PARKER BROTHERS Touring Used Board Games (1965) (R)

Touring is a card game with the theme of an automobile trip. Players are competing to be the first one to complete a prescribed set of mileage cards. In all versions of the game you need 16 mileage cards to win. From lowest to highest value cards, the required counts are 8, 4, 2 and 2. Other players will try to slow you down by playing cards against you which cause you to lose mileage cards, or to play "problem" cards which you must remove by playing a corresponding "remedy" card.

The game can be played in partnership for the 4- and 6-player versions, with each partnership playing as a single driver.

Touring was originally published in 1906 by the Touring Card Company, then sold by Wallie Dorr, and then later picked up by Parker Brothers in 1924. Winning Moves Games currently (2015) holds the trademark for and publishes Touring. If the mechanics sound familiar, it is the inspiration for the game Mille Bornes, which has since become more popular.

As driving technology improved, card names and depicted mileage values became outdated and were thus replaced with longer distances. There are multiple sets of rules, which reflect these changes. A recent edition added some card categories.

The action card types are different between Touring and Mille Bornes. For example, Mille Bornes adds the "protective" cards, e.g. Emergency Vehicle which allows you to ignore speed limits. Thus in Mille Bornes a player has more decisions to make.

Used copy of Touring

Box has heavy wear, and a couple creases

Rulebook is original

Cards has moderate wear.