Take Your Adventure On The Road With These Travel-Friendly Games
If you’re doing any traveling this summer, you may want a few on-the-go, friendly games. And these are all compact and travel-ready!
We’re getting into the season where people tend to go on vacation. Whether members of your family are in school and can’t travel all year, or you just prefer getting away in the warmer weather, spring and summer are big vacation months. Unfortunately, the getting there can be boring. So bring a few compact games that are perfect for traveling.
Mini Magnet Classic Board Games
I might have grown up before fun was invented, because I remember most of my family’s car games involved things like finding all of the letters in order or seeing who could point out the most deer crossing signs. So when my mom presented my brothers and me with some of these little magnetic board games, we were psyched. And it makes me feel positively ancient to say, apparently, they’re still around! They’re compact, they’re magnetic, and they fold up to hold all of the tiny pieces securely inside. Which is great if you’re really into backgammon.
12 EXCITING SMALL BOARD GAMES: The Small Gamie Magnetic game set comes with a dozen fun board games that will keep the kids busily entertained for hours. They include Checkers, Chess, Chinese checkers, Tic Tac Toe, Backgammon, Snakes & Ladders, Solitaire, NineMen’s Morris, Auto Racing, Ludo, Space Venure and Racing.
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CATAN Traveler
This game takes everything you love about CATAN, and makes it completely travel friendly. The pieces sit safely in built-in drawers. The cards have card holders to keep them secure when they’re not in your hand. And even the pieces you place on the board come on pegs, so nothing has a chance to get bumped or jostled into the rental car void.
Are you always on the go, but still want to play CATAN? The solution is CATAN Traveler. With its small size and easy-to-use travel case you can take the island of Catan with you everywhere you go!
Azul Mini
Another travel-friendly take on a popular game, Azul Mini is the exact game you love, but with little touches that make it easy to take on the road. An indented game board and trays make it difficult for the tiles to slide away, and have a built-in slider-style score tracker. There’s even a little bag to keep your tiles safe when they’re not sitting securely on one of the player boards.
Azul Mini Board Game brings the tile-placement excitement of the classic Azul to a portable format. With more than 2 million copies sold, Azul has become a beloved game worldwide, and now you can enjoy it anywhere you like. In this mini version, players compete to achieve the highest score by strategically claiming tiles and arranging them on their boards. The challenge lies in creating beautiful mosaics while outwitting your opponents. Collect sets of the same color tiles for extra points or craft intricate patterns to gain an advantage.
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The Chameleon
Instead of being a travel-friendly version of a game that usually takes up a lot of space, this is a compact card game that promises to make the time fly by. Everyone knows the secret word except for the chameleon. And it’s their job to blend in, ask all the right questions, and make the rest of the group think they know what they’re talking about.
It’s the Chameleon you all know and love but squeezed into a travel-friendly tin. A great holiday game for adults or family vacation game – perfect for the plane, or when you get there!
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
This is a cooperative, trick-taking card game where players move through the Fellowship of the Ring over the course of 18 chapters. Follow along with the story, meet familiar characters, and protect the ring. The cards held securely for no-stress gaming on the go, and there are very few other parts or pieces to keep track of.
The Journey Begins! Step inside the legendary world of Middle-earth in The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game! Work together to navigate the story of this cooperative card adventure, meeting new characters and completing special quests as you journey through the first book in the beloved Lord of the Rings series.
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Trio
Trio is another card game with super-simple rules, so winning is as easy as counting to three. And as a card game, it’s very travel-friendly. Try to make three-of-a-kind either by drawing cards or taking them from the other players. But a bad guess will give someone else a chance to get three.
Reveal tw3o cards – either from the middle, or by asking any player for their lowest or highest card. If you find a pair, keep playing. No match? The cards go back! With a little memory and luck, winning is as easy as one two three!
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