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Editorial

44 ______ Bornes (classic card game)

ROULEZ by Brett Sonnenschein,
Editor and Publisher
Bornes phrases are popping up in everyday
speech, “Me and some friends who play
Spring 1994
Mojo Nixon said Elvis is everywhere but I Mille Bornes also bowl,” he writes, “and last
No. 5
say it’s Mille Bornes. It seems as if everyone summer named our team ‘Coup Fourré.’ On
is talking about Mille Bornes. On March our score sheets we would write things like
Editorial......................1
Balance ......................2 23rd, the New York Times crossword puzzle ‘Right of Way’ when we got a few strikes in
Card Interview..........3 contained the clue for 44 across, “____ a row, or ‘Out of Gas’ when we messed up.”
Kratochvil...................4 Bornes (classic card game).” You didn’t have Ken and his friends also “say ‘coup’ or ‘you
Ask A.D. Volant.........5 to know that morels are mushrooms (44 got couped’ when we beat them in a game
Touring ......................7 down) or that the Pirates won the 1979 of anything we play or catch them in a lie,
Favorite Cards ..........8 World Series (38 down) to know the etc.” And don’t forget, in popular culture
Deep Space 9 ..........9 answer is “Mille.” That’s recognition. when the youth of America sneezes, the rest
World Cup ..............11 But there’s more to this than the elite of the world catches a cold.
world of the Times. According to reader Ken Speaking of things that make people sick,
Kempf of Mountainside, New Jersey, Mille I’d like to make an appeal to Parker Brothers
to quit using the so-called
Mille Bornes Cards as Kids by Vincent Brushwater “art” on their Mille Bornes
cards and return to the origi-
nal designs. In order to find
one of these beauties, ROULEZ
readers must lurk in antique
stores or even go to France
itself! These cards are real
treasures from the snail on
the 25-mile card to the but-
terfly on the 200-mile card.
Some of my favorites are the
Rude Boy on the Essence and
Panne d’ Essence and the
puffs of air on the Crevé!
What do you say, Parker
Brothers?
I think we have a fine issue
for you. Readers, keep your
eyes on the road and your
Oui, mon fils, you are a little miracle but you are an accident too! hands upon the wheel.
 New Mille Bornes Fiction
Balance Chapter Five:
Rules of the Road
by Brett Sonnenschein,
Editor and Publisher
A poet named Keats defined truth as beauty
and vice versa. He knew that just as a mole can
be a “beauty mark,” a falsehood can create a
larger truth. Fans of Cindy Crawford, Madonna
and Oliver Stone know this too. The point is;
only through fiction can we discover the true
story of Mille Bornes. That’s where Balance
comes in. In the last chapter, Edmond Dujardin,
future inventor of Mille Bornes, could not find a
mystery woman and her son in The Bronx, and
Ho Chi Minh and the Argentine Sanchez twins
tried to collect a debt, with interest, but were
captured by the mob. However, Dujardin, as is
his wont, has pulled off a daring rescue. Will
they escape Brooklyn with the mob’s fortune?
Who is Dujardin’s mystery woman? And what is
the deep, dark, secret between Ho and
Dujardin? Let’s cut to the chase…
Dujardin pumped the gas and the
Studebaker flew from the garage. Esteban
laughed, “So much for those clowns.”
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Editor and Publisher: Brett Sonnenschein
Contributing Editors: Miles Bourne, Daniel Kratochvil, Moira
O’Keeffe, Buck Stevens, A.D. Volant
Art: Vincent Brushwater, Steve Buccellato
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Roulez Spring 1994 Page 2
“Not so fast, Edmond, look out! Nails on
the road.” Ho said.
Dujardin gave a sidelong glance and a hint
of his trademark crooked grin. The car con-
tinued accelerating and went though the
nails unscathed.
“Dios mio, Edmond. How?” Esteban
choked.
“I see you did not forget the puncture-
proof tires. Excellent planning.” Ho Chi
Minh chimed in from the back seat.
“Michelins.” Edmond said. “The finest
tires in the world.”
Oscar slapped Edmond on the shoulder.
“Their hazards could not stop you, my
amigo. You spit in the face of their attempt to
stop you. It reminds me of a counterthrust
in fencing, what is that word you French
have for it?”
Edmond ignored the question, “I know
what you mean. Ernest Hemingway told me
he got the same feeling going over the speed
limit in his ambulance during World War I.”
Ho Chi Minh smiled, “I was reminded of
the feeling of avoiding an accident because
one is a skilled driver.”
“What about running out of gas,” Esteban
said, “and finding a gas station two blocks
away?”
“Sort of,” Edmond said, “but not quite.
Hey, Ho, where’s the Williamsburg Bridge?”
“Turn left at the next light and go straight.
It is right past Peter Lugar’s.”
“Peter Lugar’s!” Esteban and Oscar said in
unison. Oscar continued, “That’s the most
famous steak house in the world. I’ve want-
ed to go there for years to compare it to the
steak in Argentina.”
“I could go for a steak.” Esteban said.
continued on page 12
“ I’d end limits even if it meant being a hazard. ”
No Limit on This Card’s Attitude
by Miles Bourne,
Contributing editor
I like to pretend the Mille Bornes cards are
real people and I can talk to them. Having
never interviewed a remedy I sought out the
End of Limit card. We went for a ride in his
vintage Lamborghini.
Roulez: End, what drives you?
End of Limit: I dunno, Miles. I’m just a free
spirit, I guess. My motto is, “Rules were
meant to be broken.” Know what I’m saying?
R: I guess. It sounds like being End of Limit
is more important to you than being a
Remedy.
E: Yeah, I’d end limits even if it meant being
a hazard. I can’t stand restrictions of any
kind. I’m a sort of “Born Free” kind of guy.
R: How does your attitude reflect your rela-
tionship with the other cards?
E: They got their jobs and I got mine. Speed
Limit and I are a bit outside the game,
know what I’m saying? A player…
R: Excuse me, End, would you mind slow-
ing down a bit?
E: I can handle this car. Like I was saying, a
player can be hit with a Speed Limit at any
time, even when they’re not moving. This
creates a little game outside the game
which, if I may say, is a big part of making
Mille Bornes so exciting, don’t you agree?
R: End, I wish you’d slow down a little. Are
we really going that fast?
E: Smooth ride, eh? Just re-friggin-lax, Miles.
Don’t forget, I can’t be stopped by the cops,
by definition! Anyway, I have the toughest job
of any of the remedies. The others have a 2-
to-1 or 3-to-1 ratio of remedies to hazards. I
only have a 3-to-2 or 2-to-1 ratio. I bust my
ass trying to shut down that Speed Limit and
I think I’m entitled to let of a little steam
now and then. OK?
R: I’m sorry.
E: And who gets all the glory? Right-O-
Freakin’-Way. Nobody talks about the End
of Limit. It’s always “Right of Way this” and
“Right of Way that.” Or my favorite, “I
would have won, but I couldn’t get a stink-
ing End of Limit.” Like I don’t really count.
Like people have a right to an End of Limit
card. That burns me up.
R: You sound sort of bitter.
E: (sighs) No, you just caught me on a bad
day. I just feel caught in a rut. I don’t know
if I really make a difference in the world.
R: But you’re a Mille Bornes card! Do you
know how many people wish they were you?
E: (smiles) Thanks, man, it’s fans like you
you that keep me going. Hey, if I hurry we
can catch sunset at the spot where James
Dean died.
Roulez Spring 1994 Page 3
 Grist For the Symbolism Mill
On The Symbolism Of Mille Bornes
by Daniel Kratochvil, M.A.,
Contributing Editor
Having dispatched with what has been
deemed by my esteemed editor the neces-
sary preliminaries for the proper study of the
topic at hand,1 the symbolism of the physical
art of Mille Bornes shall now be addressed.
Part I: Consumption of the Fine Arts
The consumption or demand, side of the
fine arts is analyzed at length by Pierre
Bourdieu in Distinction, a work which
begins with the statement that there is a
“specific logic” to the “economy of cultural
goods.” He states that, in order to adequate-
ly study culture, one must:
Establish the conditions in which the con-
sumers of cultural goods, and their taste for
them, are produced, and at the same time to
describe the different ways of appropriating
such of these objects as are regarded at a partic-
ular moment as art, and the social conditions
of the constitution of the mode of appropria-
tion that is considered legitimate (p. 1).
These can be rephrased into the general
requirements that one must account not
only for the acquirement of tastes at the
macrolevel of the group — i.e.,the hierar-
chical arrangements of both social status
and the fine arts — but also at the level of
the individual. In order to accomplish the
first of these, one must consider the means
of appropriating an item or phenomenon
by a particular class. This is best illustrated
by the process by which the highest classes
claim or create for themselves phenomena
as a means of distinguishing themselves
from the classes below them. A historical
example of this process is offered by Paul
DiMaggio in his essay, “Cultural
Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth Century
Boston: The Creation of an Organizational
1. A selection that was intended for inclusion in the last
issue, an analysis of the first two volumes of The Works
of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke was canceled.
Roulez Winter 1994 Page 4
Base for High Culture in America” (in
Rethinking Popular Culture Chandra Mukerji
and Michael Schudson, eds.) The central
argument of his essay is as follows:
The distinction between high and popular cul-
ture, in its American version, emerged in the
period between 1850 and 1900 out of the efforts
of urban elites to build organizational forms that,
first, isolated high culture and, second, differen-
tiated it from popular culture (p. 374).
What is of greater importance than merely
the means of appropriation is the target of
the appropriations. Michael Baxandall, in
Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century
Italy , provides an example of this in his
account of the movement away from an
emphasis upon the materials used in paint-
ings (e.g., certain colors such as gold and
aquamarine) towards an emphasis upon the
skill used (e.g., a large amount of time spent
on a particular work - preferably by the
master himself and not by his apprentices).
He writes:
The general shift away from gilt splendour
must have had very complex and discrete
sources indeed - a frightening social mobility
with its problem of dissociating oneself from
the flashy new rich...the inhibition [of this
type of splendour] is not part of a comprehen-
sive shift away from popular opulence was
selective (p. 15).
Bourdieu, in the work cited, notes that the
targets are those things that the other classes
have not (and preferably cannot) claim for
themselves. He states that
Whereas the working classes, reduced to
“essential” goods and virtues, demand clean-
ness and practicality, the middle classes, rela-
tively freer from necessity, look for a warm,
‘cosy’, comfortable or neat interior, or a fash-
ionable and original garment. These are values
which the privileged classes relegate to second
rank because they have long been theirs
and…which no longer have to be claimed or
which, because they have become common-
place and lost their distinctive value, no longer
can be claimed (p. 247).
More Symbolism Next Issue!
More From The Mille Bornes Answer Man

Elvis! The Sucker

Was A Driving Ace!
by A.D. Volant, At any rate, we were soon in Las Vegas,
Contributing Editor and at the hotel. It was an eerie sight. An
I know what you’re thinking. The Mille entire casino deserted except for three lone
Bornes World Cup is covered on Page 11, figures around a blackjack table. McQueen
now on to the questions. and Elvis were talking about sports cars

Q Does A.D. know Elvis?

Sandra M. Taylor, Madison, WI
while Newman sat in silence. Clearly, he was
uneasy. You see, around that time there was
a lot of talk around Hollywood, none by
A Ah, Elvis Aron Presley, a king, not just of
Rock and Roll but of Mille Bornes. My
favorite Elvis story is the one about his game
Paul Newman himself you understand, he
was and is a gentleman, that he had taken
over from Steve McQueen as the world’s best
with Paul Newman and Steve McQueen
Mille Bornes player. It put a lot of pressure on
(Ed.’s note: for more on Steve McQueen see
Paul but luckily he has been able to channel
issue 4, “Steve McQueen, The Best There
that into his acting. You have seen The Sting
Ever Was” by Buck Stevens).
and The Verdict, no?
It was 1970 and after years of talking
It had been agreed the winner would be
about it, these three were finally getting
the first to win twenty games. Elvis won the
together. Newman insisted I be the dealer
first four. McQueen and Newman were
and Elvis and McQueen agreed. They flew
unnerved. The steady almost cocky
me in from the Mille Bornes World Cup in
McQueen was unsure of his strategy and the
Brussels. I got on a brand new 747 at dawn.
artful and precise Newman was clearly flus-
I was the only passenger. To preserve the
tered. Slowly, the two actors climbed back
secrecy of the game I was not told my desti-
but it seemed no matter what strategy
nation. Elvis had told me he wanted to play
McQueen and Newman tried, they could
in Hawaii, Newman wanted New York and
not stop Presley or figure him out. As the
McQueen wanted California. To my surprise
night wore on his lead grew. Eventually the
the plane landed in Hong Kong. Sacre bleu!
score stood at Presley: 16, McQueen: 10 and
Bruce Lee walked onto the plane. But I
Newman: 7. Then everything changed.
should not have been surprised, Lee loved
McQueen had been cooling his heels for
Mille Bornes and used to play often with
over half the deck after being crevéd twice
McQueen and James Coburn. Lee informed
by Newman, and Presley couldn’t end his
me a site had been chosen, the old MGM
speed limit. Newman looked like a lock to
Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. The three players
win the hand and the game. Then Elvis dis-
had paid to have the entire casino shut down
carded a spare tire. I saw McQueen’s eye-
so they could play in peace. Even I was
brows shoot up the tiniest fraction. I
impressed.
wouldn’t noticed it if hadn’t of been looking
Later, the plane picked up the other two
in his direction. What was McQueen up to?
guests, Bill Bixby, a close friend of Elvis and
After Newman took the game it was
Joanne Woodward, the Academy Award
McQueen who was playing like a new man.
winning actress and wife of Paul Newman. continued on the next page

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 A.D. Volant continues…
When the dust cleared it was Presley: 19,
McQueen: 18 and Newman: 12. With his
back to the wall McQueen won the next
hand. The tension was almost palatable.
Presley coughing sounded like thunder, my
shuffling was like an elephant stampede. I
prepared to deal but McQueen grabbed my
arm. “Wait,” he said. I’m sure he used his
normal tone of voice but it sounded like a
shout. Even Bruce Lee jumped.
“Let’s make it winner take all on this one
hand, let Paul back into it. And we’ll double
the stakes.” Everyone agreed. These were not
boys but men.
The game was close and on the final hand
whoever got to 700 first would be the win-
ner. Presley had 425 miles and played a 200.
A smart move considering he had a 75 in
his hand. Next came McQueen. He looked at
his cards. He had played 575 miles. He had a
25, a 100, a 200 and two remedies. He also
had the Right of Way. Newman had 500. A
200 could win the game. But McQueen real-
ized they had all been played so he held
onto his Right of Way. McQueen played the
25. Newman hit McQueen with a Speed
Limit.
Coup Fourré.
McQueen put down his hundred. He was
the champ. As the three got up to congratu-
late each other Newman asked McQueen
how he figured out Elvis’ crazy strategy.
McQueen stuck his finger at Presley.
“This guy doesn’t count cards. He’s got no
idea how many hazards are left to be played.
I figured it out when he threw out a spare
five minutes after all the flats were played.”
I think Paul Newman’s jaw hit the casino
floor.
Elvis flashed his trademark crooked sneer.
“I just play by instinct.”
At that moment I wondered who would
be the best Mille Bornes player in the world
if the players did not know how many haz-
ards were in the deck. A game of pure
Roulez Spring 1994 Page 6
instinct. Could Presley have beaten
McQueen? Both are dead so we will never
know but following is a rules variant simu-
lating these conditions.
Elvis Presley Mille Bornes is played with
at least four decks. They are mixed together.
Before dealing, the player to the dealer’s
right sticks a joker in the deck and all cards
below the joker are out of play for that hand.
At least 100 cards must be in play. The game
is played as usual. More than one player may
Coup Fourré with the same safety. The four
safety bonus only applies to playing four dif-
ferent safeties.
And finally, we have a rules variant from
Mille Bornes fan, Sophia Deveraux.
“I often play Mille Bornes at the espresso
bar of the local art theater. During a long
run of Wages of Fear, we developed an inter-
esting rules variant that I would like to share
with you.
“The dealer of any particular hand can
declare the hand a “Hand of Fear.” One
joker is designated the Nitroglycerine Card.
This card may not be discarded or played at
any time before the end of the hand. If you
get it, you:

explode (out of the game) if hit with
an Accident card.

may not play a 200 mile card.

get 1,000 extra points if you make it
to the end of the hand.
“Note that the 1,000 points is for anyone
who makes it to the end of the hand with the
Nitro card, and in no way affects the point
total for the winner of the hand. We don’t
usually play the whole game with the nitro
card. Generally “Hand of Fear” is played in
the second hand of a three person game or
the third hand of a two person game. But we
stand by our motto, ‘Dealer’s Choice’ in this
and all other games. Do you know of any
other rules variants based on French film?”
I do not, Sophia, but perhaps one of our
readers out there know of some (Mileage
451 or The Four Hundred Points?).
“This Roulez, it is fun, and I am indeed having fun typing.”
Touring: The Controversy
Still Continues Again
by Brett Sonnenschein,
Editor and Publisher
Last issue, ROULEZ published an article on
Touring, a card game eerily similar to Mille
Bornes, that dates from 1906. My article was
based on what may be described as the
“Lucy Skeleton” of Mille Bornes research, a
trade advertisement showing many similar
cards. The reaction has been swift and furi-
ous. No less a figure than Arthur Sarfati, the
head of Dujardin International, was moved
to write ROULEZ. His letter follows.
Dear Brett:
But here is a piece of thought for you
and your readers, because I remember
reading something about Touring in your
last issue.
No doubt Touring was edited previous to
Mille Bornes/1000 Bornes, and so, was the
1000 B a copy of Touring? Honestly, I don’t
know and I wasn’t there to know. I do know
however (because I have written documents
relating it) that Mr. Edmond Dujardin and
Mr. Parker (Edward, if I recall well, he was
president of the Parker Brothers toy compa-
ny, to my knowledge) did meet and discuss!
The result was a 25 years duly signed agree-
ment whichby Parker paid a royalty to
Dujardin on their sales in US (and other
countries I believe) on the 1000 B sales, and
Dujardin paid a small royalty to Parker on
their French sales. My present company paid
the last two or three years of these 25. I
believe Parker still pays the Dujardin family.
I assume that if Mille Bornes = Touring,
these two gentlemen were fools wheas (sic)
I have learned that they were shrewd busi-
nessmen who linked themselves for at least
25 years! Therefore, there was something in
1000 Bornes that was not in Touring.
Let us suppose that Edmond Dujardin did
know about Touring — and it is only a sup-
position — is looks that he made some-
thing different out of it. Do you know of
many innovations that do not look like a
previous existing product?
This ROULEZ, it is fun, and I am indeed
having fun typing.
Very best regards,
(signed) Arthur Sarfati
ROULEZ always enjoys getting mail from M.
Sarfati and we particularly enjoy knowing
that he is not blurred by prejudice and, like
the ROULEZ staff, only seeks the truth and a
good game of Mille Bornes. Sadly, that’s not
the case with everyone. I’ve received a lot of
negative mail from my expose of the con-
nections between Mille Bornes and its pre-
cursor, Touring. What follows is typical.
Dear Son:
I cannot express my shame and disap-
pointment upon learning the truth behind
your beloved ROULEZ. I must wonder what
other lies you have told me through the
years. Did you really use the tuition money
for school? Was it really your younger
brother who broke the TV set? Doubts, so
many doubts. Thank God your grandfather
has not lived to see how that sweet baby
turned out.
Also, your worship of that master of fraud
and deceit, M. Dujardin, has sickened all of
us in the family. You have often called me a
chauvinist but what good has come to
humanity from the French?
As a father I guess I will always love you,
but don’t call because I’ll be tied up for the
next six or seven years.
Sadly,
(signed) Dad
Roulez Spring 1994 Page 7
 The Excitement Continues…

What’s Your Favorite Card ?

by Brett Sonnenschein & the French score and guide cards in ’62
A.D. Volant seems oddly petty: “The cards in French are
In this month’s column we notice a trend included only because this game originated
towards the bigger, more powerful cards. in France.”
The Right of Way and 200 mile card have My favorite card comes from the original
moved to the front of pack. Why? We’ll let 1962 American edition — the Essence card.
the participants speak for themselves. It shows a refrigerator sized blue and white
Annemarie Succop, Seattle WA: I would say gas pump, a lime colored-sedan sporting
Right of Way for two reasons, a) it’s cool to lime-colored ta-da marks denoting total
be a firetruck and b) you get to dodge Stop automotive refreshment and a mysterious
and Speed Limit, two of the most annoying black hatted red dot driver, this card is the
cards there are. It seems like Right of Way quintessence of essence.(Ed.’s note: these
wouldn’t help much but then in actual play cards can still be found on the current
it’s so amazing. French deck.)
Moira O’Keeffe, Jersey City NJ: It’s the mid- David Wohl, San Diego CA: The 200-mile
point of a tight hand, early in the game. You card. I like speed.
play a low card—say, a 25 or 50 mile card— The Standings So Far
to bring your mileage up to 500. Everyone Card Votes
is neck and neck, so no one pays you much 200-mile 3
mind. Then, on your next turn, you slap Right of Way 2
down that 200 mile card you’ve been hold- Crevé! 1
ing, and snatch victory from your stunned End of Limit 1
opponents. No extension—your unexpected Essence 1
play gives you a psychological edge for the Increvable 1
next hand. I love that feeling. And it’s the Speed Limit 1
powerhouse 200 mile card that makes it 25-mile 1
possible. What’s your favorite Mille Bornes card?
Sandra M. Taylor, Madison WI: My We’d like to know, and your answer will be
favorite card is the Right of Way card, the published in ROULEZ! If you love seeing your
most powerful card in the deck. “Power has name in print as much as A.D. and Brett do,
always been my god,” Larry Taylor, editor of it’ll make your day.
World Domination Review.
Vic Perry, Albuquerque, NM: Looking over
the beautiful 1962 edition of the game that
I recently bought for my wife (who intro-
duced me to the game several years back) I
noticed a couple of things. There are two
scorecards in English and one in French,
and the identical ratio applies to the guide
cards. I guess things have been evened up
since then (possibly to avoid further inter-
national incidents). Parker Brothers’ note on

Roulez Spring 1994 Page 8

The exciting conclusion of our Mille Bornes/Deep Space Nine crossover…
Delayed Actions
by Moira O’Keeffe,
Contributing Editor
Commander Benjamin Sisko fingered the
cards in his hand and peered over them at
Lybor, his imposing rival from the Gamma
quadrant. He hesitated a moment too long
and Judge Renora, who’d come from Bajor to
serve as dealer, banged on the table loudly.
“Discard,” she said.
Lybor had come through the wormhole and
demanded a game of Mille Bornes with Sisko,
and then suggested a “small” wager on the
game: control of DS9! When Lybor’s insis-
tence escalated to physical threats, Odo locked
him up and all thought the matter was over.
But they were wrong. Five orange warships
shaped like Pez candy appeared from the
wormhole and an attack team boarded the sta-
tion. Dominion warriors freed Lybor and then
demonstrated their psycho-pyronic technique
on the Klingon restaurant in the Promenade.
No one was killed but almost nothing
remained of that fine establishment. The
Dominion threatened to give the same treat-
ment to the rest of the station if Sisko did not
agree to play Mille Bornes.
The commander was stunned when the
Bajoran government demanded that Sisko
actually play the game. Vedic Bareil’s serene
face filled the monitor in Ops.
“We can’t afford to loose the station now,
Commander. We must assert to those on the
other side of the wormhole that we are confi-
dent. This card game seems to be how they
measure our strength.” Vedic Bareil seemed to
be almost amused as he spoke, a reaction that
Sisko found very inappropriate indeed.
“Have you considered, Vedic, that I may lose
the game? And with it, Federation control of
the station? And win or lose, the Federation
will not allow this insanity!”
The Vedic smiled knowingly. “I have had a
vision with an Orb. You will not lose. And I
know something else, too. You want to play,
more than anything you’ve wanted since
coming to DS9. You will compete, no matter
what your regulations say.”
Sisko felt heat creep across his face as all eyes
turned towards him. Bareil’s words were true.
Sisko looked around at his senior staff. Dax,
who’d joined a Klingon vigilante murder;
Kira, who’d almost abandoned her uniform
more times than they could count; O’Brien,
who’d helped the Tosk escape; Odo, who’d
released members of the Cardassian under-
ground and never hid the fact that he operated
by his own ethics; and even Bashir, who spent
far too much time with a known Cardassian
spy. It seemed that out here, in the deep reach-
es of space, rules and regulations were not
binding. Sisko felt torn between his own
desires and the uniform he’d sworn to uphold.
The Vedic saw his hesitation. “We want you
to play. Your victory is the only way to protect
Bajor from future attacks from the Dominion.
The prophets guide us now. You must meet
Lybor’s challenge. The Bajoran government
has decided to not assist in any evacuation of
the station. Play Mille Bornes, Commander.”
The Vedic signed off.
And now, Sisko felt rage at the Dominion
representatives and the Bajorans for getting
him into this game. But mostly he was angry
with himself. Everyone knew that Lybor could
win the game with the next hand, and Quark’s
place was eerily quiet as the players and spec-
tators watched Renora shuffle. The only sound
was that of Quark’s voice, whispering fervent-
ly with the Dominion elite. No doubt trying
to ensure the fate of his bar, should Sisko lose.
Or perhaps Quark had plans of his own.
But, oh! What a game! Sisko drummed his
fingers on the tabletop anxiously. If he could
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just score a couple of coup foureés and hold
off Lybor for this one hand, he’d be back in
the race. He’d play as many hazards as he
could right away and go for the shut-out.
Renora started to deal, and Jake squeezed his
father’s arm.
“You can take him, Dad.”
Odo pushed his way through the crowd
before the deal. He asked to speak with Sisko
privately, and the two of them left the bar and
went to Odo’s office, stepping over the rubble
and squirming gagh on the way.
“I’ve contacted the Federation,” said Odo.
Sisko remained silent and Odo continued, “I
didn’t think your game was going terribly
well, and so I called the Federation. We can’t
let the Dominion have this station!”
Sisko flinched at Odo’s lack of confidence in
his Mille Bornes abilities. “I have no intention
of losing,” he said in his sternest voice.
“Nevertheless,” continued Odo, “you are
losing at the moment. The Federation is send-
ing the Enterprise to intervene. Captain Picard
says you are to hold off your loss as long as
possible, until they arrive.”
“Picard.” Sisko felt bile rising in his throat.
He’d tried to overcome his hatred of Jean-Luc
Picard, for he knew rationally that Picard was
not responsible for his wife Jennifer’s death,
but at the mention of the name, Sisko’s burn-
ing hate lit like a supernova.
Odo regarded his commander coolly. “You
know the man.” Sisko nodded in reply, not
trusting himself to speak. “He seemed sur-
prised that you had gotten involved in this sit-
uation with the Dominion. He said that you
did not seem to be a gambling man.”
“I wasn’t, until I came here,” said Sisko. He
started back towards Quark’s.
As he walked back to the table, stepping
over Klingon rubble, Sisko made a decision.
He would not let Picard, his hated enemy, see
him in this state of weakness. He made a vow
that before the Enterprise reached DS9, Lybor
would be defeated and the Promenade would
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be cleaned up.
Sisko’s new resolve was like magic. On the
next hand, he was dealt the Right of Way card
and got to coup foureé immediately when
Lybor, in what is perhaps the pettiest move in
all of Mille Bornes, hit him with a Speed Limit
before either of them had played any miles.
Sisko’s playing was fast and cruel - he shut
Lybor out that hand and put himself back in
the game. As Renora began to shuffle, Lybor
nervously wiped the bluish sweat from his
brow. The other members of the Dominion
began ordering the free drinks that Quark had
promised them when it seemed that the
Dominion would be the new owners of DS9.
Rom began to blubber. Jake and the gang were
all beaming.
Sisko was expressionless. This would be the
last hand no matter what. Renora passed him
the deck. He cut high, for luck.
Sisko’s victory was swift and complete. He
decimated Lybor and became the Mille Bornes
champ. In retribution, the Dominion crew
cleaned up the Promenade while Sisko and
Lybor held the first formal meeting between
the Federation and the Dominion. By the time
Picard’s shuttle docked, there was an enthusi-
astic party at Quark’s. Odo met the Picard at
the docking bay, and took him to the
Commander’s table.
Sisko stood and said simply, “Captain, wel-
come to DS9.”
Picard nodded a greeting. “Commander. I
see the crisis that your security chief warned
us about has past.”
Sisko felt strange. He kept expecting his
anger and hatred for Picard to rise to the sur-
face, but as he looked at the Captain he felt
none of these things. Perhaps, he thought to
himself, a time comes to make peace. “I’m
sorry you made the journey for nothing,
Captain Picard,” said Sisko. “I’d like to make it
worth your while, though. Please join my
table, and I’ll show you a charming card game
that I’ve just encountered.”
Mille Bornes World Cup Results
A Rocky Road for France, U.S. and
Brits, But The Trip Isn’t Over Yet
The opening round of the 9th Mille
Bornes World Cup produced its share of
surprises. Here’s a recap.
Vehicule Prioritaire Division: Who is
Ulla Remmerswaal? This mystery woman
led Holland to a 3-0 record and a shock-
ing defeat of France. The French made it
into the quarterfinals by virtue of a final
game defeat of Spain that had had ROULEZ
editor A.D. Volant moved to tears.
(Holland 3-0, France 1-2, Tunisia 1-2,
Spain 1-2)
Increvable Division: The Americans,
playing on their home tables, survived an
upset by Luxembourg to win the divi-
sion. The hi-octane American offense
devastated the Swiss 6,700-1,500 with
two shutouts to make the quarterfinals
(USA 2-1, Switzerland 2-1, Luxembourg
2-1, Mauritius 0-3)
Citerne D’Essence Division: The
Canadians romped over this weak field
only being really threatened by Algeria.
One highlight was a hand in which the
Germans scored 1,825 points but still lost
to Canada. (Canada 3-0, Algeria 1-2,
Germany 1-2, Austria 1-2)
As Du Volant Division: England looked
unstoppable until Belgium’s 5,000 to 100
victory in two hands. Is England’s spirit
broken? We’ll find out in the quarterfi-
nals. Don’t forget, the Belgians always
save their best for last. (Belgium 2-1,
England 2-1, French Guiana 1-2,
Madagascar 1-2)
Quarterfinal Schedule (best 2 out of 3):
Bullitt Bracket: Canada vs. Algeria,
Belgium vs. Switzerland.
Papillon Bracket: Holland vs. France,
USA vs. England.

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“I haven’t had a Peter Lugar’s steak in forty years.”
Ho said. “I’ll never forget it.”
“There’s no time.” Edmond said. “The whole New
York mob is out to get us. We have to get to the ship.”
Esteban leaned forward. “Remember, Edmond
when I indulged your dream? Your dream of recreat-
ing the thrill of the road? Well, this is my dream.
When I was young I wanted to be a great rancher on
the Pampas, then I just wanted to own a few cows
and now, Edmond, now I just want a steak. What do
you say, Edmond? Just one steak, maybe some pota-
toes. Please, indulge my dream.”
Edmond rolled his eyes. “I guess it can’t hurt. I
mean, who would look for us there?” They went to
the restaurant.
“Man, oh Manischevitz,” Ho said. “Look at these
prices. Edmond, could you spot me? Remember, I
have no property.”
“By the way, Edmond,” Oscar said. “all I have is
Argentine currency.”
“I can’t believe I’m running from the mob with a
bunch of deadbeats.” Edmond said.
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Unable to find a satisfactory French wine Edmond
drank beers with Ho and the twins. He only picked at
the tomato and onions and creamed spinach, nor did
he pay much attention to the stories about life on the
Pampas or Ho’s work with the O.S.S. during World
War II.
At a lull in the conversation Esteban said “Edmond,
is there a deep, dark secret between you and Ho or
what?”
“Yeah,” said Oscar “And what about that woman
and her kid in The Bronx?”
Before anyone could utter a response, the steaks
came and Edmond gladly noted the looks of delight
on the faces of his companions. Deep down, he had
wanted to come here as well.
“What a big steak.” Oscar said.
But just as the waiter began to place the upside-
down saucers on the table to hold the steak platters, a
man stepped between the expectant diners and their
steaks. He had a gun.
“My name is Joey Gallo,” He said. “And if any of
you clowns makes a move you’ll find out why they
call me Crazy Joe.”
Next Chapter: Eden is Just a Four-Letter Word.