ROULEZ
T H E N E W S L E T T E R F O R A N D A B O U T T H E S E R I O U S M I L L E B O R N E S P L AY E R
ROULEZ
Winter 1994
Vol. 1 No. 4
Editorial......................1
Balance ......................2
Card Interview..........3
Bornes Exposé..........4
McQueen...................5
Ask A.D. Volant.........7
Deep Space 9 ..........9
Favorite Cards........11
World Cup ..............11
Mille Bornz in the Hood by Hugh Jasse
New rules for RouL.A. in this issue!
Editorial
It’s In The Cards , I Say
by Brett Sonnenschein,
Editor and Publisher
Has anyone ever sat down and thought
about how wonderful the Mille Bornes cards
really are? Think about it.  cards in the
deck ( in the  or  player game),  dif-
ferent faces and  categories. Oh, what won-
ders they do weave! So few cards but so
many possibilities in them. The stories they
can create every time they are shuffled never
cease to amaze me. Do you have a favorite?
A.D. Volant and I have begun a regular col-
umn on the staff and readers’ favorite cards.
I think you’ll find it illuminating and all are
encouraged to contribute.
By the way, Joe Strummer was in a band
called the ers before he joined The Clash.
A Mille Bornes reference?
I thought I’d reprint some of the things the
press have been saying about ROULEZ:
“It’s a parallel universe of fun and surreal-
ism with a unifying theme, but one with
which I’m completely unfamiliar. I thought
that Mille Bornes was a made up game until I
brought a copy to a party and everyone was
going, ‘Whoa, a Mille Bornes zine.’”— Jerod
Pore, Factsheet Five. Sounds like a great
party, Jerod!
“Non-trek zine of the month. It’s a rather
bizarre but entertaining quarterly.” —
Marilyn Wilkerson, The Picardian. Thanks
Marilyn, maybe someday I’ll be lucky
enough to be mentioned on Mystery Science
Theatre .
“Talk about focus — a fanzine devoted to
one game I’ve seen Brett’s mag and it looks
pretty good. It contains interviews, cartoons,
strategy tips, and fiction, yes, fiction.” —
Rick Polizzi, Spin Again. All game lovers
should check out Spin Again.
“Brett Sonnenschein of Jersey City, NJ is
editor and publisher of Roulez, a quarterly
game newsletter that reviews and publishes
helpful insights into Macintosh computer
games. — Northwestern Perspective. Sigh.
Have we got a fun issue for you. Just pick
up this issue of ROULEZ and watch the win-
ter blues go away. In the next few pages,
Edmond Dujardin goes to Brooklyn, Miles
Bourne meets the scoring cards, the very
long-awaited Steve McQueen article appears
and there’s more Deep Space  and more
rules variants. Reader, you’ve got the green
light, hit the pedal and go!
 New Mille Bornes Fiction
Balance Chapter Four:
A Fee Owed in Brooklyn
by Brett Sonnenschein,
Editor and Publisher
For some the line between truth and fiction is
as clear as the yellow meridian between lanes,
for others it is blurred and indistinct, like a car
seen through bright headlights. Balance falls in
the latter category. By examining the life of
Mille Bornes inventor Edmond Dujardin
through fiction, perhaps we can discover some
measure of “truth”. Previously, Dujardin was
defeated by Ho Chi Minh in a kick boxing
bout. Together with the Argentine Sanchez
twins, Oscar and Esteban, they set off for
Brooklyn so Ho could be repaid a debt, with
interest. Meanwhile, the Sanchez’s have noticed
that a deep, dark secret exists between Edmond
and Ho. The time is July , the temperature
is hot and the forecast is for trouble…
It was dawn when the four men arrived in
Brooklyn. A phone call told Ho Chi Minh
his contact would be at Ebbett’s Field at
noon. Ho met his companions at a gas sta-
tion where Edmond had rented a Studebaker.
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Art: M. Bib, Vincent Brushwater,
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“Anyone for breakfast?” Ho asked, “I could
go for some coffee.”
“I love coffee!” exclaimed Esteban Sanchez.
“Not for me, thanks.” said Edmond. “I’ve
heard a woman I used to know is in New
York. I’d like to see her.”
“Rekindling an old flame?” asked Oscar.
“Not exactly,” replied the plucky
Frenchman. “She is the mother of my child.
I guess I never told you this story, but in
 when I was a kid traveling in Mexico
with B.Traven, the Soviet NKVD offered me
a large sum of money to kill Leon Trotsky.”
“Not this story again.” said Esteban rolling
his eyes.
“Some people haven’t heard it. I’ll keep it
short. I was a crazy kid and I took the
money and ran. I wound up in Dallas, Texas
where I had a brief affair. She became preg-
nant the same time the French government
asked me home to do a job for the Sûreté. So
I gave her my cash and left. We haven’t spo-
ken since.”
“I understand, Edmond, understand very
well. Go and visit.” Ho said.
Edmond paused. He seemed about to say
something but then, thinking better, turned
and walked away.
When he got to the apartment Edmond
found out the woman and her son had
moved months ago. They had left no for-
warding address. Now late for the meeting
he took a cab back to Brooklyn. His
thoughts turned to the driver. How long had
it been since Edmond was behind the wheel?
Too long. Too damn long.
As soon as Edmond got to the ballpark he
realized something was wrong. The usually
punctual Ho was nowhere in sight. Then
continued on page 12
“ It’s not easy, Miles, but we manage. ”
Two Cards Who Know The Score
by Miles Bourne,
contributing editor
Recently, ROULEZ fan Dave Gorgos wrote,
“I’d like to see you interview the Scoring for
Mille Bornes card. Bet it feels really neglected!
As does its French doppelganger.” After look-
ing up “doppelganger” I set out in search of
the scoring cards. It’s easy enough to find the
safeties and the big mileage cards by reading
the society pages or watching A Current
Affair but I searched for the scoring cards for
weeks until I found them both living togeth-
er in New York’s West Village.
ROULEZ: I’ve met a lot of the Mille Bornes
cards, but the two of you are the first I’ve met
who live together. You must have a lot in
common.
The Score: Indeed. You might say that we
are birds of a feather.
La Marque: (nods)
R: La Marque, did you meet The Score in
France or after you came to America?
S: Ah, Miles, I should point out the La
Marque speaks no English.
R: Could you translate?
S: Ah, no. I don’t speak French. La Marque
and I communicate through gestures and our
mutual love of Mille Bornes.
R: That still seems pretty difficult to me.
S: It’s not easy, Miles, but we manage.
R: So, what’s it like being the scoring card?
S: We have a very different Mille Bornes
experience than your hazard or mileage card.
They are on the front lines every game and
get all the glory. We “only” correct errors and
confirm speculation. Some may call that
unimportant, but I believe it was John
Milton who said “they also serve those who
only stand and wait.”
R: Do you have any stories about Edmond
Dujardin and the early days of Mille Bornes.?
M: (smiles) Dujardin…
R: One day we were running through a
rehearsal game and Driving Ace says he should
be able to Coup Fourré a flat tire! Edmond
exploded. He told Driving Ace it would ruin
the game and totally redefine the role of Right
of Way and Puncture-proof! Driving Ace just
laughed and said he was the biggest name here
and it was his way or the highway.
R: Gosh, what did Dujardin do?
S: He looked Driving Ace right in the eye
and said “I can get Ace Racer at half the
price.” And Mr. Hot Shot Driving Ace
palmed his wheel right back in line.
R: Great story. Final question, why do you
use the French “.” rather than the
American “,”?
S: It was a tradeoff so I could have the ©
Edmond DUJARDIN  on me.
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 A Bornes Exposé
The Whole Shocking Story
of a Milles Bornes Precursor
by Brett Sonnenschein
Editor and Publisher
Since 1992 the staff and readers of Roulez
have made many attempts to discover the
origins of Mille Bornes. Our first issue pre-
sented Daniel Kratochvil’s theory that the
true inventor of Mille Bornes was an
unknown Vietnamese portrayed as the
bodyguard in the 1989 film God Of
Gamblers. Last issue reprinted a letter from
Arthur Sarfati, the current president of
Dujardin Games on the history of Mille
Bornes and Dujardin Games. A few months
ago, reader Ignatz Topo sent a letter men-
tioning a transatlantic solo flight card game
displayed at the San Diego Aerospace
Museum which he said was “very similar”
to Mille Bornes. Of course, every issue of
ROULEZ contains Balance, an allegorical
look at the origin of Mille Bornes and its
rules. Now, comes Touring.
The game Touring dates from at least
August 14, 1906 when a patent was applied
for by William Janson Roche and Edward
F. Bittner of New Bethlehem, PA. Patent
836,537 was granted three months later. A
look at what is probably an early trade ad
by the Wallie Dorr Co. of New York for
Touring shows cards labeled “Collision”, “3
Miles”, “Out of Gasoline”, “Puncture”, “5
Miles”, “Mauled In”, “Gasoline”, “Go!”, “1
Mile”, “City Limits”, “10 Miles” and
“Country”. According to the ad, the game
consisted of 100 cards and retailed for fifty
cents. To quote, “Automobile enthusiasts
will be anxious to play this game, and when
the great merit of the game is realized, it
will spread like wildfire, so be prepared,
Mr. Buyer…” Though ROULEZ has not
Roulez Winter 1994 Page 4
seen a copy of Touring, our research indi-
cates the game uses a map and real life cities
such as Atlanta and San Francisco (these
cities were added in a later edition). Clearly,
a low-powered cousin of Mille Bornes. Rest
assured, ROULEZ will continue to follow up
on the Touring story as it develops.
What conclusions can be reached? It
strains credulity to believe that a game pub-
lisher such as Edmond Dujardin would be
unaware of an in-print game so similar to
Mille Bornes. Touring was published at least
through 1955 in slightly modified editions.
Still, a closer look at the cards reveals a dif-
ferent hazard structure than Mille Bornes.
The Collision and Puncture cards have the
legend “delay 2 turns”. Though there are
remedies there is no evidence of Safety
cards or a Touring version of the Coup
Fourré. Perhaps that is what M. Sarfati
meant when he said “The Specificity of the
1000 BORNES is in its COUP
FOURRE/coup fourré which no other
game had invented: a tricky rule which I
am sure you know well…” After all, it is
Mille Bornes and not Touring which has
been a success all over the world. Wallace
Matthews once said that Muhammad Ali is
beloved throughout the world by people of
all races without ever having compromised
his principles. I think that we can say the
same for Mille Bornes.
Roulez would like to thank Phil Abrams,
Allan Sonnenschein and Frank Weimann for
their assistance with this article.
Daniel Kratochvil’s column will return next
issue.
The Incredible But True Story of…
Steve McQueen,
The Best There Ever Was
by Buck Stevens
Contributing Editor
I was reading a comic book recently in which
an interesting non-sequitur caught my atten-
tion. “Steve McQueen was dead,” it read, “and
nothing could save the world now.” Clearly
this is a reference to the world of Mille Bornes
which was changed forever when our patron
saint died in November of . Thirteen
years later, Steve is still considered in most cir-
cles to have been the greatest Mille Bornes
player who ever lived.
A true champion who was known to be
extremely competitive in all aspects of his life,
Steve mastered the game early. Before he
indulged his dream on the roads as a profes-
sional racer, he was putting down mileage with
a simple deck of cards. Steve once said,
“Racing burns like a fever inside me.” Mille
Bornes was the cure.
Tales of Steve’s Mille Bornes prowess are leg-
end among the Hollywood elite. Mille Bornes
competitions were commonplace on the sets of
Steve’s films, and there are no shortage of sto-
ries about heated games and rivalries, some of
which lasted for years. James Garner, Paul
Newman and fellow racer Bud Ekins are a
noted few who met Steve again and again, only
to be bested as Steve quietly threw hazards in
their way, claiming victory for himself.
We all remember how Steve took on all com-
ers in a tournament lasting  straight hours
while filming “Le Mans” in the south of
France. ROULEZ’s own A.D. Volant took part
on the game. He says, “Mon Dieu! That little
American was faster than the TGV! I doubt
even the great Edmond Dujardin could have
beaten him (God rest his soul)!”
Then there’s the story about how he shut out
Richard Attenborough for  hands in a row
during the film-
ing of The Great
Escape, and how
Attenborough
“accidentally”
locked Steve in
the cooler for 
hours while the
crew broke for
dinner.
And let’s not
forget about when Dustin Hoffman baffled
McQueen with his uncanny ability to count
the cards while playing on location for
Papillion.
Steve got into many a fight due to his interest
in the game. One well known incident
involved a group of bikers in a bar in West
Hollywood, who questioned the manhood of
any persons playing a game where the players
would yell out “Coup Fourré!” with such glee
(though it is also well known that Steve never
used any of the French terminology while play-
ing Mille Bornes, afraid of “looking like a wuss”.
It is said that he never played any mileage cards
below  mph for the same reason).
But secrecy has always surrounded the most
infamous of all of Steve’s games. One played in
the (then) small Mexican town of Cuernavaca,
while filming John Sturges’ epic western, The
Magnificent Seven. Those who were there say it
was a down and dirty grudge match, and all of
the players refuse to comment on it to this day.
To get to the bottom of story, I decided to
interview McQueen himself from beyond the
grave. Here’s what I found out…
ROULEZ: First off Steve, what’s it like being
dead?
McQueen: It sucks. There’s nothing to do. I
mean, sure there are a lot of interesting dead
continued on the next page
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 McQueen continues…
people to talk to, but none of them can play
Mille Bornes worth a damn.
R: I think Yul Brynner might disagree with
you.
McQ: Yeah, well Yul was an okay player, but
I would have beat him in no time if he and Eli
Wallach weren’t teaming up on me. One on
one, the man would fold like a lawn chair. He
was a great actor, played a damn good Ramses,
but MB just wasn’t his bag. Incidentally, we’ve
never played in the hereafter. I think he’s afraid.
R: What happened on that fateful day in
Mexico?
McQ: Well, that was quite a day. See, the
whole cast of The Magnificent Seven was in
constant competition. We were all pretty much
newcomers to the big screen, except for Yul,
and we were all fighting for the spotlight. Yul
was the only real superstar at the time and he
was fighting everyone else, trying to keep us all
in the background.
R: It was a terrific cast.
McQ: Yeah. John put together an all-star
cast before we were all stars. Me, Jimmy
Coburn, Eli Wallach, Bob Vaughn, and Chuck
Bronson were all against Yul. Actually, Bronson
was against everyone. That guy was crazy!
R: So, what happened?
McQ: Well, we were having a playoff, elimi-
nating players as we went along. Sturges,
Vaughn, Coburn and Bronson were out. John
was off getting drunk and trying to pick a fight
with Bronson who was practicing his knife
throwing…not a good idea. I don’t know what
happened to Jimmy and Bob. And here was
Me, Yul and Eli in the final round, and it was
ugly. We’d hired a bunch of Mexican bandits to
play Eli’s henchmen, and they sort of adopted
him as one of their own. They surrounded the
game and were making things a little uncom-
fortable for the rest of us. Actually, I don’t really
think Eli was all that good, but these Banditos
intimidated the hell out of everyone and I
think John and Chuck got scared off.
R: But not you.
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McQ: No, not really. I grew up around
tough guys. These guys weren’t special. I wasn’t
afraid of anything while I was alive. Until I got
the Big “C”, anyhow.
So anyway, We’re in this hot little cantina
called the Pasada Jacaranda and Eli and Yul are
hitting me with everything they’ve got, but I
keep picking up the safeties. The banditos
were sweating us down, and it was like, really
working on Yul. I could see my own reflection
on his sweaty bald head. It was Yul’s turn and
he smiled as he drew a card. Now, I wasn’t try-
ing to cheat, but I suddenly got a glimpse of
his hand in the reflection on his head. It was
looking good. He’d just recovered from an
accident on his last turn and was ready to put
down mileage. His hand was full of ’s, and
he’d just picked up a red light—the last in the
deck, which he immediately dropped on me.
Unfortunately for him, I’d just picked up the
Right of Way card last turn…
R: Ah, the most powerful card in all of
France.
McQ: …The very same. So I zapped him!
Well, Yul was none too pleased as I picked up
two new cards and hit him with a speed limit,
rendering his hand of ’s useless. He cursed
and stormed over to the bar for a drink. It was
Eli’s turn and he had nothing. He discarded an
End of Limit card, silently steaming. Yul came
over and stared at him incredulously. I think
he called him an “asshole”. The banditos
growled. Yul discarded one of his ’s, and I
put down a , reaching  and finishing
the game. I think my total score for that one
hand was . I almost shut them out, but it
was hard to keep them off the board when
they were hitting me with every hazard they
had.
R: Great win, Steve. But then what?
McQ: Eli and the banditos went wild and
started a huge brawl. I offered to let Eli have a
rematch, “Go ahead and deal,” I said. One of
the bandits replied, “Gringo…We deal in
lead!” It almost came to a gun fight, but Eli
calmed them down and we used the “We deal
More from the opinionated mind of A.D. Volant
Reflections on Racers, Rules,
Realism and RouL.A.
by A.D. Volant
Contributing Editor
Bonjour readers, once again, bonjour! We
have so very much to talk about but first, a
grievous wrong must be righted. In the pre-
vious issue this column contained the phrase
“mon amis”. Bah! I am loathe to even repeat
it. Even the youngest child knows that the
correct grammar is “mes amis”, as written in
issue #1 and throughout the French speaking
world every day. Thanks, “editor”.
And now on to the letters.
Q Mr. Volant, Does one throw away a
slice from the corner pizzeria for not
being four-star cuisine? Do you compare the
plots of Murder, She Wrote to those of
Dashiell Hammett? How do the funny pages
stand up against Michelangelo?
A level-headed person would not pit these
things against each other. You — with your
bitter, mean-spirited review of Land Race
(ed. note: See last issue, Ace Racer is a card
in the Land Race deck) — did just that.
Maybe in France you can get away with
shoddy journalism and name calling, but we
don’t like it here.
I am a simple man trying to make an hon-
est living at something that I love. What is
wrong with that?
Cancel my subscription at once.
(signed) Ace Racer
A I stand by my story. In the future please
refer to me as Monsieur Volant.
Q OK, here’s a question. I have ,.
She has ,. She gets to , miles.
She wins the hand. But, I get , points,
and finish with ,. She finishes with
,. Who wins?
Milan, Tecumseh, Ontario
A Not you. Sadly, Milan you have won
the battle but lost the war. The player or
team with the highest point total over ,
is the winner. Think of Napoleon’s army
winning every battle but losing in the end.
Or the Second World War where France
emerged the victor despite some early set-
backs. There is no feeling so frustrating as to
win the hand but lose the game. Still, those
are the rules and we must play by them. I
have always felt if a thread is removed from
the shirt we call Mille Bornes, the whole gar-
ment will fall apart. That is why our rules
variants should be used for entertainment
only. They are not true Mille Bornes
Elsewhere…I recently came upon an
episode of the new Speed Racer cartoon. Like
all Mille Bornes players I revere the original
series. What was not to like? The raw talent
and ambition of Speed, the cool profession-
alism of Racer X, the mechanical ingenuity
of Pops, the savvy of Trixie, the exuberance
of Sparky, the impish passion of Spritle and
of course, lovable Chim-Chim. As I wrote in
the French film journal Cahiers du Cinema,
Speed Racer represents the ideal man while
Racer X represents the ideal racer (read Mille
Bornes player).
So what of this nouveau Racer? The art, if
you like that sort of thing, is better. The cars,
if you like that sort of thing, are better. But I
feel the delicate chain of relationships that
made up the original Speed Racer family has
been broken. Now Speed and Racer X are
crime fighting partners. No, mes amis, this is
wrong. A man’s ideal can not co-exist with a
man’s reality. It rings false. The conflict
between what must be (Racer X) and what
“should” be (Speed Racer) is nowhere to be
continued on the next page
Roulez Winter 1994 Page 7
 A.D. Volant continues…
seen. Furthermore, the episode I saw had no
race. That is the heart of Speed Racer, the
journey of discovery and overcoming obsta-
cles and what has been gained and what has
been lost. One autumn afternoon I found
myself standing on a cliff overlooking a fjord
and I thought of Speed Racer. I thought long
and hard as I stared on the waves. Finally,
night fell and I moved on, but my questions
remained. Do not travel this road lightly.
Also, they changed the theme song and
that was always the best part.
Here are some rules variants.
Mille Bornes Drag Racing
Remove all spare tire, repair, gasoline, speed
limit, end of limit and -Mile cards from
the deck. Remove the other hazards except
for one of each. Hands are won with 
miles and games are won with , points.
Optional rule: Player must play a red light
on themselves before their first green light to
simulate the starting lights in a drag race.
RouL.A. .
Extensive playtesting has revealed a few
flaws in the original design of RouL.A. (see
issue #). Therefore I am presenting an
improved version known as RouL.A. ., a
variant that simulates driving in Los Angeles.
RouL.A. is played the same as Mille Bornes
with the following exceptions.:
# Remove all Speed Limit and End of
Limit cards from the deck.
# There is no limit to the number of -
mile cards that may be played.
# A player may move for one turn after
being hit with a red light.
# The third Accident is not removed from
the deck in two and three player games.
# One joker is designated the “Rain
Card”. If played, all players are hit with an
Accident and there is a speed limit of 
miles. There is no remedy.
# One joker becomes the “Freeway” card.
Players hit with it may only use  and -
mile cards, and can’t be hit with red lights.
# One joker is designated the “Car
Jacking” card. The player exchanges seats
with any player of his or her choice. These
two switch mileage, safeties, hazards and all
cards in their hand (i.e. if Player A with 
miles carjacked Player B with  miles,
Player A would have  miles and Player B
would have ). The Right of Way may be
used as a safety but players who have used
the Right of Way may not carjack. A joker is
designated the “Gun” card and may be used
to coup fourré.
Finally, reader M. Bib in San Diego has
sent in a new card! Take it away M. Bib…
“The Ejector Seat card is a special hazard.
It is not used in the two player game, because
unlike the other hazards, it is not played on
one’s opponents but on one’s teammate. In
the event that your teammate has done
something very stupid, this card literally
throws him or her out of the game and into
the road behind. If your opponents are
behind you, your teammate will be run over
with a sickening thud. His or her cards will
be picked up by you, doubling the size of
your hand, then six cards must be discarded.
There is no Remedy or Safety. Tough
merde.”

Roulez Fall 1993 Page 8

Mille Bornes meets Deep Space Nine in…
The Challenge of the
Midnight Visitor
by Moira O’Keeffe,
Contributing Editor
In the last chapter, the crew of Deep Space
Nine asked the computer to identify the all-
time best game in the Universe. Naturally, the
answer was Mille Bornes. In what we at
ROULEZ can only call an unlikely plot twist,
none of the crew members were familiar with
the game. Word of the incident spread
throughout the Station — mostly due to the
efforts of the Ferengi Quark, who was offering
an undisclosed amount of gold-pressed lat-
inum to the first person to bring him a deck.
The quest for Mille Bornes had nearly become
a station-wide obsession. Even Commander
Benjamin Sisko was eager to find the game,
and his anxiousness gave him the insomnia
that led him to Quark’s Place in the middle of
the night.
Someone else was already there. He was
called Lybor, and he was a highly placed
member of the Dominion, the mysterious and
deadly Gamma Quadrant organization.
When Dominion spies informed Lybor of the
situation on DS9, he came through the worm-
hole at once. He had to. For besides his duties
with the Dominion, Lybor was the Gamma
Quadrant Mille Bornes Champion.1
Lybor knew at once that Commander
Sisko had entered Quark’s Place. The
changes in the room were subtle: minor
shifts in body posture; a general lowering of
voices that was barely perceptible. But
Lybor’s senses were fine-tuned, and he did
not need to turn around to confirm Sisko’s
1. (For those interested in how Mille Bornes made its
way to the Gamma Quadrant, please refer to the mem-
oirs of archeologist/adventurer Vash, who brought the
game with her when she traveled there with Q. (Q
refused to play after she beat him repeatedly.).
presence. It was time to draw a Go card and
put some miles on the table.
Lybor fingered his Mille Bornes deck lov-
ingly, well aware of the Ferengi’s curious
stare. He had considered asking for Quark’s
assistance with the game, knowing that the
barman was keen to form business relation-
ships in the Gamma Quadrant. Lybor had
received reports about Quark’s little adven-
ture through the wormhole, as well as his
insistent inquiries about the Dominion. He
suppressed a smile. In time, Quark would
learn more than he ever wanted to know
about the Dominion. The game, however,
was the one and only priority for today.
Sisko ordered a Trillian nectar and tried
to relax. Maybe he’d play a little baseball in
the holosuites later. He wished something
would happen, some urgent matter that
would take his mind off the game. He had
spent two hours with Dax, O’Brien and
Odo, trying to get a Mille Bornes deck, or
rules, or anything about it from the
Starfleet computer system. All searches
came up negative, except for one. They’d
asked for information on the inventor of
the game, and the computer said, “Files on
the life of Edmond Dujardin are restricted
for security reasons.”
This caused Odo to stroke his chin,which
was, as always, devoid of stubble, and mut-
ter, “Dujardin, eh? That would explain a
lot.”
“Maybe too much.” replied Dax.
Quark brought Sisko’s drink. As he set it
on the table, he leaned forward and said in
a harsh whisper, “The man at the bar.
Watch him.”
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Mille Bornes/Deep Space Nine
Crossover continues…
When Quark departed, Sisko casually
looked around the room. His gaze landed
on Lybor, who was regarding Sisko with
glassy orange eyes. Their gaze locked for a
moment, then Lybor strode over to Sisko.
He stood seven and a half feet tall and wore
a flowing black and silver garment. He was
an impressive figure.
“You want to play Mille Bornes,
Commander?” Lybor’s voice was as authori-
tative as his stature. He carefully set the
deck on the table.
“Who are you?” Sisko resisted the impulse
to grab the deck. Could this be it? Was this
stranger really in possession of the elusive
All-Time Best Game in the Universe? “I am
Lybor. I am the Champion in the Gamma
Quadrant. I will be the Champion on this
side of the wormhole, too.”
Sisko looked at the visitor with respect.
“You have Mille Bornes championships in
the Gamma Quadrant? Why is it that I
have never heard of the game until today? Is
it really from Earth?”
Lybor reached into his cavernous robes
and pulled out a small piece of paper folded
many times. “These are the rules. You will
understand that your questions are trivial
once you have begun to play and know the
spirit of the race. You have two hours to
learn the game. Be back here in that time
and we will play. We will see how you han-
dle a game from your home world,
Earthman.”
Sisko hesitated. He did not like this
Lybor’s attitude. Curiosity, so often a strong
trait in great leaders, won out. He reached
across the table and gingerly picked up the
deck and rules sheet. The deck felt good in
his hands. He turned it over and flipped
through the cards to examine them. He was
pleased with what he saw. With his knowl-
ege of Twentieth Century history he recog-
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nized the cars and quickly picked up the
racing metaphor. “Two hours, then,” he
said as he stood.
Quark saw Sisko pick up the cards that
the stranger had been holding.He’d been
hatching a plot of his own and this was the
opening he’d been looking for. At once, he
was beside Lybor and Sisko. “Is that a Mille
Bornes deck? How much do you want for
it?”
“Begone, Ferengi,” said Lybor with a
wave of his hand.
“I’ll give you ten bars of gold pressed lat-
inum!”
Lybor grabbed Quark by the shoulders
and shoved him backwards. “Do not try my
patience. The deck is not for sale.”
Quark pulled himself away from Lybor’s
grip. “Okay, okay. It’s not for sale. Can I at
least get in on a game? You are going to
play?”
“The Commander and I are going to play.
You may not join us. One other thing,
Earthman. We did not discuss the stakes.”
Lybor’s orange eyes grew brighter in the
dim light of the bar.
Sisko paused. Suddenly a cold fear
gripped him. “I did not agree to any
stakes,” he said, knowing in his heart that
his desire to play this game would drive
him to wager almost anything.
As though he could read the thought,
Lybor laughed. “You will agree, because you
have no choice.” He spread his arms expan-
sively and gestured around them. “We are
going to play Mille Bornes, Commander,
and the winner’s prize is Deep Space Nine.”
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Roulez’s Newest Column
What’s Your Favorite Card ?
by Brett Sonnenschein & A.D. Volant
Ah, the excitement of something new! We
can scarcely contain our excitement as we
begin this column. What will it reveal? What
secrets will become common knowledge?
Will it change the way we think about Mille
Bornes? Will it change the way we see our-
selves? We don’t know. What we do know is
that it is a story that has to be told. In the
oft-quoted words of sportscaster Larry
Merchant, “Will the questions be answered
or will the answers be questioned?” Let’s find
out.
Last issue A.D. revealed that his favorite
card was the “lovable rogue” Crevé (flat tire).
Now it’s Brett’s turn.
Brett Sonnenschein: I was going to cop out
and say that my favorite card is the next one
but I guess it would have to be the Speed
Limit. You see, I’m a sucker for the unique
and the unusual and the way the Speed
Limit can hit a player even when they are
not moving is something I’ve always found
Mille Bornes World Cup Preview
Recently, in Las Vegas the draw was held
for the th Mille Bornes World Cup
(MBWC). For the first time the world’s pre-
mier Mille Bornes event will be held in the
United States. Many observers feel the
home-table advantage will allow the
Americans to break the iron grip on the cup
by French-speaking countries.
Though it is the largest card game event in
the world, the MBWC has largely been
ignored by the media in such Mille Bornes
powerhouses as Great Britain, Germany and
of course, the United States. In fact, many
casual fans do not even know of the
MBWC’s existence. This is a shame because
the event has traditionally provided the
world with some exciting contests including
fascinating. Also, I like the fact that Speed
Limit is one of two cards that can be Coup
Fourréd by the Right of Way.
Buck Stevens, contributing editor: My
favorite card has to be the Increvable,
because Crevé is the unholy bane of my exis-
tence. It seems I'm never prepared for a
Crevé, and it's like a miracle from heaven
when I get my old pal, Increvable. Plus, he's
a scientist. Science is your friend.
Milan, reader: My favorite card would
have to be the Deux Cents () card. It
allows you to all of a sudden take control.
But still, it’s only a game.
Neal Sofge, reader: I like the End of Limit
card best. I guess it’s because I’m a biker.
Vincent Brushwater, contributing artist:
What’s the dinkiest card in the deck? The
Twenty-Five mile card? That’s my favorite.
What’s your favorite card? A.D. and Brett
would love to hear, and you’ll be published!
Send your responses to ROULEZ,  Grove St.
#, Jersey City, NJ 
Canada’s come from behind victory in the
 finals and Gabon’s dramatic but ill-
fated run at the title in .
Below are the chances of winning the
MBWC as expressed in game cards as deter-
mined by the editors of ROULEZ.
Right of Way: France
Driving Ace: U.S.A.
Increvable: Canada
Go: Belgium, Germany
 miles: Spain, Switzerland
 miles: England, Luxembourg, Tunisia
 Miles: Madagascar
 Miles: Algeria, Netherlands
 Miles: French Guiana
Stop: Austria
Accident: Mauritius
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Balance Chapter Four Continues…
Edmond felt something at his back. He’d felt it
before. It was a gun.
“You’re coming with me, Frenchy. We got your
friends.”
Edmond was directed to a car where two burly men
were waiting. A quick drive took them to an ordinary
looking Park Slope garage. Inside it was anything but
ordinary. Over twenty of the most notorious gang-
sters in America were gathered in the room. Frank
Costello, Vito Genovese, Albert Anastasia, Joe
Bonanno, Meyer Lansky, Mickey Cohen. Two gun-
men guarded Ho and the twins. Lansky smiled,
“Eddie, we had no idea you were involved. We can
work something out. But not for these three.”
Edmond sneered. “Ho, what’s going on here?”
“Before World War I when I lived in this country, I
made a deal between some opium smugglers and
Lucky Luciano. He promised me a finder’s fee of ten
percent of everything he, the Five Points Gang and all
American organized crime made until the day I came
to collect, with interest.”
Edmond whistled, “That’s a lot of dead presidents.”
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“Yeah”, said Genovese. “More than we’re willing to
part with. So I figure, we stiff Mr. Chi Minh here and
turn him in to the feds. We all get big, fat pardons
and never worry about the cops again.”
“Not very sporting.” said Oscar.
“You guys left out the best part,” chuckled Mickey
Cohen. “ I thought of it on the plane over from L.A.
We loaded up your Studebaker with all the cash
Sandals thinks he’s got coming to him. Just to rub it
in.” The mobsters laughed. Suddenly, Edmond
flashed his trademark crooked grin.
“I say,” Edmond shouted, “You’re not quite smart
as a whip, if you think we’ll bow low to you. You’ll
bowl a three hundred before you stop us.’”
Responding to Edmond’s signal, the Sanchez twins
hurled their bolas at the guards, sending their guns
flying. In the confusion, Edmond, Ho and the twins
jumped into the Studebaker. Edmond hit the gas and
sent the car through the garage door and into the hot
sun, but it was nothing compared to the warmth
Edmond felt inside. Once again, he was behind the
wheel. It was a glorious day.
Then Ho Chi Minh yelled, “Look out!”
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