Here is a record that includes a game which, cycling or not, happens to be one of my areas of expertise. While there are different ways to use a record in a game, the one we find here is unusual: The instructions of the game are recorded on the vinyl, but you have to play in real time, listening to the record: the players throw the die and pass it to the next player frantically while the record plays. Every once in a while the music stops and some instructions are given to the players, like "There is a crash. Although nobody is hurt, some riders are delayed. Everybody on a green square goes back three squares" or "A small bunch tries to escape. All the riders who are beyond square 8 advance two squares." You get the feeling.

 

Side A of the record is a flat stage and side B is a mountain stage. There are even advanced rules: you can play a team competition, or a full Tour de France playing the record many times. I wonder what happens when everybody knows the record by heart and can anticipate exactly when each message will be heard. I guess the players will adjust the speed of the game to pass the die at the most convenient moment... provoking accusations of cheating, big trouble, and maybe a broken record player!

 

Most copies of the game have lost the cardboard riders. If this is the case with yours, I have included a ready-to-print high-resolution scan of mine HERE (also available from the "make your own cycling game" section of the site). Notice the multicoloured die. Fortunately, it can be replaced by a normal die if it is lost or damaged.