Games

Monza is a car racing board game that Industrias Reex created in the 1960s and sold under the Perma brand. Up to four players each pick a car and race one lap of a circuit of three lanes made of coloured squares. Each turn the central spinner shows a colour, and the car moves to the next square of that colour in its own lane or the one beside it, as long as it is free. The first to reach the red finish wins.

Today Monza is back as a video game for phones, tablets and the browser. Colour dice replace the spinner, and you can play with friends or against the computer, on the original board’s circuit or on four other tracks.

Perma Train is a railway board game that Industrias Reex sold under the Perma brand. Two to four players each start from a home station in a corner of Europe (Paris, Stockholm, Rome or Berlin) and roll a die to move their locomotive along the track. Each route card lists four cities to visit in order, always including Madrid, and at each corner station a wagon waits to be coupled. Barriers, tunnels, level crossings, fuel stations and breakdowns help or hold you up along the way. The first to bring the complete train home wins.

Today it is back as Reexsa Train, a video game for phones, tablets and the browser. You can play with friends or against the computer, on the original board or on two new ones, Great Britain and Germany, with the board in 3D or seen from above. As the original rules have been lost, the game follows rules rebuilt from the board and its pieces.

Port Perma is a shipping board game that Industrias Reex sold under the Perma brand. Two to four ships set sail from Hamburg, and each captain draws a route card listing the ports to call at, in order, all round the world. Each turn you throw the die and sail that many spaces along the shipping lanes. The next port on your card takes the exact number; other ports you pass, but a port holds one ship, and finding one taken sends you back to the last port you were in. A space of your own colour gives an extra throw, the Panama Canal costs a turn and the Suez Canal needs a 6. The first captain back in Hamburg with every port called at wins.

Today it is back as Reexsa Port, a video game for phones, tablets and the browser. You can play with friends or against the computer, with the world map in 3D or seen from above, and the game shows where each move leads and what each space does.