Le Tour de France: La Boîte à Quiz

Released by French company Marabout in their 'La Boîte à Quiz' series. This trivia style party game is about the Tour de France.

The author is French cycling journalist Jean-Paul Ollivier.

The yellow box contains 160 cards, divided in the five categories. The back of the cards is of a different colour for each category.

To give the game some "strategic" edge, there are 4 types of cards in each category.

22 (out of 32) cards in each category named after the category. Besides, there are 3 "booster" cards, 3 "accident" cards and 4 "contre la montre" (time trial) cards in each category. These cards have a different symbol in the back, making a total of 20 different card backs (5 colours, 4 symbols each).

The 22 "normal" cards give one point for a correct answer.The "booster" cards give three points, while the "accidents" deduct three points from the player in case of a wrong answer. The three categories of questions in the card are given different names for each type of card, which only adds a baroque touch to the game. In all cases the player only has to answer to one question, chosen by the opponent.

On the other hand, the time trial cards have four questions and the player must answer as many as he can in one minute, getting 1, 2, 3 or 5 points.

Winner is the player who scores the most points.