively...
From the Downey Games website: La Grande Boucle (The Big Loop) is the nickname given to France’s biggest sporting event, the Tour de France. Year in, year out, the route followed by the riders for 3 weeks broadly follows a loop around the country, hence the name of our game. La Grande Boucle has been a labor of love for designer, Phil Riviere, for many...
This is the simulation of the French team sport named La Pétanque (2 vs 2 players). Game contents : - The boardgame (Hexa cases)simulates the playing area with sand, soil, pebbles... - Rules book - 4 dice (6 faces) - 18 balls markers (2 colors) - 4 markers "Position" - 4 markers "cochonnet" (small balls) In each team there is a thrower and a shooter. The...
Designed by a fencing instructor, La Piste is a fast paced, 2-player fencing simulation card game. Each player selects a fencer with special skills and a weapon (foil, epee, or saber). Fencers move along a strip and play a variety of cards representing various fencing moves. A six-sided die determines certain outcomes. This game focuses on fencing moves...
Sports game published in France in the '50s. It combines a trivia section with a board that has a cycling track and a swimming pool in the middle. Each player gets a racer and a swimmer in the same colour.The winner is the player who is as first who reach the square “arrivée” with his cyclist and reached the end of the swimming pool with his swimmer. If...
"La Sfida agli 8000" is an educational game about safety, equipment, etiquette and more about the world of mountain hiking. The game is co-designed by Marco Confortola, a professional Italian climber who already conquered ten "eight-thousanders". Players compete in two or more teams. Teams win by climbing and conquering all of the fourteen...