Ammaccato - Touring

Touring is a card game themed around a car trip. Players compete to be the first to complete a prescribed set of mileage cards. All versions require 16 mileage cards to win. From lowest to highest value cards, the required counts are 8, 4, 2, and 2. Other players try to slow you down by playing cards against you that make you lose mileage cards, or by playing "hazard" cards that you must remove by playing a corresponding "remedy" card. The game can be played in partnerships for 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 later picked up by Parker Brothers in 1924. Winning Moves Games currently (2015) holds the trademark and publishes Touring. If the mechanic sounds familiar, it inspired the game Mille Bornes, which has since become more popular. With improvements in driving technology, the card names and mileage values depicted became obsolete and were replaced with longer distances. Multiple rule sets reflect these changes. A recent edition added some card categories. The types of action cards differ between Touring and Mille Bornes. For example, Mille Bornes adds "protective" cards, e.g. Emergency Vehicle that allows ignoring speed limits.