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Win 3 x John Adams travel games

Win 3 x John Adams travel games

Are you surviving the school holidays so far? They are flying by for us and we have been having lots of adventures. We recently had a few nights away so I made sure to pack a selection of travel games to keep the children busy. Our little family loves board games so we were delighted to be sent a selection of John Adam travel games to try out.

We have a few favourite travel games. We don’t use them just for holidays though, I usually slip one in my handbag when we go out for dinner, to the pub, or when we’re sitting round waiting to pick up from after school clubs. A good travel game will both entertain and amuse and involve the whole family.

With the Summer holidays in full swing we were sent Rummikub Travel, Othello Travel and Triominos Travel to try out. The only one I had ever played was Othello so I was looking forward to trying them with the family.

playing travel games on the train

Our recent weekend away so us travelling by train so I packed Othello Travel to play. My children are really good travellers and look forward to playing games. Othello is a really simple game for 2 to play. I used to play this with my Dad so was able to play it with the children. The pieces are stored beneath the board when not is use and it folds up very small (if anything a little too small, the game pieces are tiny!). It was fun to play and super light for me to carry around.

travel games at the pub

A few days later we went out for dinner with my mum so we packed Rummikub Travel. No-one had played this before but the rules were straightforward. This is suitable for 2-4 players and is a game of strategy using number tiles.

Finally we played Triominos Travel which is the fascinating game variation of dominos but with triangular pieces. Each Triomino is unique because it only occurs once in the game so you have to be clever to score as many points as you can. It can also be played by 2-4 players.

Travel games are ideal if you’re going away this summer and need to pack lightly. We will definitely be taking these with us on our travels. They are recommended for ages 8 and over and are a great way to encourage little learners (and older ones too!) to keep an active mind this summer.

Win 3 x John Adams travel games

We have the best Summer holidays giveaway to share with you today.  I have 3 x John Adams travel games to giveaway to one winner – Rummikub Travel, Othello Travel and Triominos Travel.

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To enter my giveaway you must answer the question via the Rafflecopter widget below, there are some bonus entries too. The giveaway is open to those with a UK postal address only and ends on 15th August. The winners name will appear on this post. Good luck!

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180 Comments

  • Reply
    Holly Goodyear
    August 1, 2018 at 10:46 pm

    I love triominos. I grew up playing this with my granny! We’ve never had the travel version though so I think that would be great and my 5 year old is at a good age to learn how to play.

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    Susie Wilkinson
    August 1, 2018 at 10:46 pm

    We like travel battleship, because we don’t have to be sat together in the car to be able to play

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    Kim Neville
    August 1, 2018 at 10:47 pm

    We like connect four

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    Carrie Talbot-Ashby
    August 1, 2018 at 10:50 pm

    At the moment we’re loving Scrabble…although my youngest two seem to make up most of the words to beat me lol x

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    Sadiyya Maryam
    August 1, 2018 at 10:53 pm

    Othello when I was younger. Many thanks for this great giveaway.

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    melanie stirling
    August 1, 2018 at 11:09 pm

    We like playing Uno,it’s fun and easily portable.

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    Solange
    August 2, 2018 at 5:23 am

    Connect Four.

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    Tracy Nixon
    August 2, 2018 at 5:31 am

    Connect Four!

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    Angela Boucher
    August 2, 2018 at 7:22 am

    We love trivial pursuit when we are travelling.

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    Linda Ford
    August 2, 2018 at 8:30 am

    We have travel connect four, it’s the only travel game we have! It packs away really well

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    Susan lloyd
    August 2, 2018 at 9:24 am

    We all enjoy a game of uno x

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    Keith Hunt
    August 2, 2018 at 10:50 am

    ITop Trumps cards

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    iain maciver
    August 2, 2018 at 10:55 am

    connect four

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    chantelle hazelden
    August 2, 2018 at 11:12 am

    We love playing with the travel version of connect 4.

  • Reply
    Nick Hubbard
    August 2, 2018 at 12:35 pm

    Snap!

  • Reply
    Lucy
    August 2, 2018 at 12:38 pm

    I like playing cards or UNO as they’re easy to set up and put away

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    Peter Watson
    August 2, 2018 at 1:23 pm

    I only know the traditional I Spy game.

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    Susan B
    August 2, 2018 at 2:31 pm

    The children most often enjoyed playing Snap on their tray in the back seat.

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    Joo Dee
    August 2, 2018 at 3:00 pm

    i spy for us, used to make up our own!

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    Liz
    August 2, 2018 at 3:21 pm

    I love games. Even more I love travel games you can take anywhere!

  • Reply
    Laura Banks
    August 2, 2018 at 5:22 pm

    we take dominos when we go anywhere

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    Jade Hewlett
    August 2, 2018 at 6:52 pm

    We like to play Uno

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    Katie
    August 2, 2018 at 6:54 pm

    Travel Scrabble, but I have to say that I absolutely love Rummikub!

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    Catherine McAlinden
    August 2, 2018 at 7:09 pm

    We always take Dobble with us on holiday

  • Reply
    Sean Eccles
    August 2, 2018 at 8:50 pm

    Connect 4

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    Monica Gilbert
    August 2, 2018 at 11:48 pm

    I like Phase 10. It’s a card game that’s easy to learn but can take a while to play (and can have some really fun strategies).

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    Christina Palmer
    August 3, 2018 at 12:02 pm

    We love droughts or chess

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    Chris Andrews
    August 3, 2018 at 1:20 pm

    Tell me the name of your favourite travel game
    we love . . . . .travel scrabble

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    Mark R
    August 3, 2018 at 9:56 pm

    Travel Scrabble and Othello are both favourites with us

  • Reply
    Clare Hubbard
    August 4, 2018 at 10:45 am

    Guess who

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    Kim Carberry
    August 4, 2018 at 11:34 am

    We like playing Top Trumps.

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    Jo Fowler
    August 4, 2018 at 12:06 pm

    Dominos are our children favourite

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    Jo Fowler
    August 4, 2018 at 12:08 pm

    Dominos are the best for ours when travelling

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    Dale Dow
    August 4, 2018 at 12:29 pm

    We always play travel snakes and ladders, not too many rules to confuse you and everyone knows it

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    Angie McDonald
    August 4, 2018 at 1:02 pm

    Travel battleship!

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    maria blythin
    August 4, 2018 at 3:22 pm

    battleships

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    Natalie Crossan
    August 4, 2018 at 8:55 pm

    Travel scrabble 🙂

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    Jen s morgan
    August 5, 2018 at 7:41 am

    We love connect four

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    EMMA WALTERS
    August 5, 2018 at 8:57 am

    my boys never get bored of connect four 🙂

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    claire woods
    August 5, 2018 at 3:43 pm

    scrabble

  • Reply
    Danielle Spencer
    August 5, 2018 at 3:47 pm

    Connect 4 – easy to play and anyone can play it.

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    Jessica Powell
    August 5, 2018 at 4:08 pm

    Connect 4 is great when travelling. 🙂

  • Reply
    Lorraine Stone
    August 5, 2018 at 7:51 pm

    Animals Top Trumps

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    Laura K
    August 5, 2018 at 9:16 pm

    My favourite travel game is Yahtzee, I love the challenge of getting the best score you can from the dice and it lasts long enough to fill time on a long journey without getting too repetitive!

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    Charlotte G
    August 6, 2018 at 12:20 am

    Travel Connect 4!

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    Margaret Clarkson
    August 6, 2018 at 7:41 am

    Connect 4

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    Lorna Ledger
    August 6, 2018 at 11:17 am

    I spy! I hope that counts! thanks for the chance

  • Reply
    Kim Murray
    August 6, 2018 at 11:31 am

    Connect 4 x

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    Elzbieta Znyk
    August 6, 2018 at 6:48 pm

    I love Battleship

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    Tee Simpson
    August 6, 2018 at 10:27 pm

    We like connect 4

  • Reply
    Anneka
    August 7, 2018 at 6:11 am

    In the car we play would you rather and when out of it we like to play boggle!

  • Reply
    Paula England
    August 7, 2018 at 8:07 am

    My favourite travel game (up to now) is Guess Who 😁

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    Lyndsey
    August 7, 2018 at 8:24 am

    Pass the Pigs Winning Moves Game

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    barbara clarke
    August 7, 2018 at 10:19 am

    Connect 4

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    ElizM
    August 7, 2018 at 10:42 am

    I associate my childhood holidays with Scrabble – so travel scrabble (although it’s a bit fiddly in the car)

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    Nikki Hunter-Pike
    August 7, 2018 at 10:51 am

    Yatzhee!

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    Emma C
    August 7, 2018 at 12:45 pm

    Connect 4

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    Suan Watts
    August 7, 2018 at 1:57 pm

    Dominoes

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    Tanya
    August 7, 2018 at 2:49 pm

    Scrabble for me

  • Reply
    Rebecca Mercer
    August 7, 2018 at 2:55 pm

    Connect four is our favourite

  • Reply
    Sally Collingwood
    August 7, 2018 at 3:01 pm

    We like Battleships

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    JULIE BANKS
    August 7, 2018 at 3:48 pm

    Travel scrabble

  • Reply
    KATHY D
    August 7, 2018 at 3:55 pm

    connect 4

  • Reply
    Rachel Craig
    August 7, 2018 at 4:02 pm

    Connect 4

  • Reply
    Samantha O'D
    August 7, 2018 at 4:42 pm

    guess who

  • Reply
    Corinne Peat
    August 7, 2018 at 6:30 pm

    Connect 4

  • Reply
    Valere Harbut
    August 7, 2018 at 6:38 pm

    Travel scrabble is our family favourite.

  • Reply
    laura stewart
    August 7, 2018 at 6:52 pm

    Top Trumps cards 🙂

  • Reply
    Shaun Tutt
    August 7, 2018 at 7:54 pm

    Uno is great, quick and easy to set up

  • Reply
    Alice Dixon
    August 7, 2018 at 8:25 pm

    We love playing uno when we travel

  • Reply
    Susan Sargent
    August 7, 2018 at 9:24 pm

    Connect 4, can’t lose what you have already played

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    Sarah Summers
    August 7, 2018 at 11:39 pm

    Connect four

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    Christine Caple
    August 8, 2018 at 4:12 pm

    Connect 4 is a great family travel game.

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    Lucinda Fortune
    August 8, 2018 at 8:40 pm

    Connect Four

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    Debbie Finnerty
    August 9, 2018 at 11:54 am

    Connect Four is always good.

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    Leanne Nash
    August 9, 2018 at 8:54 pm

    Travel Guess Who!

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    Michelle Ferguson
    August 10, 2018 at 3:36 pm

    I like travel guess who as well

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    Michelle Henderson
    August 10, 2018 at 4:17 pm

    I love travel Cluedo

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    Liam Fitzpatrick
    August 10, 2018 at 7:40 pm

    I love the mini monpoly, I used to play it all the time with my family

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    Emma Howard
    August 10, 2018 at 8:00 pm

    I used to have travel Battleships as a child which I loved!

  • Reply
    sallie burrows
    August 10, 2018 at 8:22 pm

    travel scrabble

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    Pam Francis Gregory
    August 10, 2018 at 8:49 pm

    Travel Scrabble

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    Kelly Hirst
    August 11, 2018 at 10:29 am

    My favourite travel game is travel battleships, have t be careful not to loose the bits in a moving car though!

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    Mel Brolly
    August 11, 2018 at 4:57 pm

    We love travel Connect 4 although it gets a bit competitive

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    Sarah Courtney
    August 11, 2018 at 6:36 pm

    Has to be connect four

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    Sheri Darby
    August 11, 2018 at 8:10 pm

    We play battleships

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    john prendergast
    August 11, 2018 at 11:03 pm

    Connect 4

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    paula cheadle
    August 11, 2018 at 11:55 pm

    Travel Scrabble and card games

  • Reply
    Angela Robinson
    August 12, 2018 at 11:58 am

    Monopoly card game we love to play this on holiday

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    Dominique Ralf
    August 12, 2018 at 1:52 pm

    Travel Scrabble for Adults and Uno for children and adults.

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    jo liddement
    August 12, 2018 at 2:20 pm

    My son likes playing Battleship when we travel by train. It helps him to stop feeling travel sick!

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    Victoria Prince
    August 12, 2018 at 3:01 pm

    Guess Who! I have a little travel version and it’s great

  • Reply
    lee brundell
    August 12, 2018 at 3:49 pm

    scrabble

  • Reply
    Charmaine Dance
    August 12, 2018 at 4:36 pm

    Connect 4!

  • Reply
    Caroline Kelly
    August 12, 2018 at 9:49 pm

    Uno

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    Marylyn Hammersley
    August 12, 2018 at 10:15 pm

    Travel Scrabble is our favourite

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    C Whitlow
    August 13, 2018 at 4:17 am

    Top Trumps! Everyone can join in. x

  • Reply
    tina Glover
    August 13, 2018 at 10:48 am

    We love playing travel cluedo. We have the full version too for at home. cards is also another favourite x

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    Donna W
    August 13, 2018 at 11:13 am

    Connect 4 is great for the whole family.

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    Anthea Holloway
    August 13, 2018 at 2:13 pm

    We love Old Maid when we are away travelling

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    Rachael Seymour
    August 13, 2018 at 2:30 pm

    words with friends!

  • Reply
    Alison Bould
    August 13, 2018 at 6:54 pm

    We love playing Guess Who!

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    dana
    August 13, 2018 at 7:05 pm

    scrabble

  • Reply
    Allan Fullarton
    August 13, 2018 at 7:18 pm

    Connect Four.

  • Reply
    Mark Mccaffery
    August 13, 2018 at 7:49 pm

    My favourite is carcassonne.

  • Reply
    Margaret Mccaffery
    August 13, 2018 at 8:32 pm

    Travel scrabble is my favourite game to play on the go.

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    Katie J Blackmore
    August 13, 2018 at 9:00 pm

    I love ludo

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    Sarah Mccaffery
    August 13, 2018 at 9:45 pm

    Travel battleships all the way.

  • Reply
    Iris Tilley
    August 13, 2018 at 10:13 pm

    We like Guess who

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    Sarah Fielding
    August 13, 2018 at 10:17 pm

    Definitely dominos! Such a fun thing to do whilst travelling!

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    Alison Macdonald
    August 13, 2018 at 10:52 pm

    Scrabble or Sushi Go

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    Mingyu Lin
    August 14, 2018 at 12:45 am

    We love playing Sushi Go, it comes in a little box and is so simple to play.

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    Clare Forster
    August 14, 2018 at 7:51 am

    Great fun

    • Reply
      jenny
      August 14, 2018 at 7:29 pm

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    Lee Clarke
    August 14, 2018 at 9:18 am

    Yellow car

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    Fiona Johnstone
    August 14, 2018 at 10:13 am

    We love Top Trumps

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    ruth lee
    August 14, 2018 at 1:35 pm

    uno

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    Angela Kelly
    August 14, 2018 at 2:01 pm

    Top Trumps is our favourite.

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    Marie Rungapadiachy
    August 14, 2018 at 3:11 pm

    I love playing scrabble. It’s such a classic game and reminds me of my childhood.

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    Laura Pritchard
    August 14, 2018 at 3:23 pm

    I love Guess Who travel edition

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    natalee gosiewski
    August 14, 2018 at 3:54 pm

    snakes and ladders

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    Caroline Shepherd
    August 14, 2018 at 4:53 pm

    My 6-year-old is really keen on Uno at the moment, and we have also just started playing Cranium Ziggity which is similar in style but more of a challenge.

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    Carol Boffey
    August 14, 2018 at 6:14 pm

    we like uno

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    Karen B
    August 14, 2018 at 6:26 pm

    Travel Scrabble is the current favourite – when we get sick of I Spy!

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    Rebecca Wilson
    August 14, 2018 at 6:57 pm

    We love travel connect 4

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    MANDY DOHERTY
    August 14, 2018 at 7:06 pm

    I-spy is a firm favourite with my grandchildlren

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    janine atkin
    August 14, 2018 at 7:48 pm

    travel connect 4

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    Rebecca Whatmore (@0zzyhog)
    August 14, 2018 at 8:10 pm

    We like Pass the Pigs and normal card games.

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    Sarah Cooper
    August 14, 2018 at 8:17 pm

    Connect Four

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    bex allum
    August 14, 2018 at 8:56 pm

    I love travel guess who. We love playing in the car.

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    Helen booth
    August 14, 2018 at 9:23 pm

    Our fam love UNO! A holiday / travel staple!

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    becci cleary
    August 14, 2018 at 9:50 pm

    Love draughts…have the magnetic one that my Grandad gave me as a child and still use it now 😍

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    Vicky H
    August 14, 2018 at 10:38 pm

    Travel Cluedo

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    jacqui rushton
    August 15, 2018 at 4:18 am

    Connect 4!

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    astrid c
    August 15, 2018 at 5:52 am

    connect four, a classic

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    Simone Griffin
    August 15, 2018 at 6:47 am

    I always loved travel Cluedo

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    Catriona Hutchinson
    August 15, 2018 at 7:08 am

    At the moment I carry a battered old set of cards everywhere, but Rummykub is my absolute favourite so this would be great!

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    Emma Hussain
    August 15, 2018 at 7:22 am

    Connect four is easiest for my youngest to understand

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    Olga carpenter
    August 15, 2018 at 7:38 am

    Connect 4

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    Katrina Adams
    August 15, 2018 at 8:29 am

    At the moment we always take UNO and scrabble with us.

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    Erica Hughes
    August 15, 2018 at 8:48 am

    We like to play a game called Skull.

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    lauren carrett
    August 15, 2018 at 8:57 am

    making words using the cra in fronts number plates

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    Maria Jane Knight
    August 15, 2018 at 9:10 am

    We love travel Battleships!

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    Rebecca Lis
    August 15, 2018 at 9:13 am

    Uno

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    Leanne Hansell
    August 15, 2018 at 11:02 am

    We love Connect Four.

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    Adrian Clarke
    August 15, 2018 at 11:30 am

    My girls love pass the pigs.

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    Pauline Dring
    August 15, 2018 at 11:46 am

    Our family favourite travel game is Travel Scrabble

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    Robyn Clarke
    August 15, 2018 at 12:00 pm

    Connect 4

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    Jane
    August 15, 2018 at 12:59 pm

    These would make for some peace when the kids are bored

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      jenny
      August 15, 2018 at 4:26 pm

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    Vicky Allum
    August 15, 2018 at 1:38 pm

    My favourite travel game is Ludo, it is simple to play but lasts quite a while for long journeys.

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    Aaron Milne
    August 15, 2018 at 1:39 pm

    Love a game of Chess

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    Pippa Ainsworth
    August 15, 2018 at 2:03 pm

    We’ve been enjoying Travel Scrabble recently but we really love Dobble

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    Adrian Bold
    August 15, 2018 at 2:16 pm

    Travel Battleships

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    hayley pemberton
    August 15, 2018 at 2:57 pm

    connect four

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    Karen Howden
    August 15, 2018 at 3:33 pm

    we used to count telephone boxes and letter boxes. My sisters on one side of the car and me on he other.

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    Lucy Chester
    August 15, 2018 at 4:20 pm

    We often play connect 4 together when travelling

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    sharon martin
    August 15, 2018 at 5:08 pm

    connect 4

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    Colette Orton
    August 15, 2018 at 6:38 pm

    Yellow car is still a favourite on car journeys.

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    Karen Dixon
    August 15, 2018 at 7:47 pm

    Love connect four, love travel games

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    Tara Davies
    August 15, 2018 at 7:50 pm

    Magnetic Ludo is great on the go

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    Charlotte Wilde
    August 15, 2018 at 8:15 pm

    Shut the Box – fun and sneaky maths too!

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    Kyomi Johnson
    August 15, 2018 at 8:27 pm

    Snakes and ladders is our favourite we always enjoy it as a family

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    Carol Bird
    August 15, 2018 at 8:31 pm

    Mastermind

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    Philippa Bagley
    August 15, 2018 at 8:56 pm

    Chess, and any card game! It’s just fun chilling out with a couple of friends

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    stephanie
    August 15, 2018 at 9:09 pm

    snakes and ladders

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    Selina F
    August 15, 2018 at 9:19 pm

    Travel scrabble is our family favourite.

  • Reply
    Nikki Easton
    August 15, 2018 at 9:32 pm

    We love a game of uno so much fun

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    Sarah Robinson
    August 15, 2018 at 9:56 pm

    We love Uno

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    Sarah Walford
    August 15, 2018 at 10:27 pm

    We play I spy. It is a game in which we don’t loose the bits when we are driving and all the family can join in.

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    Helen Craigs
    August 15, 2018 at 10:34 pm

    We usually forget to pack a travel game and end up playing ‘I Spy’, ‘Hangman’ or ‘Noughts and Crosses’

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    Alan Bevan
    August 15, 2018 at 10:45 pm

    First grandchild getting to age where travel games will be a must

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    Alan Bevan
    August 15, 2018 at 10:48 pm

    Travel scrabble for me

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    Dean T
    August 15, 2018 at 10:50 pm

    I had a little travel Waddingtons cluedo when young, loved it

  • Reply
    Jo Glasspool
    August 15, 2018 at 11:03 pm

    We love ISpy.

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    Monika Bascombe
    August 15, 2018 at 11:06 pm

    Guess the film by Jumbo

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    Jennifer Stevenson
    August 15, 2018 at 11:11 pm

    Dominoes

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    Darren Bourne
    August 15, 2018 at 11:45 pm

    Draughts

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    Michelle lintern
    August 15, 2018 at 11:49 pm

    Scrabble

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    Joy Winn
    August 15, 2018 at 11:57 pm

    Top Trumps🙂

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