Know any good travel games

[wotme]

What games can you recommend to while away the miles, any age group, any number of players, so long as its legal, and not "I spy"

 

[canopus]

I SPY

 

[ludo]

Dustman's knock.

Similar to Postman's knock but a lot dirtier!

 

[danielf]

The number plate game.

Take the letters of the number plates of vehicles around you and make a sentence out of them using words begining with each letter of the number plate . You are allowed if and buts etc .

Rude sentences get extra points ....

Daniel

 

[MisterB]

Pub cricket. 1 run for each limb ie gardeners arms = 2 runs. If pub name has no limbs then end of innings, next person is in. Limbs relate to animals NOT plants, trees etc. Not much use on a motorway though or mainland europe !

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[Sus3v]

Inspired by a film or tv show, once and once only, my children played “we’ve been kidnapped”. You tie a hankie around your mouth and hold up a sign with HELP clearly written on it, as you are overtaken by vehicles in lane 3 of the M4.
All children in the car must look stricken and people in several passing vehicles will look aghast...
Until driver ( I think this only works when a second adult is not present) notices what they are up to, tstops at the nearest safe place and does a lot of shouting about safety and dangers-to-us-and-other-road-users. There was also an amount of arm waving if I remember. The youngest is now 38 so it will have been a while back.
Anyway, remainder of journey will be quiet with muffled whispering and the odd whimper.
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Alternatively, sing songs ? points awarded for knowing words to next line ... or ‘name that tune’ by using either a line from the song or a limited selection of notes... unLess your group is/are tone deaf - in which case it may be less successful.

 

[bigtwin]

Number plate bingo (for want of a better term!).

Spotting number plate numbers, starting at 1 and counting upwards.

Ian

 

[wotme]

Just thought of one, how about completing a caption or a saying, a line of a song, or a soap title such as, I could have danced all ----- maybe its because I'm a ---------- whats it all about ------Make or ------

 

[BusyBuilder]

We have Backgammon and Scrabble and an argument to finish

 

[Chris51]

Cards /dominoes/scrabble.

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[pagey]

i got one straddle the pothole

 

[TerryL]

Where's the satnav taking us NOW?
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But seriously, if you're in a reasonable amount of traffic how about car snooker? No, it's not about knocking other cars into potholes (though that could be fun.............!) but following the order of potting the balls spotting cars of the various colours. Might need to adapt the "rules" a bit to suit the situation e.g. time limit etc.

 

[ryan_flea]

Put the word 'anal' before every motor home you see... its quite a comical game, even if a bit childish..??

 

[suavecarve]

Inspired by a film or tv show, once and once only, my children played “we’ve been kidnapped”. You tie a hankie around your mouth and hold up a sign with HELP clearly written on it, as you are overtaken by vehicles in lane 3 of the M4.
All children in the car must look stricken and people in several passing vehicles will look aghast...
Until driver ( I think this only works when a second adult is not present) notices what they are up to, tstops at the nearest safe place and does a lot of shouting about safety and dangers-to-us-and-other-road-users. There was also an amount of arm waving if I remember. The youngest is now 38 so it will have been a while back.
Anyway, remainder of journey will be quiet with muffled whispering and the odd whimper.
?
Alternatively, sing songs ? points awarded for knowing words to next line ... or ‘name that tune’ by using either a line from the song or a limited selection of notes... unLess your group is/are tone deaf - in which case it may be less successful.

Wetting myself laughing. Truly brilliant

 

[Sus3v]

Wetting myself laughing. Truly brilliant

It was definitely more alarming at the time, more so than the telling of the tale - little gits... i was on th M4 between Maidenhead and Slough so a busy bit of motorway! I got suspicious when a couple of cars overtook slowly waving at me in an odd meaningful way and looking a bit fiercely at me. It all happened in seat row three so not directly behind me lol... I used to drive a Peugeot 505 family estate

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[Just smiffy]

Dogging.....?

 

[Sus3v]

Dogging.....?

We used to have a black VW Caddy maxi with darkened windows which son number 2 referred to as the dogging van. Granddaughter was hugely puzzled, as we did not have a dog. ?

 

[Wellington]

Inspired by a film or tv show, once and once only, my children played “we’ve been kidnapped”. You tie a hankie around your mouth and hold up a sign with HELP clearly written on it, as you are overtaken by vehicles in lane 3 of the M4.
All children in the car must look stricken and people in several passing vehicles will look aghast...
Until driver ( I think this only works when a second adult is not present) notices what they are up to, tstops at the nearest safe place and does a lot of shouting about safety and dangers-to-us-and-other-road-users. There was also an amount of arm waving if I remember. The youngest is now 38 so it will have been a while back.
Anyway, remainder of journey will be quiet with muffled whispering and the odd whimper.
?
Alternatively, sing songs ? points awarded for knowing words to next line ... or ‘name that tune’ by using either a line from the song or a limited selection of notes... unLess your group is/are tone deaf - in which case it may be less successful.

Oh thank goodness, they are other children out there like mine (she hasn’t thought of this yet, but I would absolutely believe it of her. The worst of it is, she’s angelic at school and with other adults, so few people believe how much of handful she can be at home!)

 

[mitzimad]

Pub cricket. 1 run for each limb ie gardeners arms = 2 runs. If pub name has no limbs then end of innings, next person is in. Limbs relate to animals NOT plants, trees etc. Not much use on a motorway though or mainland europe !

i was going to suggest this but so few pubs now no legs on a slug and lettuce either

 

[Sus3v]

Oh thank goodness, they are other children out there like mine (she hasn’t thought of this yet, but I would absolutely believe it of her. The worst of it is, she’s angelic at school and with other adults, so few people believe how much of handful she can be at home!)

Mwa ha haha haha. You will have tales to tell. But seriously. (Well almost) they are so much fun - it was funny - in a hair-raising sort of a way - but I could not admit that until later - years later. Teehee

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[ShaKen]

A good few years ago I bought a set of fake “BillyBob” teeth and I used to love wearing them in the car.

It was priceless stopping at junctions and then “smiling” at the other drivers in the queue.

Their shocked faces and reactions were priceless.

Unfortunately, my real teeth are starting to look like joke ones ?

 

[Mark and Mindy]

We have a particular favourite game, but its not one that can be played on every occasion that you're out and about and needs a certain set of circumstances for it to happen.

I'd love to give it a title but couldn't think of anything to do it justice!

Just imagine you're driving along with your passenger(s) or maybe somebody else is driving and you're the passenger. What you're looking for is somebody doing something - nothing illegal, but something out of the ordinary, not something that they'd be doing on a regular basis, perhaps they're being nosey in an identifiable way.

The first time I was introduced to the game was with Mark, he was driving along an ordinary street, I think it was in Southampton. We saw a building site ahead with a fence round it and a man who was peering through the fence - just as we got to him Mark tooted on the horn, just the once. We were looking in the rear view mirror and the poor guy jumped, an enormous physical movement. Looking around and obviously wouldn't have known who it was and even if they were hooting at him. We just fell about laughing, so much that the tears rolled down my cheeks.

 

[Caggsie1]

Buzz, choose a number, for some reason ours was 7. Some one starts with number 1 and next person continues 2, then next person 3 etc around your group of passengers. Every time a multiple of 7/chosen number occurs or a number that included a number 7, ie 7,14,21,27(includes a 7), 28,.......37 has to say buzz. Great to help kids with times table but also made the adults think! When someone gets it wrong they drop out of the game the rest continue until one person left who then becomes the winner. We used to get 10p as winner.

 

[Vanderek]

Twister ?

 

[Jane And Rog]

GHOST is quite good in the car.

Ghost (game) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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[Jane And Rog]

And pub cricket of course. Not much good for motorways.

Sign cricket - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[wotme]

How about taking turns in naming parts of the human body, dropping out if you cant go, could be interesting and you might even learn something from the kids.