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Translating as "By the Width of a Tire," this game covers a Tour de France-type of bicycle race. Each player takes control of a four-member racing team, and the goal is to score as many points as possible for the whole team. Movement is primarily handled by dice, however a limited card set partially replaces die results. Once you add unique rules which allow riders to draft one another and multiple kinds of road surfaces, this game has much to offer race fans.
Homas Tour is the original edition of the cycle racing game later known as Um Reifenbreite. Many copies of the original game were destroyed in a warehouse fire in 1979. The combination of its sudden rarity and recognition as a good game meant that Homas Tour was (and is) very desirable, particularly to collectors. Everyone else can save their money and enjoy Um Reifenbreite!
- Entertaining racing experience
- Inexpensive and approachable in its era
- Old-mechanic feel; could benefit from a modern remake
- racing with drafting mechanics
- bike racing circuit
- light, arcade-style competition
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Movement — two dice determine movement of four bikes
- drafting — bikes behind can draft with you to boost speed
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- Not a single one of these games ends up on my list today.
- 21 years ago when I made this list, I was 28; now I'm 49 and tastes change.
- This game here, this I've not played that much anymore, but I still like it.
- I would love to see a more modern remade version of this one a lot.
- I really like the theme of this game.
- This is a worker placement game where you place workers face down so people know where you're placing your workers but they don't know the value of them.
- Look at that PLA. You have to realize when this game came out, there was almost no plastic in games.