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October 2023 A few months ago I received a fabulous present from my friend Bilou for which I will be eternally thankful: she offered me the cycling games from the Collection Pierre & Bilou that I did not already have. I have not added new pictures or updated the reviews of these games yet, but I have removed some red dots here and there (red dots mark the games on this site that I do not personally own). The rest will have to wait a little longer. I am planning a reorganization of this site, including changing the landing page. Since the 2010 site reorganization, typing "cyclingboardgames.net" in your browser has been directing you to the page called "INDEX (MAIN)" , which has a dual role. On the one hand, it functions as an entry point to the site; the first thing you find is the 5-icon table from which you can access the rest of the site. On the other hand, below these icons you find links to the parts of the site that cannot be classified as games (texts, links, etc...) interspersed with pictures of the plastic figurines I used to play with when I was a kid. I like this part of the site very much, I often think that it is more important than just displaying the games (or at least that it makes this site more than just a display of games), but I also know that it may be somewhat misleading to consider it the "main" page of this site. So, as soon as I have the time to do it, the main page of this site will have little more than the five colored icons (the ones that are on every page of this site), and the page presently called "INDEX (MAIN)" will be renamed "CULTURE" (or maybe "IDEAS"... what do you think?). The problem is that since the 5-icon table is on every page of this site, I will have to work out a way to make the change without messing everything up, and to do this I need some time that I have not had in the last few months. However, expect the changes soon. In the meantime, I have added a few things to the site. Three of the five new games added this month are quiz games. For those of you who know I do not particularly appreciate these games, I must admit that I quite like at least one of them. Follow the links to check out which  ;-) By the way, the cycling board games exhibition at the Museu del Joguet in Figueres has not been rescheduled yet. Be patient with that too. Speaking of being patient, Flamme Rouge Grand Tour has not been released yet. On Lautapelit's website it is still qualified as "upcoming release". The cycling board games community has been waiting for it for 7 years. However, this should not distract our attention from other new games. In the last few years, a lot of creators have been developing new ideas, and there is a bloom of (mostly self-released) new games, or game projects that might be released soon. At the moment of writing, there are at least two games on Kickstarter that look promising (here and here). It is always nice to support game creators. You know what you can do. (By the way, if you experience problems with Kickstarter payments, you are not alone.) Added: La corsa dei campioni (Alka, Topolino, Italy, 1968) Le Tour de France (La Maison Du Café, France, ca. 1996) Les As du Tour (François Allaigre / Neurovia, France, 2023) Pro Cycling Quiz (Matti Breschel and Mikkel Damkiær, Denmark, 2023) L'Échappée Belle (Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, 2023) Grand Plateau (unpublished) Updated: Die Rad-Wettfahrt (Oehmigke und Riemschneider, Germany, 1910s) 6-Tage-Rennen (Rudolf Arnold Verlag -?-, East Germany, 1940s) Astrological Card Game (Miroir-Sprint, France, 1961) Magnytour (magnytour.com, Belgium, 2007 / 2021) Flamme Rouge (Asger Sams Granerud / Lautapelit, Danmark / Finland, 2016) Velonimo (Bruno Cathala / Stratospheres, France, 2021) Compendium di Ciclismo (Dr. Daniele Banfi) (unpublished)   back to main page     August 2023   I generally work on too many things at the same time and do not always have time to update this site as often as I would like. However, there are things that I would like to share more often. Sometimes I feel a little guilty about the games I receive and know I will not be able to review properly in the next months, especially if these games have been sent to me by the authors or editors. So I will try to present a link to these games and a small comment in this "news" section. I have received a new game called PRO CYCLING QUIZ. Though I have said before that I am not too fond of quiz games, I quite liked this one. However, let me warn you that the "PRO" in the game's name applies not only to "CYCLING" (as in "pro cycling") but also to "QUIZ". I mean, some of the questions will only be answered by hardcore cycling fans. You can see (and even buy!) the game here: https://procyclingquiz.com The maker of  2ruote  is working on a new game, based on the former, but different in many aspects. The game is currently being tested, and it will be distributed as a free print-and-play game, also on Boardgamegeek, hopefully soon. I will let you know as soon as I have news. The  Museu del Joguet in Figueres has finally reopened. The cycling board games exhibition has not been rescheduled yet, but I will probably have news soon.   back to main page     June 2023        May the ground be light to you, Gino. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Everyone has been speaking about IA these last months, about how it will eventually end with all human intelligence, about the threat it poses... Let me say what I think about it: at the current state of affairs, it's all crap. Bullshit. Don't ever think about asking it about a subject you know about (like, say, cycling board games - I have! ). It will make everything up, lie as few humans can do, and sheepishly say "I am sorry you are unpleased with my wrong answers". Why would we ever want to interact with such a thing? Of course, robots can play games, they can beat the chess world champion (that was last century, nothing new under the sun), but they will never enjoy playing a game, much less a cycling board game. So, rest assured, we are safe while we are able to play these games. This said, and tired of all its lies, I asked ChatGPT to say it in verse. To make a long story short, I got the idea from the lines "Oracles acquire authority / From them being in verse". These are from a song I sing in my other life, and, of course, I stole the sentence from something I read (most probably Richart Stoneman's The Ancient Oracles: Making the Gods Speak). I repeated the experiment three times on different days. For the record: I asked "What do you know about cycling board games?"; of course I received an answer plagued with half-truths and blatant lies, including mentions of non-existent games (no, it doesn't learn from its mistakes: one week later the lies were different, but they were still lies). Then I asked "Can you say it in verse?" And it did:   Cycling board games, a niche in the genre Simulating strategy and tactics, a pro cycling spleen Players as team managers, competing in races Making decisions to win, through difficult paces "Vuelta a España" and "The Yellow Jersey" Popular games, among cycling enthusiasts Players act as team managers, trying to win the overall A challenging and replayable, a game to evolve Hard to find, but worth the search Online retailers, cycling stores and out-of-print perch Experience the thrill of the sport With a fun and engaging game, cycling board games come in sort. ChatGPT, 20/01/2023 Cycling board games, a race on the board With strategy and luck, the victory is scored Roll the dice, choose your path Through the mountains and the aftermath Tour de France, Vuelta a España, Le Tour de France, the game Experience the thrill of the ride With every roll and every slide Plan your moves and make them count The yellow jersey is what you want But beware of the competition They'll try to put you in a position Cycling board games, a challenge to play But the satisfaction of winning, will make your day. ChatGPT, 24/01/2023 Cycling through the countryside, Board games in tow, A leisurely ride, With friends, a show. Rolling hills and winding roads, With laughter in the air, We pedal on, Without a care. As the sun begins to set, We stop to play, A game of strategy, To end the day. The pieces move, And the dice are rolled, As we cycle through the game, With stories told. The journey may be long, But the memories will stay, Of cycling and board games, On a perfect day. ChatGPT, 26/01/2023 Apart from raising the usual authorship questions (who could claim copyright on this?), I have to admit that these IA machines are quite good with language. No brain, but a fast tongue. Speaking of non-existent games, have you seen this 2023 Giro d'Italia promotion video? As far as I know, the game we see does not exist, and never will, but how could I not include it in the unpublished games section? Some of you may have noticed that I am not as quick as I used to be to include newly released games on this site. While this month I do feature new games (even one made by a former elite cyclist, nonetheless), I am aware that there are at least three major games, by which I mean boxed games with nice boards and figurines, that should definitely be on this site but are not featured yet. The least I can say is that I have somewhat changed my politics about new games. Don't misunderstand me, I still try to support all the game creators, since I am perfectly aware of how hard it is to release a game and the effort it takes, but I think that, after 20 years of keeping this website, they should know where to find me. Oh, yes, this website is 20 years old. Expect some kind of celebration for Christmas. For now, apart from the usual batch of games added to the site, updates and/or rewritings (by the way, I have also added a couple of pictures to the figurines section), I have a few presents for you this month: - Three more vintage cut-up teams made by Ricardo Ferrand for his yet unpublished Pro Tour game (the new teams are Ijsboerke 1980, Renault 1984 and Carrera 1987). By the way, Ricardo's teams have been the most downloaded items of the last months, of course. - Two new print and play games to download, one of which may be "just a version of an old game" (your choice), while the other is a full-fledged release that will satisfy hardcore gamers. - A proposed set of rules for an old GDR kiddies game, by courtesy of Siegfried L., along with a printable scan of the board so you can try these rules. On a completely different level, look at this!!!  We are becoming (very) international. We appear on the Vietnamese Worldkings website as "Top Bộ Sưu Tập Đồ Sộ Nhất Thế Giới (Top of the World's Largest Collections) #223". At first sight, it may look like it is taken/adapted from this 2017 article but, on closer inspection (online translators may be useful with this one), it is not exactly so. Finally, I am sorry to announce the opening of the cycling board games exhibition at the Museu del Joguet in Figueres will be delayed until , at least, September. Neither yours truly nor the museum are to blame, but sometimes things do not go as planned. Added: Frösis Kleine Freidensfahrt (O. Sperling / Frösi, Eastern Germany, 1969) Monopoly Cycling (Soudal?/ GROEP24 / Squadra Sports Management, Belgium, 2021) Ciclismo a fondo (Roberto Redruello, Spain, 2022) Tour de France (Roman Čermák / RC Games, Czech Republic, 2022) Super Echelon (Alex Bardají, Spain, 2023) Corsa delle 4 maglie (unpublished, 2023) New rules proposed: Auf den Strassen des Friedens (Fröhlich sein und singen, East Germany, 1959) Juego de Ciclismo (by Verarua)   Updated: Tour de Suisse (Emil Huber / Trüb / Hofmann, Switzerland, 1934) Les 6 Jours (Miro, France, 1950s) Raleigh Burner BMX Game (Waddingtons, UK, 1985) Cycle Table Cartes (SSM/T, France, 2004) Pro Cycling Trumps (Jim McLeman/Pro Cycling Trumps, United Kingdom, 2014-) Das Profiradsportspiel (unpublished) Compendium di Ciclismo (Dr. Daniele Banfi) (unpublished) Pro Tour (Ricardo Ferrand, unpublished) New teams!   back to main page     March 2023   Bad news: Due to renovations taking place in the Museu del Joguet, the opening of the cycling board games exhibition has been delayed for a few weeks. The good news is that I may have a little more time available to update this site.   back to main page     February 2023   Just a quick update (no new games added this time) to announce that the opening of the new  cycling board games exhibition  at the Museu del Joguet in Figueres will be on March 9th, that is, one week before the date we had announced. The exhibition will still be open until April 23rd (though not on Sundays or Mondays, the Museum's staff deserves some holidays too). As we said, the games exhibited will be over 100 years old (only XIXth century and early XXth century games), as the one seen in the image above, which is the one chosen for the promotional postcard. By the way, the entrance to the exhibition will be free (though you may want to visit the museum afterwards, for which there is an admission fee). If you are planning to visit the exhibition and would like to meet me there, let me know. I will do my best to be there for you. (UPDATE: the exhibition has been postponed) On a completely diiferent level: I have received a long text by Siegfried L. with a lot of  very accurate comments on (mostly) German games. I really love it when these things happen, and it is one of the reasons why I keep this website. However, I do not have time to add them all to the site right now, so I am starting with the remarks that address games that are going to be in the exhibition.  I expect to add more of his comments in the next few weeks. Here are the first descriptions updated: Das Radfahrerspiel (Germany, 1880s) Neues Lustiges Rad-Fahr Spiel (Otto Maier Verlag, Ravenburg, Germany, 1979) Die Radrennbahn (Likuna, Germany, 1910s). back to main page       December 2022                                      Speaking of figurines, this watercolor diorama by Carmen Milla with modern Bernard & Eddy cyclists was my 2022 birthday present. Merry xmas & happy new year everybody. We do not have too many new games added to the site this time (*), but we have some (very) good news instead. Quite surprisingly, the only two games we have added are both two team-pursuit games, the only two specifically team-poursuit games on this collection so far. (What were the chances that we would receive them the same month?) We are starting a collaboration with Ricardo Ferrand (future designer of a game called Pro Tour which has been in the unpublished games section for years). He will send some of the personalized vintage teams of 9 cyclists he is designing for his game for every cycling games fan to download and use to play their own board games. (It goes without saying that these are free downloads, and that they are not for any commercial use, or to obtain any gain or profit). Of course I (we!) don't want to put pressure on him, but if everything goes as intended, we will have a new batch of teams twice a year. The first batch includes the following teams: BIC'69, FAEMA'69, KAS'74, PEUGEOT'77, SANSON'79 and TI-RALEIGH'79. (5MB pdf for each team). Follow the link to the Pro Tour game page to download them. We will have a new cycling board games exhibition in the spring. It will be at the Museu del Joguet in Figueres, 15 years after our first exhibition there. This time we will exhibit games that are over 100 years old (only XIXth century and early XXth century games). You will be able to visit the exhibition between March 16th (update: March 9th) and April 23rd, 2023. The figurines section has been completely rewritten. That was a long-overdue promise. I have skipped the French figurines part (there is enough information about them both in print and online), and I have mostly concentrated on Spanish figurines, which are the ones that I know better (though I am not a specialist), and the ones with which I played when I was a kid. This rewriting is completed by offering Alex Poyer's article Les figurines cyclistes: entre identification, héroïsation et collection? (1890 à nos jours) (previously published in Sciences Sociales et Sport, nº 16, juillet 2020) as a free download. Finally, Flamme Rouge's long-awaited "definitive" expansion Grand Tour has been officially scheduled for release. Congratulations Asger! (*) A couple more games are supposed to be in the mail, though. You may want to check this page again in the next few days to see if they have arrived ;-)   Added: Teamsprint (Rainbow Games, Germany, 2011) Eile mit Velo (Tissot Velodrome, Switzerland, 2013)   Rewritten: Pro Tour (Ricardo Ferrand, unpublished)   Updated: Butagaz, le Tour de France du premier butane français (Butagaz, France, 1934) Criterium de la Mère Picon (Roger Jacquet/Fromageries PICON, France, ca. 1949) Les 6 Jours (Miro, France, 1950s) Grande course Zig Zag à retardements (Sicolor, France, 1950s) Astrological Card Game (Miroir-Sprint, France, 1961) Flamme Rouge (Asger Sams Granerud / Lautapelit, Danmark / Finland, 2016)  Compendium di Ciclismo (Dr. Daniele Banfi) (unpublished)   back to main page       August 2022                                       Els 3 Poblets (figurines painted by Marc Radenac) It's been a year since I last added new games to the site. While I could argue that I have been quite busy with different things (which is true), the fact is that I have not found that many new games to add. I admit that I am getting tired of buying every new game that is released (though I am still buying some). However, if I did not buy your game and you want to see it on the site, what about sending it to me? I am sure you know how to find me). Furthermore, four of the games added are different versions of games already featured on this site, which I am not sure if they should count as "new games", although this has allowed me to rewrite a couple of old descriptions. On the other hand, there has been some action in the unpublished games camp in these last months. I have received information about a few new games. Some are home-made prototypes, some are (often complex) sets of rules at various development stages. Unfortunately, I have not always been able to dedicate enough time to cycling games these last months, and some email exchanges may have been interrupted. I want to apologise to everyone (Antonio, Daniele, David, Laurent, Roberto, Romain) to whom I should have answered long ago, and I also want to apologise for not being quicker in adding the pictures I receive.   Added: Il Campionissimo -small box- (Uniwerk, Italy, ca.1965) Sprint (Ardatz, Euzkadi, 1980s) Voiture Balai (Voiture Balai, France, 2021) Le Tour des Chasse Patates (Les Chasse Patates/Le Terrier Productions, France, 2021) TVH Classics (Kurt Wellens / TVH / Mateco, Belgium, ca. 2021) Monopoly Cyclisme (GROEP24 / Squadra Sports Management, Belgium, 2022) Children Bicycle Race (Blue Ring Education Pte Ltd, dreamstime.com, first accessed august 2021) Compendium di Ciclismo (Dr. Daniele Banfi) (unpublished) Track Cycling Tour (Alberto Quintairos, 2022) (unpublished) Rewritten: Il Campionissimo (Uniwerk, Italy, ca.1965) Sprint (Diset, Spain, 1980s)   Updated: Pro Cycling Trumps (Jim McLeman/Pro Cycling Trumps, United Kingdom, 2014-) Monopoly Koers (GROEP24 / Squadra Sports Management, Belgium, 2020) De Ronde Van Vlaanderen (Kurt Wellens / Flandersclassics / Sporza, Belgium, 2020) La Course (Agence Artifice, France, 2021)   back to main page     March 2022 Unfortunately, I do not always have time to add games to the site. However, this does not mean I do not have new games to add. That's why I have added a list (a table, actually) of the games that I have received (or will likely receive soon) but that are not on the site yet. You cannot click on the thumbnails, but at least you know which games you can expect to be added to the site sooner or later. Of course this list will be erased each time I update the site. By the way, I do not think there will be a proper update until, at least, next summer.   back to main page     August 2021 I have added quite a lot of games to the site in the last few months. Most remarkably, three just-released French games (looks like the confinement has had some positive aspects after all). Of course, as most recent cycling games, these are either self-published or, in the best cases, published by a very small editor. They are the kind of releases that might slip under my radar, and that sometimes do. Fortunately I have friends who email me as soon as they discover new games (or old games I do not have for that matter). Some friends even send the games to me before I knew they existed. Of course I keep my eyes open myself looking for cycling games, but this site would not be the same without my friends. Thanks, guys! Added: 6 Tage-Rennen (Josef Schneider Jr., Wien, Austria, 1950s) Il Giro (Italy, early 1960s) Les 7 Familles (Miroir-Sprint, France, ca. 1960) Astrological Card Game (Miroir-Sprint, France, 1961) Big Bike Race (Tomy, Singapore, 1970's) The Open Road (Blair Berg & Carl Strycharske / Open Road Games, USA, 2018) Cycle Challenge (Stephen Nurse, Australia, 2020) Les Petits Vélos (INEX, France, 2019) Velonimo (Bruno Cathala / Stratospheres, France, 2021) La Course (Agence Artifice, France, 2021) Qui gagnera le Tour? (Constans Poirier, France, 2021)   Rewritten: Course Michelin (Genilloud/Michelin, France, 1894 / Michelin Collector's Store reissue, 2021) Whirly Wheelers (Palitoy Parker , UK, 1970's) Vuelta Ciclista (Pactra, Spain, 1976)   Updated: Jeu du Vélodrome (Boyaux Pouchois/Union Vélocipédique de France, France, 1920s) Jeu du Veldiv (Edition H.B., France, 1932) Pro Cycling Trumps (Jim McLeman/Pro Cycling Trumps, United Kingdom, 2014-) Pistard (Anki Toner 2005/2009) Jones' Tour (unpublished)   back to main page       March 2021   The games in the picture above have been published in the last few months. Life goes on, and cycling games' activity does too :-) This is one of the reasons why I have split the former "recent games" category (in the chronological classification of the CATEGORIES view of this site). It used to include all XXIst century games, but of course some of the games were not so recent anymore. Now we have a category called 2000-2015 for early XXIst century games (some of which are still available, but most of them are not anymore) and a category called RECENT GAMES (2016-) which I will hopefully have to rename again ten years from now. So much for recent games. On the other side of the pitch, I have added two new Peace Race games. With those, the Peace Race ties with La Vuelta as the third most represented actual race in this site. On one hand this is not so surprising, since the Peace Race was one of the biggest cycling races for many years. However, cince I live in Spain, I am expected to be able to detect more obscure hard-to-find Spanish games than Eastern European ones, am I not? It should be so. The fact is there are more than fifty Spanish games featured in this site, quite a few fairly obscure, but only nine of them (less that 20%) are titled after La Vuelta or represent the race in some way. Furthermore, there aren't any games made in other countries which represent La Vuelta. For comparison, almost 40% of Italian games represent the Giro, and there are a few non-Italian games that do too. The conclusion is that the Vuelta is not so cherished in Spain as other races are in their territories. Finally, one of those things that I really love: I recently received a letter from the great granddaughter of the designer of the game Criterium de la Mère Picon; this game, as many other promotional games, was published without crediting the author. At first she just asked me if I could scan the board for her to make a copy of the game for her grandfather (which of course I did with pleasure) but when she sent me pictures of the final result we decided to offer the game as a free download. We have made not one but two versions of the game: a standard version, for standard A4 printers, including riders for 8 teams (which were already available, in a slightly different format, at the make your own game section of this site)  and a "DeLuxe" version for A3 printers, which includes scans of the riders and the teetotum in their original uncut format (thanks Didier for scanning the teetotum!).   Added: Friedensfahrt Würfelspiel (Bruno Staebner/J.Nowinka, East Germany, 1954) Závod Míru (Vladimír Jedlička, Tofa, Czechoslovaquia, 1970s) Monopoly Koers (GROEP24 / Squadra Sports Management, Belgium, 2020) Pro Cycling. The Board Game (Smith B Games, Hungary, 2020) On The Rivet (Jason McDowell/Littletinyfish, USA, 2021) D Tour (Eric Gras & Pascale Gres-Jouenne, France, 2013) (unpublished) Rewritten: Criterium de la Mère Picon (Roger Jacquet/Fromageries PICON, France, ca. 1949) Magnytour (magnytour.com, Belgium, 2007 / 2021) Updated: Bikee (C.W. Faulkner & Co, UK, 1899) Kerékpárverseny Társasjáték (Gál József / Állami Nyomda, Hungary, 1956) Závod Míru (Czechoslovakia, 1957) Eddy Merckx (Pierre Neuville / City Toys, Belgium, ca.1970/2019) back to main page     December 2020 Happy Christmas everybody. Not many games have been released in 2020, sadly, specially before summer. However, activity slowly resumes in the cycling games' world, as is proved by the three recent games featured in this update. By the way, speaking of recent releases: You may have read in the press that a semi-official pro-cycling-themed Monopoly game has been recently released in Belgium. For those of you who wonder why it is not on this website, let me reassure you. It eventually will be featured here. Just do not be hurried  ;-.) Instead, I have discovered an alternative Monopoly game which I present in the unpublished games section; and there was already another (unofficial) cycling Monopoly game in this site anyway. This year's Christmas present is a new set of cut-up cyclists (and other elements) with which you will be able to make your own 90's-flavored cycling race. Just follow the "Construye tu carrera de bicicletas" link, and then click on the sheets' images to download two ready to print-cut-and-paint sets of figurines, or else access them through the "make your own game" section. Added: Construye tu carrera de bicicletas (Pelikan, Spain, 1995) Vuelta a España card deck (Fournier, Spain, 1990s) Le jeu des petits vélos (Bee Happy / Cofidis, France, 2020) Roll'Cube Tour de France (Éric Mathivet & Myriam Thouet / Solar Éditions, France, 2020) Cycling Mishaps / Famous Cyclists / Tour de France (Brainy Bikers, UK, 2020) Ciclo Poly (Rossella Ottaviani/Paola Chiarolini, Italy, 2013) (unpublished) Tour de France (unknown, France, 1980s) (unpublished) Tour de Suisse variation (unknown) (unpublished) Comment jouer avec ses cyclistes miniatures (unpublished) Rewritten: Le jeu du Tour de France (Marc Moallic/Le Journal de Toto, France, 1937) Updated: Bikee (C.W. Faulkner & Co, UK, 1899) Il Giuoco del Giro d’Italia (E.R.P., Italy, 1950) Radrennen / Velodrom (Heinz Fritzsche/Sport-Spiele, Germany, ca. 2000) Jeu des 7 équipes (Cofidis, France, ca. 2019) back to main page     October 2020 Of course not many games (if any) have been published during the lockdowns but, on the other hand, there has been a greater-than-average activity in the unpublished games world. Creativity cannot be locked down. Added: Fröhliche Ferienfahrt mit dem Blendax-Max. Fahrt Ihr mit? (Blendax, Germany, 1954) Pedal Power (Jürgen Winzer / Bravo Sport, Germany, 2001) Bicycle Race (Sebastian Bleasdale, Good Little Games, UK, 2013) Jeu des 7 équipes (Cofidis, France, ca. 2019) Jeu de 32 cartes Tour de France 2019 (Senseo, France, 2019) Ventoux (David Sachs) (unpublished) 3D Bikes (Ribergraf) (unpublished) Stages (Douglas Boyce III, 2018) (unpublished) Tour d'Flick (Kickstarter) (unpublished) De Ronde Van Frankrijk (unpublished) Cycling Card Game 2015 (unpublished) Rewritten: Cycling, a fascinating game (J.W.S&S, Germany / England, 1890s) Wieler Sport-Spel (J. Vlieger / De Lage Landen, Netherlands, 1891 / 1972) Juego de Salón Vuelta Ciclista a España (Spain, 1940s) Giro d'Italia e di Francia (Sam Milano, Italy, 1950) (used to be "Giro di Francia") Die Tour (Christa & Klaus Rudiger/Olaf Liesendfeld Spiele, Germany, 1981) Updated: Cyclo (Dirk Donvil / Lotto, Belgium, 2000s) Le Velodrome (GMFR, France, 1940s?) Radrennen / Velodrom (Heinz Fritzsche/Sport-Spiele, Germany, ca. 2000) Arrivée (Antonin Šrajer/Tonygames/Liglass Trading, Czech Rep., 2011) Flamme Rouge (Asger Sams Granerud / Lautapelit, Danmark / Finland, 2016): unofficial automatic track generator Visions of Rainbows (Jason McDowell, USA) (unpublished) back to main page     May 2020           Poulidor on the home trainer (picture by Pascal Orsini)   As we wait for the cycling season to resume, I keep the promise I made a few weeks ago to give away a free print-and-play game. Actually, I did not exactly make a promise, in case I could not keep it, but in my mind it was. For quite a long time I have been thinking of making a p'n'p edition of Maillot Arc En Ciel, the game we created in 2006, but I just never found the time. I missed the chance in 2016 (10th anniversary of the physical limited edition of the game). I thought I would try again for the 15th anniversary (which is next year) but this lockdown has given me the opportunity to do it. Of course it would have been better to have the game ready at the beginning of the home confinement, so you would have had something new to play, but then you could not have invited your friends to come over. I have decided not to rewrite the rules, though I was tempted to simplify a couple of things, so the game is still for 3 to 6 players (better with 4 or 5) and not the easiest to play (you'd better check the free p'n'p games section of the site if you are looking for a game to play with young kids). Anyway, here it is at last: Click here to download the print-and-play edition of MAILLOT ARC EN CIEL, including board, tokens and rules in 4 languages (zip file, 11 Mb) While I was preparing the game, I have checked and updated a few links updated in the section "Make Your Own Game", just in case you feel creative ;-) I have also cleaned the general Links section, where broken links were piling up. Mostly these were links to old "official" cycling games sites that have been down for years, since a lot of cycling games are made in small runs, become unavailable after a few years, and so do their websites. That is why I always say that if you are interested in a game you should pick it as soon as possible. However, in the process of cleaning broken links I have been sadly surprised to discover that the invaluable HONGS website has disappeared. Does anyone know what happened to it? A technical issue: A couple of years ago some browsers started to detect this site (among many others) as "not secure". As I wrote then (scroll down to "august 2018" for details) the site was perfectly safe to visit despite the warnings. However, in the last months my hosting provider has implemented  HTTPS and SSL certificates and now most browsers detect the site as perfectly safe, as long as you use the https URL. So, even if the plain http version of the site is still perfectly safe, you may want to update your link to: https://www.cyclingboardgames.net   Added: L'Arrivée du Tour (Gildas Fresneau, onotherboards.com, 2020) Send It! - The Mountain Biking Board Game (Syd and Macky, 2020) (unpublished) Tour de Force (David Boon, 2017) (unpublished) Rewritten: Maillot Arc-En-Ciel (Millatoner Games, Spain, 2006 / print'n'play version: 2020) Jeu du Vélodrome (N.K. Atlas, France, 1900s) Le Tour de France Cycliste (Dernieres Nouvelles, France, 1933) Updated: Tour de France Cycliste (Plasman, France, 1960s) Grande course Zig Zag à retardements (Sicolor, France, 1950s) Pro Cycling Trumps (Jim McLeman/Pro Cycling Trumps, United Kingdom, 2014- ) Visions of Rainbows (Jason McDowell, USA) (unpublished) back to main page     March 2020   We hope you are all safe and well in the midst of all the chaos and disruption caused by the coronavirus outbreak. I am confined at home (as is almost everybody here) and probably I should try to give away some print-and-play freebie (I mean, something better that the p'n'p track that I have added to the site). I might eventually find time to do it. In the meantime, I have added a few games to my site. By the way, this website started more than 15 years ago. Some game descriptions have not changed since they were uploaded to the site, but many other things have changed, not only  technical issues as internet speed or web storage size, but also my knowledge of games. This makes that the description of some games might be outdated. Every once in a while I fully rewrite some of them and/or add/change/resize the pictures. For these, I have added a new category in this "what's new" page. As you can see below, I have described it as "rewritten", while I have renamed the other categories of changes as "added" and "updated". I have also added the date when I wrote the description of the games at the end of  each game's page, so adjectives like "new" or "recent" are put in context. I will try to add  the date of writing retrospectively to the other games' descriptions. Finally, a couple of news about games collectors websites: First, the bad news. My friend Ludo Nauws has closed his cycling games website. SInce it was the only other website dedicated exclusively to cycling games, I will not have to compete to be "the best". Now I have the responsabily of being "the only". Ludo tells me that he is not collectiong games anymore, and that he has passed his collection to the cycling museum in Roeselare where they will exhibit alternately parts of the collection. Instead, you can check Ludo's paintings site, which includes a few cycling paintings. Now, the good news. he board games expert and collector extraordinaire Bruce Whitehill has offered me a place on his website The Big Game Hunter so I could introduce my collection to his visitors. You can either browse his website (recommended), look on the left column index under “Collecting Games” and look for "Cycling Board Games" or go directly to the cycling games section by clicking here. He has added a few pictures and even a game not present on my site, so the visit is interesting even for those among you who know my site by heart.   Added: Carrera Ciclista (Ramón Sabatés, Spain, ca. 1950) De Ronde Van Vlaanderen (Kurt Wellens / Flandersclassics / Sporza, Belgium, 2020) Dicycle Race (Pascal Hugonie/Pauline Detraz/Banana Smile, France, 2020) Juego en bicicleta (coloreardibujo.com, Spain, 2010s) Visions of Rainbows (Jason McDowell, USA) (unpublished) Rewritten: Juego de Carrera Ciclista (Fher, Spain, 1969) Tour de Suisse (A. Berger / H.A. Bosch, Switzerland, 1935) Jeu du Tour de France (Imprimerie Charaire, 1924) Updated: Tour de France (Fernel, UK, ca 1964) Cycling, a fascinating game (J.W.S&S, Germany / England, 1890s) Wheeling (J. Jacques & Son, London, 1896) Wieler Sport-Spel (J. Vlieger / De Lage Landen, Netherlands, 1891 / 1972)  back to main page     December 2019   We present four board games issued in the last few weeks. It's been ages since we did not have so many almost-simultaneous releases in the cycling games' world! We also present a batch of older card games and a few other additions to the site. Enjoy.   Games added: Ride gioca o muori (Luca Maragno / Pendragon Game Studio, Italy, 2019) Trimau Grand Tour (Takahiro Amihoka / KogeKogeDo, Japan, 2019) Cobbled Classic (EF Annual/Rapha, UK, 2019) Grand Jeu Tour de France (François Paoletti / Solar Editions, France, 2019) Jeu de cartes Publi-Star (Publi-Star / Miroir du Cyclisme, France, ca. 1960) Tour de France 89 (Domex / Ducale, Belgium, 1989) Telenet Fidea Cycling Team (Team Telenet-Fidea, Belgium, ca. 2015) Jeu de tarot Le Tour (Heron, France, 1990s) Jeu de cartes du Tour de France (Vittel / Tour de France, France, 2016) Jeu de cartes du Tour de France (Ibis / Tour de France, France, 2017) Gérard Porte's game (unpublished) Andy's Tour de France game (unpublished) Comments and/or pictures added: Wheeling (J. Jacques & Son, London, 1896) Le Tour de France (Stella, France, ca. 1924) Le Tour de France (France, ca. 1933) Le Jeu du Tour (L'Auto, France, 1937) Le Jeu du Tour de France (Pierre Blanchet/OGEP, France, 1949) Le Jeu du Tour de France (Tango, France, 1984) Velo, The International Game Of Bicycle Racing (Paumar, USA, 1977) Flamme Rouge (Asger Sams Granerud / Lautapelit, Danmark / Finland, 2016): Le Grand Tour 2018 Legenden Internationaler Radsport Quartett (Marcel Michel, Switzerland, 2015): Vol 2, 2019 Pro Cycling Trumps (Jim McLeman/Pro Cycling Trumps, United Kingdom, 2014- ): Cyclocross Edition back to main page     July 2019   Should I start a subsection of the unpublished games section called "games that only survive as a mention in literary works"? Games added: Jeu du Tour de France (Jean Lagniez / Editions J.L, France, ca. 1930s) Cycle Table Cartes (SSM/T, France, 2004) Buttoncap Cycling (Alberto Quintairos, Spain, 2019) (unpublished) Pablo Salazar's game (unpublished) Roger Nimier's game (unpublished) Comments and/or pictures added: Criterium de la Mère Picon (Fromageries PICON, France, ca. 1949) Eddy Merckx (Pierre Neuville / City Toys, Belgium, ca.1970/2019) Sprintop7 (formerly Sprinter3D) (Christophe Princay, Sprinter 3D INPI, France,  2007/2019) Tour du Jour (Ben Duiverman, USA, 2014) Pro Cycling Trumps (Jim McLeman/Pro Cycling Trumps, United Kingdom, 2014-) back to main page     March 2019   It's been quite a long time since I last updated the site. I am afraid I have been quite busy these last months. I did not even have time to prepare a Christmas present for you this year but fortunately someone did it for me. Stephen Nurse, from Australia, has updated his free downloadable game Cycle Tour and has added 3D-printable bicycle tokens. This is something new, at least in the cycling games' world. Of course, most of us do not have a 3D printer at home and we are not sure how to handle STL files, but it is probably time to start to learn. The future is here. As Armstrong (no, not Lance) would have said, "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for the cycling board games' world".   Games added: Lustiges Radfahrspiel von Lothar Meggendorfer (Lothar Meggendorfer, Germany, 1890s) Corse in pista (Topolino, Italy, 1960) Jeu de cartes de L'Équipe (L'Équipe, France, 1960) La règle d'or (Alfred Voirin, France, 1989) Le jeu des petits cyclistes (Dans la musette / Marabout, France, 2018) Comments and/or pictures added: Attack The Pack (Con Gas Games, UK, 2015) Cycle Tour (Stephen Nurse, Australia, 2010) Flamme Rouge (Asger Sams Granerud / Lautapelit, Danmark / Finland, 2016) (Meteo expansion) Neues Radfahrer Spiel (Germany, ca. 1890) Eine Deutschlandfahrt auf Phänomen Fahrrädern (Phänomen, Germany, 1938) back to main page     February 2019   My dear friend, board games' expert and collector extraordinaire Pierre Bertin passed away on february 15th. No need to say how much we will miss him. He was one of the very few people whose games I could present in this site as if they were my own games. Good examples of the breadth of the Collection Pierre et Bilou (arguably one of the best French board games collection ever assembled) are Montlhéry Record, a game of which theirs is the only known complete copy, or Jeu du Veldiv, of which they had some rare versions which I photographed for this site. Many times I tried to convince Pierre to share his knowledge and write a book about French board games. It could have been the definitive volume on the subject since he had the expertise, the games, and the ability to write. (He was a former journalist, and one of those who could really write. His emails are among the funniest and wittiest I will ever receive). Unfortunately he thought it was of no use to write such a book before he found an editor, and now all this knowledge is lost, which is not only a pity but also a shame for our cultural system. If you can find a copy of the catalogue of the 2005 exhibition of the collection at Boulogne-Billancourt you may get a pale idea of the magnitude of the loss. Having been a professional photographer himself, Pierre Bertin was not an easy bird to photograph. Here I caught him at the 2007 cycling board games exhibition at Figueres.   October 2018 I will be very busy the next few weeks, even months, so do not expect a new update soon. Maybe not even for Christmas. In the meantime, here is an interview with yours truly in the September issue of the Turkish edition of Cyclist Magazine. It is an updated version of the interview published by Lagruppa a couple of years ago (scroll down to find it) Click HERE to read the interview (in Turkish, of course)   Games added: Eine Deutschlandfahrt auf Phänomen Fahrrädern (Phänomen, Germany, 1938) Jeu du Tour de France (Almanach Rustica, France, 1956) Mein Fahrrad (ASS, Germany, 2010s) Comments and/or pictures added: Los Ciclistas (see unpublished games) back to main page     August 2018 This site was launched in August 2003. We are thus celebrating our XVth anniversary. I can hardly believe it. To conmemorate the anniversary I have written a text.about the story of this collection.  Furthermore I have created a new list in the categories section (under "Highlights") called "Cycling Board Games History in 20 Games" in which, as it name implies, I have chosen 20 games that are relevant for the history of cycling board games. What is better, I have added two very old german games to the site, one of them probably the oldest game in my collection, and I have decided to make a present to you all (since I didn't last Christmas). Click HERE to download a high-resolution (12 Mb) scan of the board of Das Radfahrerspiel, suitable to be printed on an A3 (or even A2) sheet and hung on the wall, but also suited to be played if you wish to. In fact, it is better than the original (which is quite small) if you are going to play the game. About recent "not secure" website warnings: This site is written in good old plain HTTP, and therefore it is not encrypted. The latest versions of some browsers may label this site as “not secure”. However, HTTPS and  SSL certificates are only important for the transmission of private data. As long as you do not share confidential information such as passwords or credit card data, yo do not need them. Since this website does not collect personal information, does not use cookies, does not ask you to log in, and of course does not ask you for payment data since it does not sell anything, it is perfectly safe to visit. The only possible interaction it offers is the possibility to email me. Feel free to do it if you have any questions. By the way, this page is not specially mobile-friendly either. Why should it be? I am trying to take nice BIG pictures of the games (although the older part of the site still displays smaller pictures), so sit down before a big screen and enjoy them. Games added: Das Radfahrerspiel (Germany, 1880s) Neues Radfahrer Spiel (Germany, ca. 1890) Comments and/or pictures added: Breaking Away (John Harrington, Fiendish Games, UK, 1996 / New Games Order, Japan, 2015) Sverigeloppet (Bertil Almqvist / Aristospel, Sweden, ca. 1960) Texts/lists added: How It All Began: the history of this website Cycling Board Games History in 20 Games back to main page     June 2018 There is a nice article about this website, "Huge Collection of Cycling-Themed Board Games Guaranteed to Take Your Breath Away ", by Frantiska Blazkova, on welovecycling.com. It was published in september, but I had not found it until now. On a different level, I have also found -and purchased- these small (3 cms) English turn-of-the-century tin riders. Of course, I try not to buy incomplete games if I can help it, and these cyclists might count as one as they surely belonged to a board game (which reminds me I should do something about the figurines page). I have a clue about which board game they belong to, but I am not really sure.  If you know better, please drop me a line.       As well as trying not to buy incomplete games, I also try not to buy pages torn from magazines (as I believe this encourages unscrupulous sellers to destroy the original magazines). However, I have broken my rules again (rules are OK as long as you can break them when you need to) and I have added to the site two East German Friedensfahrt-themed games that, well, are taken from magazines. Needless to say, I would like to find the complete magazines. I have changed the order of the games in the "all the games" page. The games used to be in random order, and that was fine enough. Now they are in (roughly) the order in which they entered this site (with the oldest on top). Finally, as I promised quite a long time ago, I have moved the games still remaining in the card games section to the main section (which is the mentioned "all the games"), and I have created a page for each of them. However, I did not have time to add many new comments. Maybe someday. Game added: Gänsespiel Würfelspiel (Leonard Kahn, Germany, ca. 1910) 6-Tage-Rennen (Rudolf Arnold Verlag, East Germany, 1940s) Teddy Tail's Cycle Game (Daily Mail, UK, 1934) Unsere Friedensfahrt Warschaw-Berlin-Prag (Jürgen Kieser/Wochenpost, East Germany, 1958) Auf den Strassen des Friedens (Fröhlich sein und singen, East Germany, 1959) Vuelta al Cacao Solís (Solís, Spain, ca. 1970) BMC Racing Team Quartett 2011 (BMC, Switzerland, 2011) Comments and/or pictures added: Pocket Sports Cycling Tour (Hamish Sterling/Pocket Sports, Australia, 2015) Pro Cycling Trumps (Jim McLeman/Pro Cycling Trumps, United Kingdom, 2014-)   back to main page     April 2018 Games added: Rush 15-20 (Izel, France, 1960s) Le jeu du Tour (Proté / Miroir du Cyclisme, France, 1983) The Race for the Life-Sized City (Mikael Colville-Andersen, Erik Griswold & Dough Gordon / Copenhagenize, Danmark, 2014) back to main page     December 2017 Christmas present! A print-and-play version of the 1963 East Germany non-luck dependant game Jagd Über Etappen. I hope you enjoy it. Click on the image above to download the game (pdf, 4MB). Tim Krabbé's book "De Veertiende Etappe" has been translated into Spanish under the title "La Etapa Decimocuarta". Now that I have been able to read the whole book I can only recommend it (and not just because there is a chapter dedicated to this site ;-) and add that it is a pity that it is not translated to other languages. I have reordered the links section. Someday I will get rids of broken links and add some missing sites.     Games added: Warsaw - Berlin - Prague 1952 (Herbie Sykes / Rapha, UK, 2016) Passquartett (Gaspare and Pietro Loderer, Switzerland, 2017) Flamme Rouge: Peloton (Asger Sams Granerud / Lautapelit, Danmark / Finland, 2017) Comments and/or pictures added: Giro d'Italia Lion Noir (Luigi Biffi/Lion Noir, Italy, 1919) Jagd Über Etappen (Si-Si, East Germany, 1963)   back to main page     November 2017 You will notice that I am adding a couple of mechanical games. Of course these are not exactly "board games". That is why I used to have them in the "toys & curiosities" section. However, I have decided to create a new "mechanical games" section for this kind of games. I hope you do not mind ;-) Games added: Il Giuoco del Velodromo (Creazioni Cicogna, Italy, 1950s) 3-2-1-Start (Sel-Mac, Spain, 1950s) Carrera Ciclista (Borlino, Spain, 1960s) Comments and/or pictures added: Velodromo Cicogna (Edizioni Cicogna, Italy, 1930s) Il Giuoco del Velodromo (Creazioni Cicogna, Italy, 1960s) Corse (Italy, 1960s) Flamme Rouge (Asger Sams Granerud / Lautapelit, Danmark / Finland, 2016)   back to main page     August 2017 Games' collector extraordinaire François Cardinet (wearing a cap) and yours truly (in a Flamme Rouge t-shirt) riding a tandem:   Games added: La Grande Boucle (Robert Lepage/Plastibor, France, 1958) Ciclorama (Fagis Giocs, Italy, 1966) Superjuego Ciclista (O & D Diseño Pamplona / Juegos Recreativos Garate, Spain, 2000s) Le Tour De France (Hulst Games/Just Games, Netherlands, 2017) Á la conquête du maillot jaune (Joan/Spirou, Belgium, 2017) Tour de France, the European Bicycle Racing Game (unpublished) Comments and/or pictures added: Flamme Rouge (Asger Sams Granerud / Lautapelit, Danmark / Finland, 2016) Linkeballen (Hulst Games, Netherlands, 2015)   back to main page     June 2017 I have been waiting for a couple of games to arrive so that I could include them in the June update of the website, but they are not here yet. However I may update the site again before the start of the Tour de France if they finally arrive, since both are Tour de France-related games. Games added: Nos cyclistes à travers la France et la Belgique (Saussine, France, 1890s) Giro Ciclistico d'Italia (Elah / Arethusa, Italy, 1956) Závod Míru (Czechoslovakia, 1957) Glory Gears (Alex Bishop / MindMeltGames, USA, 2017) Comments and/or pictures added: Bikee (C.W. Faulkner & Co, UK, 1899) Added: modern reprint Tour de Suisse (Emil Huber / Trüb / Hofmann, Switzerland, 1934) Added: original De Luxe version Tour de Francia (Lizarraga, Spain, ca. 1956)   back to main page     April 2017 There are more and more cycling-related card games, some of them really beautiful. I used to list them all together, but It does't not make much sense anymore. Even though they are not properly "board games", from now on expect to find a page for every card game, and to have them listed in the main section. However, the older card games will remain in the card games section until I have time to do justice to each one. I have added a couple of games that are reprinted in the book Il gioco dell'Oca; Un libro da leggere, da guardare, da giocare (see bibliography). I am not breaking my rule of featuring only games that I have in my collection or, at least, that I have photographed myself personally, since this is a large book that reproduces the games in a playable format.   Games added: Course Michelin (Genilloud/Michelin, France, 1894 / reprinted in the book Il gioco dell'Oca, 1981) Giro d'Italia Lion Noir (Luigi Biffi/Lion, Noir, Italy, 1919 / reprinted in the book Il gioco dell'Oca, 1981) Legenden Internationaler Radsport Quartett (Marcel Michel, Switzerland, 2015) Rondespel (Vlaanderens Mooiste Spel) (Belgium, 2016) Coup de Bordure (Jérôme Kaplan, France, 2017) (unpublished - rules available to download)   Comments and/or pictures added: Bicycle Race (UK, ca. 1900) Breaking Away (John Harrington, Fiendish Games, UK, 1996) Flamme Rouge (Asger Sams Granerud / Lautapelit, Danmark / Finland, 2016) Giro D'Italia (Esploriamo, 1959) Mistery solved! Il Giro d'Italia! (Casa Editrice Astorina, Italy, ca. 1958) La Grande Boucle (Phil Riviere, Downey Games, 2008 / free download, 2011) Great Bicycle Road Race Game (Royal Series Of Games, UK, ca. 1910) Pro Cycling Trumps (Jim McLeman/Pro Cycling Trumps, United Kingdom, 2014-) Pluto Big Bike Race Game (Western Publishing Company/Walt Disney, USA, 1974) Tour de France (Homas Spelen, Netherlands, ca. 1966) Wieler Sport-Spel (J. Vlieger / De Lage Landen, Netherlands, 1891 / 1972)   back to main page     February 2017 I have been quite busy lately, and I have not had time to update the site. I do not have many new games to add, but I have some comments on games, new pictures, details, etc... that some pople have sent (thanks, guys!) or that I have found by myself. I am afraid you will have to wait. However, I told you not to miss the December edition of the Cycling World Magazine. I did not tell you why, but some of you guessed it: this website appeared on the Christmas Edition of the magazine. You can download the PDF here. back to main page   November 2016 Tip: Do not miss the December edition of the Cycling World Magazine.More about it soon ;-) Games added: Die Radrennbahn (Likuna, Germany, 1910s) Simplex Spel (Daan Hoeksema / Simplex Fabrieken , Netherlands, ca 1930) Sverige Loppet (Bertil Almqvist / Aristospel, Sweden, ca. 1960) Flamme Rouge (Asger Sams Granerud / Lautapelit, Danmark / Finland, 2016) Spinoly (unpublished) Veldiv Femenino (Alberto Quintairos, Spain) (unpublished) Comments and/or pictures added: Tour de France (Plasman, France, 1960s) Boosting Bike (Josephus Noben, Belgium, 2014) Linkeballen (Hulst Games, Netherlands, 2015) Eric Fottorino's game (unpublished)   back to main page   October 2016 A new cycling game "FLAMME ROUGE" will be presented at the Essen fair. The game designer, Asger Sans Granerud, will be demoing the game (at least) on Friday (15h00-16h00) and Saturday (10h00-12h00) at the Lautapeli booth (Hall 3, booth L-116). I needed an excuse like this to attend the fair, and this year I am not missing it. If you happen to be around, I hope we can meet there. PS: I have already received my copy of the game. It looks great and plays even better. Soon on this site! If you cannot wait, you can download the game's rules here.   back to main page   August 2016 A few months ago I was interviewed by Ali Sinan Deniz and Selman Baydar for the Turkish online cycling magazine La Gruppa. However, I was not aware that the interview had already been published. Finally, here it is. Let me warn you that (a) the interview is in Turkish, naturally, and (b) Google Translator is not always that good with Turkish. The pictures are nice, though ;-)     Games added: Holland Wielersport (C.J.J. Dalmeijer, Netherlands, 1940s) A Qui Le Tour? (Guillaume Nanot / Apicoove, France, 2016) Cycling Heroes. Who Is The Fastest? (Winning Moves, UK, 2015) (under card games) Comments and/or pictures added: Wieler Sport-Spel (J. Vlieger / De Lage Landen, Netherlands, 1891 / 1972) Die Rad-Wettfahrt (Oehmigke und Riemschneider, Germany, 1910s) Les 6 Jours de Paris (Gérard Bliekast, France, 1934) Jeu du Rallye-Cycliste (Chambre Syndicale du Cycle et du Motocycle, France, 1930s) Sprint / La Gran Vuelta Ciclista En Casa (Spain, 1995)   Unpublished games: I added a new picture to the velodrome game I added in june, and I have started a new section for games about which I have very little documentation but which I feel it is important to document nonetheless. I have also added a picture of Ludo Nauws' fantastic wooden velodrome.   back to main page     July 2016 I went to see the Tour: Here I am in my Arrivée jersey on the Peyresourde climb with my nephew Nicolau. (PS: We are not the ones who painted "Valverde" on the road...)   Games added: Velodrome (Jack Jaffe, UK, 2014) Tour Du Jour (Tulip Games/RTL7, Netherlands, 2015) Climbs (Jim McLeman/Pro Cycling Trumps, UK, 2016) Unpublished velodrome game (France) (unpublished) Comments and/or pictures added: Le Jeu du Tour de France (Pierre Blanchet/OGEP, France, 1949) Pro Cycling Trumps: 2016 Women (under card games)   back to main page     June 2016 Games added: Bicycleclub (Æ, Germany, ca. 1900) Sechstage-Rennen (Fritz Homann A.G., Germany, 1926) Jeu du Tour de France Butagaz (Butagaz, France, 1936) Les Six Jours de Paris (Pierre Aroutcheff / Jeux & Stratégie, France, 1984) Gépat (Gépat / Sprint International, France, 1980s) Le Jeu des 7 Familles du Peloton (Pif Gadget, France, 1989) (under card games) Cyclisme-Question (CB Créations, France, 1997) Flamme Rouge (unpublished) Comments and/or pictures added: Le Petit Vélodrome (Sporlux, France) Mountain Bikes (F.X. Schmidt, Germany) (under card games)   back to main page   April 2016 Although I have more games to add, and although this site is mainly about board games not card games, I could not wait to include the two new Pro Cycling Trups decks. Keep an eye on the site for the other news. Games added: Pro Cycling Trumps. 2016 edition (Pro Cycling Trumps, United Kingdom, 2016) (under card games) Pro Cycling Trumps. Track Edition (Pro Cycling Trumps, United Kingdom, 2016) (under card games)   back to main page     March 2016 This is getting serious! Master thesis by Sandra Lieners "Cyclomanie im Spiel. Radfahrer/innen in europäischen und amerikanischen Brettspielen von 1885 bis 1910", which focuses on focuses on the significance of cycling as a cultural and social activity based on European and American board games. A major work on the subject. I have not read it yet (almost 300 pages in German... it will take some time) but I am proud to have helped with a few pictures. You can download it here. Games added: 6-Tage-Rennen mit Rundengewinn (Ruro-Spiele, Germany, 1920s) Das Dansommer Radtour-Spiel (Dansommer, Germany, ca. 2000) Attack The Pack (Con Gas Games, UK, 2015) Le Tour de France - La boite à quizz (Jean Paul Ollivier / Marabout, France, 2015)   A couple of games added to the unpublished games section. In the book "C'est Mon Tour" (Eden, 2003), a compilation of Tour de France souvenirs by French writers, there are two descriptions of games played in their childhoods by Eric Fottorino and Gérard Mordillat. Fottorino also mentions his game in the book "Petit éloge de la bicyclette" (Folio2€, 2007). Both games have some similarities, using metal riders they already had (that was France) and a couple of dice. What strikes me most is that both use 2 dice to move riders. The games I used to invent when I was a kid used one one die. My guess is that in Spain anybody doing a similar game would use just one die, while I am not so sure in other countries. I would love to hear your opinion about it, and to know if you made similar games. Éric Fottorino's game Gerard Mordillat's  game Comments and/or pictures added: Le Petit Vélodrome (Sporlux, France)   back to main page     January 2016 Happy new year everybody! My Christmas present arrives a little late, and it is not properly a board game, but if you click here you will find the jerseys of the 24 teams that took part in the 2015 Tour de France or Vuelta a España (sorry for the italian friends who would have prefered the Giro). They are formatted to make a memory game. You just have to print them twice, cut them and paste onto something rigid and with homogeneous back (the easiest solution, of course is to use an old memory game if you happen to have one of the right size). Games added: Tour d'Autriche 2014 (Radlobby Österreich, Austria, 2014) Sicher auf dem Fahrrad (Angelika Will & Jürgen Lange/ASS, Germany, 1991) Comments and/or pictures added (and a mystery solved!): Butagaz, le Tour de France du premier butane français (Butagaz, France, 1934) Le Tour Butagaz (Butagaz, France, 1935) L'Échappée Infernale (Jérôme Valadie/Varo Éditions, France, 2001) L'Échappée Infernale (version 2009) (Jérôme Valadie/Varo Éditions, France, 2009)   A year has passed since the Charlie Hebdo killings. Here is a cycling-game-related drawing by Tignous.   back to main page     December 2015 Sad news. Rob Bontembal, creator of Homas Tour (aka Um Reifenbreite) passed away unexpectedly on october 23rd. If you can read Dutch, here is his obituary. It is a good moment to review the early designs of his game that he was kind enough to show me when I visited him a few years ago.   back to main page     October 2015 Games added: Jeu Vittel spécial Tour de France (Nestlé, France, 2015) Pocket Sports Cycling Tour (Hamish Sterling/Pocket Sports, Australia, 2015) Compil Quizz Cyclisme (Jean Paul Ollivier/Compil Quizz/Sony Music, France, 2012) Die Hard Cycling (Johan Vanhuyse, Belgium, 2015, unpublished) Tour de France 1995 (Italy, unpublished)   Comments and/or pictures added: Vier-Länder Tour (Stomo, Austria, 1920s) The Bike Race Game (Master Toy Co, New York, 1930s) Bikes (Top Ass, Germany, 1996) (card games) Compil Quizz Le Tour de France (Michel Duplessier/Compil Quizz/Sony Music, France, 2013)   Spare thoughts which I might add someday the theory texts: From Adrian Seville's article "Statistical Characteristics of Enjoyable Race Games": "Thus, for four players, the average number of rounds to win is about 17 for Snakes and Ladders and about 15 for Game of the Goose [..]. Furthermore, the standard deviation of the average number of rounds to win is about 8 for Snakes and Ladders and about 11 for Game of the Goose [..]. The convergence of these quantities for 4-player Game of the Goose and 4-player Snakes and Ladders is remarkable, given that these two games have totally different historical pedigrees. Presumably the characteristics of the games were developed by trial and error, with human enjoyment as the selection parameter." You can find a link to the complete article in the bibliography.   back to main page     August 2015 Games added: Carrera Ciclista (Spain, 1950s) Giro di Francia (Italy, ca. 1950) Linkeballen (Hulst Games, Netherlands, 2015)   Comments and/or pictures added: Le Vel d'Hiv I also added a picture from Ludo's recent cycling games exhibition in Antwerp. I took the picture from Ludo's website, but of course there are many more pictures there.   back to main page     June 2015   Wow!!! This website appears on Rouleur (issue 54) and on Tim Krabbé's new book De Veertiende Etappe. See the details in the events page. I am really amazed. Rouleur is, of course, the best cycling magazine on earth (or at least the most beautiful, as they proudly say on their website), and I am very proud of being featured in it. However, appearing on Tim Krabbé's book is a whole different thing. According to the jury of the Nico Scheepmaker Prijs, "It is on one hand a literary masterpiece that therefore over 100 years will be read and on the other hand, the best sports book in the Dutch language". So I can expect to be remembered in 100 years. Who would have said it when I started to gather games?   More cycling-games-related activity: A new cycling games exhibition will take place in Antwerp at the beginning of July while the Tour de France is around. It is will feature some games from Ludo Nauws' collection. See all the information (in Dutch) in Ludo's website. There is also an exhibition of cycling figurines from Frans Kirkels' collection at the restaurant Ruig in Utrecht to conmerorate that the Tour will start there (I mean, in Utrecht, not in the restaurant) this year. Click here to see some pictures. A cycling game (Cycling Party) has been awarded with the "Best General Game" distiction at the 2015 UK Games Expo. Congratulations! A new cycling game on Kickstarter: Attack The Pack. I hope they make it!   Games added: Das Steherrennen (Behrens Gesellschaftsspiele G.m.b.H., Germany, ca. 1920) Boosting Bike (Josephus Noben, Belgium, 2014) Course Cycliste (Le Journal de Mickey, France, 1997)   Comments and/or pictures added: Montlhéry Record (EdWill, France, 1920s) Corse (Italy, 1960s)   A new trump card games (ProCyclingTrumps Women 2015) added to the cycling-related card games section.   back to main page     May 2015   Comments and/or pictures added: Wheeling (J. Jacques & Son, London, 1896)   More trump card games (ProCyclingTrumps) added to the cycling-related card games section.   back to main page       April 2015   No new games this month (at least in the main section), but a new section in the site called "PRESS & EVENTS".  In it you can see some pictures of my recent talk at CYCLO10 as well as other interviews and press clips in which this site has been mentioned over the years. Comments and/or pictures added: The Plymouth Rock Gelatine Co. Bicycle Game (Plymouth Rock Gelatine Co, USA, 1890s) Unknown game (France, ca. 1935) Helden In Het Veld (Ludo Nauws/Ludo Nauws/Gazet van Antwerpen, Belgium, 2007) Pedal Power (Pat & Tony Malcolm/Quikky Games, UK, 2006) Tour de Force (Pat & Tony Malcolm/Quikky Games, UK, 2006) Tri Tri + Tri Again (Pat & Tony Malcolm/Quikky Games, UK, 2006) Hillocks (Pat & Tony Malcolm/Quikky Games, UK, 2013) Mind The Gate (Pat & Tony Malcolm/Quikky Games, UK, 2013) Cycle (Mat Hiske, unpublished)   Games added to the unpublished games section: Bike Race - Das Radsportspiel Fantasy Tour Flandrien   Two new trump card games (Cycling Stars, Battle Of The Bikes) added to the cycling-related card games section.   back to main page     March 2015   Games added: The Plymouth Rock Gelatine Co. Bicycle Game (Plymouth Rock Gelatine Co, USA, 1890s) Tour de Suisse (Hofmann, Switzerland, 1934) Hillocks (Pat & Tony Malcolm/Quikky Games, UK, 2013) Mind The Gate (Pat & Tony Malcolm/Quikky Games, UK, 2013) Tri Tri + Tri Again (Pat & Tony Malcolm/Quikky Games, UK, 2006) A part of a French unknown game from the 1930s for which I would be glad to receive more information Comments and/or pictures added: Vier-Länder Tour (Stomo, Austria, 1940s) Pedal Power (Pat & Tony Malcolm/Quikky Games, UK, 2006) Tour de Force (Pat & Tony Malcolm/Quikky Games, UK, 2006) Arrivée (Antonin Šrajer/Tonygames/Liglass Trading, Czech Rep., 2011) A new deck of cards (Française des Jeux 2005) added to the cycling-related card games section. Games added to the unpublished games section: Pocketsports Australia Cycling The Games Of Goose / Roll & Move games' section has been restructured.   back to main page     January 2015   News: During december there has been a new cycling games exhibition at Châlons-sur-Champagne. Unfortunately, I could not attend it, but you can  click here for more information. Games added: Jeu du Vélodrome (Boyaux Pouchois, France, 1920s) A new deck of cards (Piatnik's Bicycle Art) added to the cycling-related card games section. A new picture added to Criterium de Figueres     back to main page     December 2014   Christmas present! The Corriere Dei Piccoli cut-up riders section is now complete, as far as I know. I have added the incredible 1969 Giro d'Italia poster (52 riders and 15 other figures, including a helicopter) and the 1972 booklet "Gli Eroi Del Ciclismo", which features 14 riders. New Print-and-play game: Cadence (Tom Hardy/Hawk Games, USA, 2014) Games added: Le Tour de France Cycliste (Litho Artistique Brive, France, 1934) La Grande Boucle (J.Monnier/Coeurs Vaillants Formule 1, France, 1979) Vuelta Ciclista a España Seur (Seur, Spain, ca. 1990) Pour jouer... au Tour de France (Laure Cambournac et Pascale Gault/Youpi Découvertes, France, 1991) Cycling Party (Leandro Perez y Diego Hernando/Snake Eyes Games, Spain, 2014) Tour du Jour (Ben Duiverman, USA, 2014)   Comments and/or pictures added: Bicycle Race (aka Bicycle Game) (Milton Bradley Company, USA, 1910) Le Vel d'Hiv, in the unpublished games section. A game added to the unpublished games section: A Rueda   Texts: Here is the interview with yours truly in the Volata magazine (PDF, spanish, 4 Mb).If you read Spanish you may find some typos and other assorted mistakes, the funniest of which is renaming Robert Chapatte as "Robert Shepard". However, who am I to complain considering the amount of typos there is in my own website?   back to main page     October 2014 Yours truly interviewed by the Spanish cycling magazine Volata Six sets of riders added to the Corriere Dei Piccoli cut-up riders section. The collection is almost complete. The only set missing is the 1969 Giro, which you can expect me to add quite soon. Comments and/or pictures added: Velo-Flash Richesses de Belgique   Games added to the unpublished games section: Giro Histórico Linkeballen News about unpublished games: Cycling Party is on Kickstarter. Don't miss it! First prototypes of Tour Du Jour are available on eBay. More about this game soon.   back to main page     August 2014 Changes in the chronological division of the post-war games in the categories section. I used to have "1945-1970", "70s & 80s", "Recent Games" and "Available Games".  With the new division you will have to find yourselves which games are available, though you can check the links section for some websites. Games added: Bicycle Race (UK, ca. 1900) Bahnradrennen (Berliner Spiel/Rohner Verlag, Germany, 1972)   Games added to the unpublished games section: Campionissimo Le Jeu Du Tour de France Skoda Fan Club Tour Du Jour Comments and/or pictures added: 6 Dageslobet (C.Drechsler / Drechsler Spil / Sesam Spil / Alga Spil, Danmark, 1960s/1970s?) Cycling, a fascinating game (J.W.S&S, Germany / England, 1890s) Table Tour (Netherlands, 1950s) Tour de France (Plasman, France, 1960s) Tour de France (Fernel, UK, ca 1964)   Three sets of riders added to the Corriere Dei Piccoli cut-up riders section: Giro 1959, Tour 1959 and Giro 1963.  The 1959 sets are great (probably the best in the series) and include  not only riders but cars and motorcycles of the caravan ands some race incidents. On the other hand, the 1963 set just features italian riders. back to main page     July 2014 New Present !!!: The 1964 Tour de France cut-up riders, as offered by the Corriere Dei Piccoli. With these and the Giro riders (see april 2014) you can play (well, almost) the complete 1964 season. Click here to download (pdf, 1.4 MB). Remember that if you are going to print the riders, the original page was almost A3 size, you should print it on two landscape-oriented A4 sheets. Keep an eye on the Corriere Dei Piccoli cut-up riders section. I may upload  the rest of CdP riders sometime if I get enough feedback.   Games added: La Grande Boucle (M.C.A., France, 1950s) Kerékpárverseny Társasjáték (Hungary, 1956) Un Giro d'Italia Tutto Per Voi! (Vera Vita, Italy, 1964) Jeu du mini Tour (Les jeux de mon journal, France, 1977) Le Grand Jeu du Tour de France (Claude Droussent/Hugosport, France, 2014) back to main page     June 2014 Comments added: Velox ( in the unpublished games section)   back to main page     May 2014 Games added: Unpublished wooden velodrome (USA, 1930s?) (previously in the unpublished games section)   back to main page     April 2014 (3) Games added: La Vuelta (Mortadelo y Filemón) (Ediciones B, Spain, 2004)   Pictures and/or comments added to: Jeu des Bicyclistes (Ludovic/Roche Frères, impr., France, 1890s)   back to main page     April 2014 (2) Birthday Present!!! I just turned 50 this month and I wanted  to offer you a birthday present (well, it should be the other way round... feel free to send me yours ;-) As you probably know, italian kid's magazine Corriere dei Piccoli offered periodically cycling related games, and they also offered periodically cut-up riders. Between the years 1959 and 1969 at least twelve different sets of riders were offered. I have prepared a small section about those. Furthermore, I wanted to offer you a high quality scan of at least one of the sets. Considering the Giro is starting in a few days, the choice was pretty obvious for me: click here to download it (pdf, 3.6 MB). Beware, if you are going to print the riders, the original pages were almost A3 size, you should print each page on two landscape-oriented A4 sheets.   Games added: Le Tour Suzette (La semaine de Suzette, France, 1956) Juego de Carrera Ciclista (Fher, Spain, 1969) Le Tour Montblanc (Chabard/Domarchi/Montblanc, France, 1980s) Die verrükte Fahrrad-Rallye (Micky Maus, Germany, 1992) Nova volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (Correio da Manhã/Majora, Portugal, 2013) À fond les guidons! (Astrapi, France, 2013) The Grand Tour Game (Marcin Wojcik, USA, 2014) Geared, Build Your Bike (Alex Solomon, USA, 2014) Pictures and/or comments added to: Jeu des Bicyclistes (Ludovic/Roche Frères, impr., France, 1890s) A new game added to the card games section: Crazy 8's Card Game (Wendy's/Schwinn, USA, 2000) A couple of unpublished games added: Hand-made wooden velodrome (USA, 1930s?) Monopoly $ycling (USA, 2014)   back to main page     April 2014 (1) I have at least  half a dozen new games to add. I will do it as soon as I can... I also wanted to upload a gift as my 50th (!!!) birthday present (but then again, it takes time). Anyway, expect it sooner or later. For the moment I have removed some dead links from the links section. back to main page   February 2014 Game added: Round Britain Cycle Race (Fry's Chocolate, United Kingdom, 1960s)   back to main page   January 2014 Good news: Geared - Build Your Bike has made it! It has been successfully funded on Kickstarter and the game will be produced. Since the print-and-play version of the game is already available (just for backers), I guess I could consider the game published and move it to the main section. However, I think I will keep it in the unpublished games section until I receive my copy. Pictures and/or comments added to: Jeu du Rallye-Cycliste (Chambre Syndicale du Cycle et du Motocycle, France, 1930s)   back to main page     December 2013 Unfortunately, "The Grand Tour Game" did not reach its goal on Kickstarter. However, there is another cycling game (though not a game about cycle racing) on Kickstarter at the moment. It is called "Geared - Build Your Bike". It is surely just a coincidence, but at first sight it does not look so different from this other game. Anyway, let's hope this one reaches its goal. I have already pledged, of course. (Thanks again for the tip, Hans!). Games added: Jeu des Touristes (Saussine, France, ca. 1920) Jeu du Rallye-Cycliste (Chambre Syndicale du Cycle et du Motocycle, France, 1930s) Le Tour (Patrick Inauen/Inauen Spiele, Switzerland, 1997) Compil Quizz Le Tour de France (Compil Quizz/Sony Music, France, 2013) Pictures and/or comments added to: B.S.A. Cycle Race (Chad Valley Co. Ltd./B.S.A., United Kingdom, 1930s) Jeu des Cyclistes (Saussine, France, ca. 1910) Tour de France Cycliste/Grand Rallye Touristique (France, Saussine, ca. 1950) Tous pour un maillot (Avespace, France, early 1990s?)   Unpublished games added: Cut-up riders for unknown game (Spain, 1980s) Geared - Build Your Bike The Grand Tour Game   The Non-Race Games list has been (further) split. Now there are separate lists for betting games and quizz games.   back to main page     October 2013 Possible future new game called "The Grand Tour Game" on Kickstarter. (Thanks for the tip, Hans!). I am not endorsing the game, since I just know what you can see on the kickstarter page. I do not know if it is going to be a good game, just average, or a piece of crap. However, it doen't not look too bad, does it? Of course I have pledged to buy one ;-) back to main page     September 2013 Game added: Date una volta polas Rías Baixas (Carlos J. Martínez Muñoz/Deputación Pontevedra ,Spain, 2013) back to main page     July 2013 Most (six out of nine) of the new games or games to which I have added comments these last two months come from English-speaking countries.... and the Tour de France winner also does.   Games added: Build A Bike (Education Outdoors Inc/Schwinn, USA, 2013) Cyklo (Marco Rossi, unpublished, 2013),  used to be under unpublished games First To The Line (Moneystuff LLC, USA, 2012) Yellow Jersey (Gavin Birnbaum/Cubiko Games, United Kingdom, 2013)   Pictures and/or comments added to: Bikee (C.W. Faulkner & Co, UK, 1899) The National Bicycle Game (National, Australia, 1920s/1930s) Pluto Big Bike Race Game (Western Publishing Company/Walt Disney, USA, 1974) Sammlung Schöner Spiele (Stomo, Austria, 1950s) Zes-Dagen-Spel (Spika, East Germany/Belgium, 1959)   back to main page     May 2013 Apart from games, I collect (mostly unusual) records and related items, in a collection I call GRAMOPHONIA. (Yes, I tend to give names to my collections, and I can justify it but it would take too long to explain it here). Part of this gramophonic collection intersects with my games' collection. I call this intersection GRAMOFONIA LUDICA (By the way, the F and PH in the word "gramo***onia" are interchangeable; which I choose depends on the context and to whom I am addressing to, but that's again, to long to explain now). What is surprising (at least to me) is that this is the part of my collections that draws more attention. Probably it is its interdisciplinarity that makes it interesting. The fact is that I exhibited last year, and I have been asked to exhibit it again. This second GRAMOFONIA LÚDICA exhibition will take place in Sabadell (very near Barcelona), from may 10th to july 28th. You can find all the information here: http://www.espaiculturasabadell.cat/Activitats/Exposicions/Gramofonia-Ludica You can also check the exhibitions catalogue here: http://www.ankitoner.com/gramolud/index.htm Naturally, this exhibition includes the two only cycling board games that include a record, Velo-Flash and Les 45 Tours de France. To celebrate this exhibition, I am making the contents of these records available in mp3 files. Enjoy!   On a different level, Maillot Arc-En-Ciel is officially sold out. Your copy has increased its value overnight!!! There may be a couple of copies left in stores that I could try to get back if absolutely necessary. This is why I have included the game in the TRADE LIST, but these copies may be sold tomorrow. And yes, now I have a TRADE LIST. Pictures and/or comments added to: Velo-Flash (Comireix, France, late 1950s) Les 45 Tours de France (Geneviève Néranval, Jean-J Thébault, André Tavernier /Disque-Jeu Philips, France, late 1950s) Maillot Arc-En-Ciel (Millatoner games, Spain, 2006) Raleigh Burner BMX Gam (Waddingtons, UK, 1985) Campeón Ciclista (Ed. Romà, Spain, 1971) Tour de France (unknown maker, 1950s) Pluto Big Bike Race Game (Western Publishing Company/Walt Disney, USA, 1974)   A new unpublished game added, Cycling Party   back to main page     April 2013 Games added: Great Bicycle Road Race Game (Royal Series Of Games, UK, ca. 1910)   back to main page   March 2013 Games added: Cyclospede (M & Co. Publishers, UK, ca. 1910) Tout autour du Tour (Georges Richard/Atelier d'Art Sérigraphique Jean Coulon, France, 1960s) Vuelta ciclista a los 16 Continentes (Continente, Spain, 1990s) Le Jeu du Tour de France organisé par Bamboula (Felix Lochard, France, 1920s) Pictures and/or comments added to: Homas Tour Pro (Ruben in t'Groen, Netherlands, 2000's) Bicycle Race (UK?, ca. 1910?) A new unpublished game added, Cyklo back to main page     December 2012 A new free print'nplay game: Cycling The Pan-American Highway (Oletta Branstitter, USA, 2012) Games added: Jeu du Velodrome (Atlas/Petit Parisien, France, ca. 1900) Bicycle Race (UK?, ca. 1910?) Le Jeu du Tour de France (Pierre Blanchet/OGEP, France, 1949) Pictures and/or comments added to: De kop van de koers (under unpublished games) Juegos Para Todos (Plásticas Santa Elena, Spain, 1980s) A few weeks ago I was interviewed for Ojo Al Dado's  online radio show, . You can hear it here (first 20 minutes of the podcast, in Spanish) back to main page     October 2012 A new free print'nplay game: La primera piedra de lo que hoy es Perico Delgado Cycling Manager (89 Bits Entertainment Studio, Spain, ca. 1989/2012)pât Games added: Pinchazo (Spain, 1930s) Fiets Veilig (ABB, Belgium, 2000s) Newcastle to London (Boy's Own Paper Annual/Purnell & Sons Ltd., UK, 1964) A couple of new card games added (both called "Benjamin Blümchen Sicher mit dem Fahrrad") A new unpublished game added, Le Vel d'Hiv Pictures and/or comments added to: Le jeu du Tour de France (Marc Moallic/Le Journal de Toto, France, 1937) Stage Chaser (Mark J Stubbs/Chapeau! Games, UK, 2011) back to main page   September 2012 A new free print'nplay game: Match Sprint (Sean Martin, USA, 2012) Games added: Tour de France (France, ca. 1939) Le Tour de France (P.Lacoudre/Fripounet et Marisette, France, 1954) Cyclosprint (France, 1970s) Prémio da montanha (Franquelim Ferreira/Majora, Portugal, 1970s) Velo, The International Game Of Bicycle Racing (Paumar, USA, 1977) McDonalds Bike Race (McDonalds, USA, 1984) BMX Race (Smethport, USA, 1986) Pictures and/or comments added to: Velodromo Cicogna (Edizioni Cicogna, Italy, 1930s) Grande course Zig Zag à retardements (Sicolor, France, 1950s) Pronti? Via! (S.Craveri/Il Vittorioso, Italy, 1959)   On August 31, 2008 the game "Criterium de Figueres" was mentioned in one the biggest catalan radio station (Catalunya Radio) and was linked as a free download from the radio's website. I do not have detailed  statistics (or not so detailed anyway) so I do not know how many people downloaded the game as a result. http://www.catradio.cat/seccio/3358/Terapia-de-joc/programa/1341/El-mati-de-Catalunya-Radio-destiu Maillot Arc-En-Ciel is almost sold out. There are just a couple of copies left. If you still are thinking of buying it, it's your last chance (or else pay a small fortune for it on eBay someday). On the other hand, when I have time I will try to make a print and play version of the game. I will not be the same, of course... It would be nice if I could have it ready it for Christmas. It would be my present for you all, but I do not promise anything. back to main page     August 2012 Here are the pictures of the cycling games exhibition at Chalons-en-Champagne. back to main page     July 2012 Games added: Le Tour de France (Vaillant, France, 1957) New cycling games exhibition! It' is titled "Tours de Jeux et Jeux du Tour" and features the collection of my friend Pascal Orsini.. You can see it at Chalons-en-Champagne, France, until september 15th. Not bto miss if you are in the area.  I will publish pictures as soon as I am able to see it. http://cyclingmodel.over-blog.com/article-exposition-tours-de-jeu-et-jeux-du-tour-chalons-en-champagne-108125104.html back to main page     May 2012 Games added (at least one of them complete and playable): Il Giro d'Italia (Eugenio/Scuola Editrice Brescia, Italy, 1948) Le Tour de France de Francs Jeux (Francs Jeux Garçons, France, 1950) Tour de L'Ouest (Aspro, France, 1956) Pronti? Via! (S.Craveri/Il Vittorioso, Italy, 1959) Sur les routes du Tour de France (R.Bonnet/Perlin et Pinpin, France, 1963) Le Tour de France sur un tapis (Fripounet, France, 1979) El Campeón Ciclista (Rubiplast, Spain, 1980s) Richesses de Belgique / Rijkdommen van Belgie (Nathan, Belgium, 1986) Unpublished games added: The 7th Cycling Game Section reworked (and new games added to it): Cycling-related card games back to main page     February 2012   SPECIAL GIFT: 2 new free print'n'play games. Keirin (Anki Toner, 2006/2012) WielerSIM (Ludo Nauws, Belgium, 2009/2012) The webmasters of the two only websites dedicated exclusively to cycling boardgames present their new games. Both games can be downloaded from both websites, in an unprecedented coordinated release. (Ludo's game, by the way, can be downloaded in Dutch and English from his website, but we only offer the English version here). By coincidence, both games are meant for solo playing, and, well, none of them is really new, but they are rather rewritings/revisions of two already described games. However is the first time they are presented as true print'n'play games (I mean, for which you only have to provide the dice). 4 boards by Michael McKale added to the "Make Your Own Games" section (another gift) Games added: Le Tour de France (Stella, France, ca. 1924) La IV Vuelta Ciclista a España (Marce/Almanaque Chicos, Spain, 1943) Le Grand Jeu du Tour de France 1976 (Pif Gadget, France, 1976) Le Jeu du Tour de France (Tango, France, 1984) Team GB Velodrome Cycling Set (Scalextric, UK, 2011) Pictures and/or comments added to: Bicycle Race (aka Bicycle Game) (Milton Bradley Company, USA, 1910) Le Tour de France (France, ca. 1933) Tour de France (Homas Spelen, Netherlands, 1950s) back to main page     January 2012 "Non_Race Games" section revised. back to main page     December 2011 Games added: Vem far med? (Sweden, ca. 1920) Tour de Belgique (Tana, Belgium, ca. 1960) Il Giro di Tappa (Giochi Preziosi, Italy, 2010) 99 domande sul Giro d'Italia (A.Francescut, www.99domande.it, Italy, 2011) Leader 1 Hell of the North (Alain Ollier/Ghenos Games, France/Italy, 2011)   Pictures and/or comments added to: Bikee (C.W. Faulkner & Co, UK, 1899) Six Day Bike Race (Lindstrom Tool & Toy Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1920s) Le Velodrome (GMFR, France, 1940s?) Unpublished games (a "children variation" added)   ...plus a small Christmas present: 2 new sets of riders to download in the make your own game section. Both are sets of 32 riders (8 teams of four riders) back to main page     September 2011 Pictures and/or comments added to: Jeu des Cyclistes (Saussine) (version included in Miroir dy Cyclisme in 1969) Wheeling (minor precisions based on information sent by Jerry Mortimore) back to main page     August 2011 Games added: Bicycle-Game (UK, 1900s) The BMX Bicycle Motocross Racing Action Game (W. E. Bondurant, USA, 1981) Cycling Classics (Sean Kelly Edition) (KLC Games, Ireland, 1988) Il Giro d'Italia! (Casa Editrice Astorina, Italy, ca. 1957) La Grande Boucle 1954 (Sciuscia, France, 1954) Le Jeu du Tour de France (Amis-Coop, France, 1959)   Pictures and/or comments added to: Tour de France Cycliste (aka Tour de France) (Donald Bostock/MB Games, Netherlands, 1977) back to main page     July 2011 New free print-and-play games: La Grande Boucle (Phil Riviere) Tour (Luke Morris) Games added: The Game Of Bicycle Racing (McLoughlin Brothers, USA, 1901) Jeu des Cyclistes (Saussine, France, ca. 1910) Comment sera le Tour de France (Le Journal de Toto, France, 1938) 6 Days (Tintin/Parein, Belgium, 1964) Unpublished games added: De Kop Van De Koers Pro Tour (Ricardo Ferrand) WielerSIM (Ludo Nauws) Pictures and/or comments added to: Bunte Trikots Und Blitzende Räder (aka Zes-Dagen-Spel) The Bicycle Race (McLoughlin Brothers, USA, 1891) Tour de France Cycliste/Grand Rallye Touristique (France, Saussine, ca. 1950) back to main page     Juny 2011 (2) Games added: 4 jours de Dunkerque (4 Jours de Dunkerque, France, 1998) Giro d'Italia (Cioccolato ICA, Italy, ca. 1950) Stage Chaser (Mark J Stubbs/Chapeau! Games, UK, 2011)   Pictures & comments added to: Tour de Francia (now I have a complete -well, almost- copy) back to main page     Juny 2011 Games added: 6 Jours Cyclistes (CR, France, 1960s) Arrivée (Antonin Šrajer/Tonygames/Liglass Trading, Czech Rep., 2011) Gioco del Giro d'Italia Ciclistico, in Giochi Sportivi (Italy, 1975) Giro D'Italia (R. Knizia/Spielbox, Germany, 1991) La Gran Volata (Frank Dickens/Diki Books, Italy, 1976) Grande course Zig Zag à retardements (Sicolor, France, 1950s) Keser Cycling Game (Keser, Netherlands, ca. 1990) Keser Triatlon Spel (Keser, Netherlands, ca. 2000) Podium (Kasia Hugo & Ania Bhandari, UK, 2007) Le record du monde de l'heure (Petits Amis Sportifs, France, 1959) The Sands Games (John Sands, Australia, ca. 1990) Le jeu du Tour de France (Marc Moallic/Le Journal de Toto, France, 1937) Le Tour de France (Pâtes Brusson, France, 1960s) El juego de la Vuelta 95 (AGF Union Fenix, Spain, 1995) Wer gewinnt Prag-Berlin-Warschau? (H.Creutz/W.Lieber/FKV, DDR, 1954) Wieler Sport Spel (J. Vieler, Netherlands, 1972) Pictures & comments added to: Devil Takes The Hindmost (new boxed version) Tour de Francia (now I have a complete -well, almost- version) Wheeling (new boxed version, new, pics, revised rules) back to main page     February 2011 New updates for the three most interesting games free-download games: 2ruote (major update: version 2.0 of the rules), Tour Cycle Free (riders for the 2011 season, stages of the Tour Down Under) and Homas Tour Pro (stage descriptions for the Giro, Tour and Vuelta in 9 stages each) . You can download these updates from Boardgamegeek, as usual. I have more than 10 new games to add, but no time to do it. I have justa added some precisions to Course de la Paix, thanks to the translation of the rules sent by Antonin Šrajer. back to main page     November 2010 First draft of the (still unfinished) text "New Directions In Cycling Board Games". Two sections (out of three) are quite complete. A new list, Games Of No Chance, in the categories menu. This is a subcategory of gamer's games, actually. It should be more properly called "GAMES OF NO LOTS", since I include here games that do not use randomizers (dice throws, card draws or similar), al least in the basic mechanics of riders' movement. Some of these games, though use (or allow the use of, as a variant rule) random events (like punctures or falls) often in the form of monopoly-like chance cards or even dice throws. Of course, "Games Of No Chance" is the title of a series of books edited by Richard J Nowakowski, which study two-person full-information games, and I should not be using the same expression here. Still, I like it therefore I use it. Games added: Carrera Ciclista (Cómo Hacer Juegos de Acción/Ed.Plesa, Spain, 1975) Cycle Tour (Stephen Nurse , Australia, 2010) CycloTour (Cyclo Tour, France, ca. 1990) Il Grande Gioco del Giro d'Italia (Corriere dei Piccoli, Italy, 1973) Mudpluggers (3iD, UK, 2000s) Le Petit Vélodrome (France) Radrennen (Heinz Fritzsche/Sport-Spiele, Germany, ca. 2000) Raleigh Burner BMX Game (Waddingtons, UK, 1985) Raleigh Burner Freestyle BMX Card Game (Waddingtons, UK, 1985) Tête de la Course (Tonygames, Czech Republic, 2008) Tour Cycle Free (Luke Morris, UK,/Japan, 2010) Tour Mala!s (Joachim Haack/Fangdasl!icht, Germany, 1996) Velo City (Kevin G. Nunn/Harald Lieske, USA, 2010) World Cycling Game (Niels-Kristian Andersen, Danmark, 2009) Minor changes (new pictures, infos corrected, etc): 2ruote (Luca Revello, Italy, 2009) Road Cycling Tour (Lajos L. Brons, Papercut Games, Netherland, 2005) Slow Bicycle Race (Berwick Compendium of Games, UK, 1950s) Unpublished Games:  a couple of games added to this section back to main page     October 2010 The free print-and-play cycling games world is moving! New games to download: a) "Cycle Tour" is a new free print'n'play game by Steve Nurse, from Australia: http://modularbikes.blogspot.com/ It looks like a nice family game. b) Road Cycling Tour has been redesigned. It is still available for free download, but there is also a fully assembled boxed edition available. c) And let's not forget "Tour Cycle Free", which has been available from BoardgameGeek for the last few months, but which I haven't found time to include on the site yet. (Have I already mentioned that I am very busy?) Of course, you will find more free print-and-play games here. By the way, Maillot Arc-En-Ciel will also a print-and-play game very soon. The boxed edition is almost exhausted, and of course I am not going to make more. Those of you who have bought it will have a valuable collector's item (while those of you who have not will regret it forever). back to main page     September 2010 (3) As a result of reading Tim Hilton's "One More Kilometer And We're In The Showers" (an entertaining social and cultural history of cycling in post-war Europe seen through the eyes of a veteran racing cyclist, as someone described it) I have added bigger pictures and new comments to Lands End To John O'Groats. back to main page     September 2010 (2) I just received the new "Tête de la Course" Czech game (http://www.tonygames.mypage.cz/). It is beautiful. The pictures on the website do not give a faithfull idea of what the game looks like. It is huge. The game The board for each stage measures some 80x60 cm, and is made of heavy plastic (so beware, the game can be VERY heavy if you purchase the complete set of  more than 50 different available stages). This game is a MUST for collectors and a direct entry into my "favourite games" list as soon as I update my site. By the way, the website is mainly in Czech, but there are some English sections if you scroll down.What's more important, these guys answer emails in English, and they will send an english translation of the rules with the game (other languages will be available soon) with the game. back to main page     September 2010 A lot of pending work! I have eighteen (!!!) new games to add to the site. The text "New Directions In Cycling Board Games" is still unfinished (as is the "dexterity games" section). I am afraid I will not catch up until Christmas... In the meantime, I have added the (French) rules for Bikee. back to main page     August 2010 Everything is going quite slowly (it's august, it's hot...) and there are some things that I should have posted some weeks ago still lingering... I have visited some friends in France and I have new pictures of lots of games, which I will be posting in the next few weeks. No new games on the site for now except for an unpublished one, the game from "The Rider", as is mentioned in Tim Krabbé's book. I have created a section on THEORY, which includes the 2005 text, and a new one (first draft only, though), "New Directions In Cycling Board Games". The Bibliography has been moved to this section. In exchange, the old "action games" page has been renamed "dexterity games" and promoted. Now it is a proper section (but still far from finished). The kind of games I will be discussing in the new text are, for instance, the new f game  from Luke Morris (author of Tour), Tour Cycle Free. You can download it (for free!) from BoardGameGeek and check it while I find time to include it in this site. back to main page     July 2010 Games added: Giro Ciclistico d'Italia (ed Cartoccino, Italy, ca. 1947) Pictures and info added: Wheeling (new board and figurines) back to main page     June 2010 Minor changes to the links section. Some links added too. Games added: Bicross (Picsou Magazine, France, 1986) back to main page     May 2010 TakTik Tour is closer to become a reality. I think I can make a tactical game for 6-8 players (managing a team of four riders each) that is played in around 20 minutes, which will allow to play a 6-stage race (including time trial) in a couple of hours. I already have a first draft of the rules and beta tests will start soon! If you are interested in taking part in them and live near Barcelona, contact me. Items added: A XIXth century game (wow!): Bikee (C.W. Faulkner & Co, UK, 1899) 3 games of goose from the 1930s: Le Tour Butagaz (Butagaz, France, 1935) Jeu du Tour de France COOP (Husson/COOP, France, 1935) Giuoco del Giro d'Italia (Stella, Italy, 1930s) Another 1930's game. Not a game of goose but something much weirder: 6 Day Bike Race (Sparco Games, USA, 1938) A(nother) game that does not really belong here: Cycle-opoly (Late For The Sky, USA, 2008?) A couple of Breaking Away custom made boards pictures added under "unpublished games" back to main page     March 2010 Cycling and Wheeling rules added. back to main page     February 2010 (2) Site completely reorganized! There are five main entry-points now, which will be linked from all the pages. Click on the riders:   INDEX (MAIN) ALL THE GAMES ALPHABETICAL CATEGORIES WHAT'S NEW     MAIN: Some parts of the site cannot be classified as games (texts, links, etc...) so a "MAIN" section is useful. ALL THE GAMES: This used to be the main section;  all the games in no particular order. I still like this quasi-random access to the collection. ALPHABETICAL: This is the easiest way to find a game, provided you remember its name. I have completed the list with alternative names (in different languages). CATEGORIES: This is where the hard work has been done. Classifying is always hard. Some games defy all categories. However I think this is a convenient entry point to the site. WHAT'S NEW: This is where you are now. Useful entry point for regular visitors.   New sections: FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Making Cycling Games (gathers some stories previously in the unpublished games section) Bibliography (previously a part of the "Cycling Board Games text") Cycling Board Games' Exhibitions Action Games (much work to do on that one yet) Games added: Two rare games from the "Collection Pierre & Bilou" Montlhéry Record Les 6 Jours de Paris Keirin reworked (now there is an example race) Pistard rules rewritten, new variants (and new pics) added. Click here to download the 2.11 version of the rules. Plus new pictures/comments/corrections written on more than twenty games. On the other hand, the the concept of what is a game (or what is a "different" game) is somewhat looser: - All the Corriere dei Piccoli games have been considered by themselves. - All the games in combination boxes have been considered games by their own right. - Some games previously considered "unpublished" (Homas Tour Pro, Cyclisme Manager, Keirin...) have been promoted to the  to main section - Replay games also moved to the main section back to main page     February 2010 (1) Games added: Criterium (Spanish game from 1979, not the French 90's game) Tour De Duck (I used to have it -mistakenly- under "unpublished games")   More info/pictures added to: The New Bicycle Game (six game cards added, pictures resized) New riders added and minor changes to the "Make Your Own Game" section back to main page     January 2010 Games added: 2ruote (a new free print and play game!!!) Bisikle (not really a board game) Ciclocorsa (rare italian 50s game) Jeu Circuit du Kochersberg-Randonneurs de Strasbourg (a bicycle-touring-themed game of goose) L'Étape Du Jaune (an oddity) PicsouTour de France (just for kids) Tour de France, jeu officiel (another 50s game, this one French, of course) Vuelta Ciclista a España Pupy Toys (cheap Spanish game) More info/pictures added to: Cycling (I found a vintage board) L'Échappée Infernale (new 2009 version) Maillot Jaune (I finally have the La Redoute Motobécane version) back to main page     October 2009 I will be quite busy the next few weeks (even months) so don't expect a real update of this site until Christmas  :-(  However, I wanted to mention a new print and play game, which  I haven't played yet, but which looks VERY interesting. The name of the game is 2RUOTE (or 2WHEELS, since there are Italian and English versions of the game) and you can find it here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43115 What makes it so exciting is that the rules are quite different from the other games, and are vaguely similar to what I have in mind when I talk about the "perfect" cycling game. Of course, I don't really know if the game really works, and I will not know until I have time to play it. On the negative side: The rules are quite long to read, I already warn you, and not always clear if you read them too fast, but this is not a major drawback (hint: keep the "activity display" at hand while you read them and they will be much clearer). The game is supposed to be for kids aged 8 and up (I would rather say 12 minimum!) and last 60 minutes (maybe, but only if you know the rules well... It took me more than 60 minutes to read them). On the positive side: Many things. One of the most important: there is no randomness involved in the game (no dice or card drawing), which will appeal to hardcore gamers. Another unusual rule: no individual movement of the riders along the track, so you can play with a big peloton without wasting precious time moving riders. Enough said so far:  the game looks really interesting, and it is free to download, so there is no excuse. DO NOT MISS IT! By the way, I am still waiting for WORLD CYCLING GAME and BISIKLE. I hope I can review them too for Christmas (as well as other games, like the new version of L'ECHAPPEE INFERNALE, and oldies like L'ETAPE DU JAUNE or CICLOCORSA). back to main page     September 2009 Amazing: Four new free print and play games found!!! Tout à Droite (by Route 67) Triatlon (by Musambay) Juego de Ciclismo (by Veracrua) Jeu de Course de Vélos (by momes.net) ... which has caused the print-and-play games to be moved to a new section New games added to the main section: Le Tour de France Cycliste Dernieres Nouvelles Giro D'Italia (Ghenos Games) Giro D'Italia Card Game (Ghenos Games) Bike Totaal Fietsspel New unpublished games added: Los Ciclistas New pictures/info added: Le Tour de France (France, 1930) New ready-to-cut riders added to the make your own game" section   And a couple of toys in the long-forgotten toys section Corse Whirly Wheelers back to main page     June 2009 Quite a lot of movement in the cycling board games' world!!! You can already pre-order Niels Kristian Andersen's WORLD CYCLING GAME, the first cycling board game designed by a professional cyclist: <click here> The two GIRO D'ITALIA games by Ghenos (board game -similar to Leader1- and independent card game) are finally available <click here> SPRINTER3D is releasing a lot of boards to play different races <click here> And if you want something special wait for Emmanuel Arnould's BISIKLE. Not really a board game, but maybe even better. Back to childhood! Have a preliminary look: <click here> back to main page     April 2009 New games added: Vuelta Ciclista a España (1956) Pic-Etape Giro D'Italia (unknown maker) (update: mistory solved in april 2017. See here) Tour de France (unknown maker) Juegos Reunidos CEFA  (under "compilation boxes"). Sprinter3D  added to the main section (previously in "unpublished games") New pictures added to:  Le Tour de France (1930) Jeu du Veldiv The Raleigh Cruising Game  Itzuli Mitzuli Plus a very special present: Donato Pompei's Gioco del Giro.Free Download!!! back to main page     March 2009 Rules for PISTARD 2.1, a variation of PISTARD 2.0. A couple of games added to the Unpublished Games section: World Cycling Game and Leader 2 back to main page     February 2009 New set of rules for PISTARD!!! (known as Pistard 2.0). Dowload the new rules here, and the board and riders here. The promised "Make Your Own Game" section is finally ready. Here you can find free downloadable ready-to-print riders and tracks, as well as some useful links. I have worked a lot on this section. Feedback welcome. New "Replay Games" section (they used to be under "Unpublished Games") Pictures of Roberto PietrangelI's multigames box in the Unpublished Games section. Homas Tour Pro: English rules and huge ready-to-print board (designed by Ludo Nauws) offered as a free download. back to main page     December 2008 Christmas present!!! Two free downloadable print-and-play games, available for the first time with English rules. Criterium de Figueres (Oriol Comas & Anki Toner, 2007/2008) La Serpiente Multicolor (Esther Berdion & Jaime Munàrriz, 1993/2008) New "free print-and-play games" section added to the lists part of the site. back to main page     November 2008 (2)  "Unpublished games" section finally updated. back to main page     November 2008 (1) I have finally added some new content to this website. Ten new games, and new pictures for another ten games. Don't miss the new "Le Jeu du Veldiv" pics. Since the site has a new hosting (and a new url: http://www.cyclingboardgames.net, update your links!), it will finally be possible to upload decent sized pictures. I am starting with the newly added games (I hope you can see the difference) but I am planning to change all the pictures on the site on the long run. It will take quite a long time, though. New games added to the site: Les 6 Jours (Miro, France, 1950s) Jeu des Bicyclistes (Roche Frères, impr., France, 1890s) Cabbage Patch Kids Bicycle Race Game (MB, USA, 1990) Criterium de la Mère Picon (Fromageries PICON, France, 1950s) Criterium des As (Jeux et Jouets de la Tour St Denis, France, 1950s) Leader 1 (A. Ollier - Ch. Leclercq, Ghenos Games, France, 2008) Tour (Luke Morris, 2008) (previously under "unpublished games") Tour de Francia (Spain, 1950s) Tour de la Guadeloupe (EducAmuse, France, 1999) Tour de Piste (3 Jours, France, 2003) Extra info added to the following games: Ciclismo de mesa The Raleigh Cruising Game Stap Op Tour de Duck Le Jeu du Tour 1937 Tour de France cycliste, Grand Rallye Touristique Tour de Suisse (Knorr) Jeu du Veldiv Velo Flash Vier-Länder Tour I also wanted to update the "Unpublished games" section. I have almost half a dozen games to add. (Sorry, Peer and Emmanuel, for being so slow). I hope I can do that in the next few days... When the unpublished games section is updated, there are a couple of things I want to do before Christmas: a) A proper "make your own games" section. b) I hope I can add very soon a special present: 2 free print-and-play games. Don't miss the next update! back to main page     May 2008 Games added to the site (main section): 6 Dageslobet (C.Drechsler, Danmark, 1970s?) Il Campionissimo (Uniwerk, Italy, 1960s) Davitamon Wielerspel (Davitamon, Belgium, 2003) Helden In Het Veld (Ludo Nauws/Gazet van Antwerpen,Belgium, 2007) Klettermaxe (Simba, Italy/Germany, 1990s) Magnytour (magnytour.com, Belgium, 2007) The Raleigh Cruising Game (Raleigh Cycle Co., UK, 1930s) Le Jeu du Tour (L'Auto, France, 1937) Velomaster (France, 2007) Juego de Salón Vuelta Ciclista a España (Spain, 1940s) Games added to the "Combination Games" section: Berwick Compendium Of Games (Berwick, UK, 1960s) Il Grande Libro dello Sport (Edibimbi, Italy, 1997) Juegos Reunidos Plásticas Santa Elena (Santa Elena, Spain, 1970s) Tour de France Girac (mallette de jeux AJA) (Girac/AJA, France, 1960s) Games added to the "Unpublished games" section: Cyclisme Manager Tarka Cycle Trail Triathlon Time Challenge Extra info added to the "Unpublished games" section: Sprinter3D Homas Tour Pro back to main page     February 2008 I am almost 15 games behind! These are some of the games queuing to be added to the website:  6 Dageslobet, Helden In Het Veld, Klettermaxe, Tarka Cycle Trail,  Sprinter3D, Magnytour, Velomaster, Davitamon, Il Campionissimo, Raleigh Cruising Game, Tour de France Girac... plus some games in combination boxes. In the meanwhile I have purchased the www.cyclingboardgames.net domain. Banner free at last! Update your links. back to main page     November 2007 The exhibition is being a big success!!!. Some new games that will be added soon to the site: Magnytour, Velomaster, Davitamon, Il Campionissimo, Raleigh Cruising Game, Tour de France AJA... Please be patient. For the moment, I have added a little Montaplex info, since I have some Montaplex bags to trade. back to main page     October 2007 The cycling board games exhibition is definitively scheduled: Opening: october, 4th, 2007 Closing: november 25th, 2007 It will be held in the Museu del Joguet de Catalunya, Figueres. http://www.mjc.cat/ See Oriol's first pictures of the exhibition: http://www.labsk.net/index.php?PHPSESSID=356ea1ce438fbc012b9872b25c1e5887&topic=11650.msg136061#msg136061 http://www.flickr.com/photos/expoanki-autoeditats/sets/72157602321337789/show/ Exhibition's video uploaded Logo added to main page. Some unpublished games added: Criterium de Figueres Tour Tour Mala's Tour du Cyclisme I have received the Magnytour game. Some others are on the way, but I don't expect to have much time to add them to the site until the exhibition is over... back to main page     September 2007 Very sad news: Our friend GEERT LAGROU was killed in a car accident on August, 31st.  He was a great cycling games collector, a great games' player and a great man. Rest in peace. http://www.spelenopzolder.be/ Cycling Sprinter 3D (see under "Unpublished Games") back to main page     August 2007 Game of Bicycle Race Learning Games - Addition (see under "Combination Boxes")   Yes, I am  the happy owner of a copy of McLoughlin Brother's 1891 "Game of Bicycle Race"!!! Unfortunately it is in quite rough shape, but I guess that is why I could afford it. I have also received Michel Blanchet's book "Tour de France. Jeux et jouets du cyclisme" (Editoys, 2007). I am very sorry to say that the book is flooded with mistakes and imprecisions. Very poorly researched. A shame, coming for someone who claims to be "Docteur en Histoire". However, provided that you do not assume any piece of data from the book to be true, it is a nice little objet to have, and of course a must for collectors. The COMBINATION BOXES page has been finally reorganized. back to main page     July 2007 Ronde Van Vlaanderen (thanks Ludo!) Le Tour de France de PIF Carreras Misteriosas (under "Combination Games") Juegos Reunidos Corominas (Bajando El Puerto - under "Combination Games") Homas Tour Pro (under "unpublished games") back to main page     June 2007 Tourspel (thanks Siegfried!) Domenica Sportiva Radfahrer-Spiel Tour Feminin The Tour (Lionel Games'  - under "unpublished games") back to main page     April 2007 Finally, I have added all the games I promised: Bahn-Radrennen Bicycle Race (Milton Bradley) Coppa Santagostino Course de la Paix Die Friedensfahrt Die Giganten der Strasse Paris-Brest-Paris Post Danmark Rundt Spillet Road Cycling Tour Sechs-Tage-Rennen Tour de Suisse Knorr Plus new pictures (new versions) of the following: A Cycling Tour (aka "Cycling, a fascinating game") 6 in einem Giro Binaca Die Radwettfahrt Stap Op I have also added an unpublished game: KEIRIN. It's the first game on the subject (as far as I know), and it's a one-player game with no strategy at all. You just watch the race. Some will hate it ;-)   Make Your Own Cycling Game, new section!!! back to main page     February 2007 I have received some old (mainly eastern) German games (thanks Siegfried!) which will soon be added to the website: Die Friedensfahrt, Bahn-Radrennen, Sechs-Tage-Rennen, La Course de la Paix (this one from Czechoslovaquia), Die Giganten der Strasse/Les géants de la route. I have also a new version of Sebastiano Craveri's Giro D'Italia (aka Giro Binaca), another Tour de Suisse (this one from Knorr) and the italian oldie Coppa Santagostino. So far. More games received: Paris-Brest-Paris: Le grand jeu du Cyclotourisme (thanks Pascal!), Post Danmark Rund Spillet (I guess you never heard of that one before), and three oldies: another version of Die-Rad-Wettfahrt, an uncomplete version of Milton Bradley 1910's "Game of Bicycle Race" (just the board and the top of the box), and an unexpectedly small version of JW Spears and Sons' "A Cycling Tour" (aka "The Game of Cycling", supposed to be a 1890's game, though I am afraid my copy is not the first edition). back to main page     January 2007 GREAT NEWS!!! I already have a date for my first Cycling Board Games exhibition. It should open in november 28th, 2007, and close by mid-january 2008. It will be held at the Museu de la Joguina de Figueres and curated by yours truly and Oriol Comas. Don't miss it. Plan your Spanish vacation for december ;-)   Fifteen (!) games added to the website this month: Chasse Patate Grand Prix Bicycling A Qui Le Tour? (trivia game) Wheeling Ronde van Frankrijk Sportmagazin Giro d'Italia Ciclo-Automovilistico Road Race Tour de France (das spannende Radrenn-Spiel) ABX Forces Bolletjes Veilig Verkeerspel Tour de France de Coeurs Vaillants Sprint Bouticycle Pedal Power Tour de Force back to main page     December 2006 Finally starting to update the site! Keep an eye en the changes during the next few weeks. Games added to the website: The Bike Race Game Jeu de l'Oie (programme du TdF 1935) Tour de Suisse (A. Berger, Switzerland, 1970s) New pics, new versions, new comments, new discoveries: 45 Tours de France 6 in Einem Der Ausreisser The National Bicycle Game Tour de France (Grand Rally Touristique) Um Reifenbreite Velodrome(GMFR) Velo-Flash Plus: A couple of Combination Games' Boxes added. A couple of toys and puzzles added, too. back to main page     October-november 2006 I really should find some time to add new games to the website. It will soon be six months since I last updated the site  :-( Some of the new games I will hopefully add to the site soon are: A qui le tour? (not the Jeureve game of the same name), ABX Forces, The Bike Race Game, Bolletjes Veilig Verkeerspel, Chasse Patate, Coeurs Vaillants' Jeu du Tour, Die Friedensfahrt, Giro d'Italia Ciclo-Automobilistico, Grand Prix Bicycling, Keirin, Jeu de l'oie du programme du Tour 1935, Pedal Power, Ronde van Frankrijk, Spika Sportspiel (höher - weiter - schneller), Sprint Bouticycle, Tour de Force, Tour de France (Harry Riester's "Das spannende Radrenn-Spiel"), the Tour de France dice game included in the book "Die schönsten Würfelspiele"), Tour de Suisse, Wheeling... ...plus alternative versions  (or boxes) of WJB's "6 in Einem", "Tour de France/Grand Rallye Touristique", The National Cycling Race Game, the wooden "velodrome", Breaking Away, Der Ausreisser, Um Reifenbreite ... ...plus more unpublished games! back to main page     May 2006 French rules for Maillot Arc-En-Ciel corrected by François Haffner back to main page     April 2006 Unpublished games major update. half a dozen games included. How Maillot Arc-En-Ciel was made. Dutch rules for Maillot Arc-En-Ciel, translated by Ludo Nauws. April 21st-23rd, 2006: Exhibition of Cycling Games in Veldegem (Belgium)! back to main page     March 2006 back to main page     February 2006 Corriere dei Piccoli: a new game from 1969. English rules for all the games. Domenica Sprint The National Bicycle Game 6 in Einem Maglia Rosa Il giuoco del Giro d'Italia 1950 Il Giro d'Italia della Gazetta dello Sport (Edimac) Il Giro d'Italia Big Jim (Mattel) Die Rad-Wettfahrt, description updated Compilation boxes: Transogram's "52 variety game chest" Alfabetical list "What's new" section (don't click here, you are reading it right now!) back to main page     December 2005 Gemeinsam Vorn Stap Op updated back to main page     September 2005 Vier Länder Tour Tour de France (Fernel) Small Chinese magnetic travel game Sprint Die Rad-Wettfahrt Compilation boxes: Pentathlon & Sämmlung Schöner Spiele New section about computer games back to main page     Summer 2005 Unpublished games section reworked. Pistard and Rouleur games added. back to main page     In case you wonder, this website started in summer 2003 as cyclingboardgames.tk.  It featured around 50 games.       INDEX (MAIN) ALL THE GAMES ALPHABETICAL CATEGORIES WHAT'S NEW