Tour de France Board Game

Tour de France Board Game is a realistic simulation of the largest professional bicycle race in the world. The basic game set contains game plans for four stages that copy real stages of the 109th Tour de France race. The game can be further extended by additional individual stages.

Each player uses pawns to represent their cycling team. The movement of pawns is determined by throwing dice. Dice of different colors have different functions, depending on whether the terrain is flat or hilly, or when a tactical situation emerges.

The game is played as a sequence of individual moves in which the order of pawns on the game board is determined by arrows. Players take turns to move their pawns in a given order. The whole sequence is completed after all pawns are moved, upon which a new sequence begins. The beginning of each new sequence is confirmed using an application, which adds up all moves and calculates the finish times and final standings.

The game mechanism is not based on accident only but rather on the reasoning for each individual move, as the hexagonal net allows a relatively large freedom of movement. The placement of a pawn (rider) can be planned with respect to anticipated moves of other players' pawns. The choice of dice provides the opportunity to plan a strategic maneuver that can lead to the breaking up of a group, initiate an attack, or slow down pursuers.