InterState: The Game

Interstate is a card game based on Mille Bornes. The game plays as a one-player game, but it is essentially a two-player game where the second player must be computer-controlled. Each player has a hand of seven cards. They take it in turns to either play a card or discard a card, and then draw another card to replace it, until there are no more cards left. The goal of the game is to drive 1000 miles before your opponent. There are cards that have distances you can play (50 miles, 25 miles, 100 miles, etc.) that must, in total, add up to 1000, exactly. However, before you can drive any distance, you first need to play a "Go" card to get out on the road. Your opponent can play a "Stop" card, which means you need to play another "Go" card before you can progress any further. There are also a set of hazard cards, which not only take your opponent off the road but give them something they have to specifically fix: for example, if the "Nail in Tire" card is played on you, you need to play the "Spare Tire" card before you can progress. There are also safety cards that make you immune to a certain kind of hazard. For example, playing the "Steel Tire" card means your opponent can't play a "Nail in Tire" card. There is only one of each kind of safety card in the deck. You can play a safety card at any time, but if you play it while you are afflicted by the corresponding hazard card, you get a special point bonus. Finally, there are wild cards, which can be played as if they were any other kind of card.

The game is controlled with the mouse. You must first click the "Play" or "Discard" button, and then select one of your cards. There are sound effects (and sometimes other effects, like shaking the screen) when a card is played.