Vive la difference! de Remy Martin (1992)

Remy Martin produce Cognac and this promotional game, published with Ravensburger, is for the connoisseur and bon vivant amongst you (them that knows a bit and likes a good dinner). The game is a roll & move tour around Europe, trying to land on the given city and answer a quiz question. Players collect gourmet cards and coins, worth victory points. Answering questions correctly allows players to make jumps around Europe. The production is superb, all in the style of Remy Martin's luxurious corporate packaging of black with red & gold highlights. The map of Europe is black with gold lines, the cards are black with photos of delicious meals, the dice are black & gold. Even the box inlay is black velvet. The player's tokens are casks, the city marker is a tiny cognac bottle in a clear plastic case. And the 20 golden coins, held in a small leather pouch, are proper weighty metal coins, stamped with grapes and the company's logo and date 1724. The rule book (a full color magazine) has rules in French, English, German, Dutch, Italian & Spanish. The rest of the booklet is a lavish product promotion, showing how the cognac is made and the product range. All in all, a nice bit of promo for both Remy Martin & harmony in Europe.