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.
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.
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.
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!
Don’t forget to check out my other giveaways on my competition page.
180 Comments
Holly Goodyear
August 1, 2018 at 10:46 pmI 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.
Susie Wilkinson
August 1, 2018 at 10:46 pmWe like travel battleship, because we don’t have to be sat together in the car to be able to play
Kim Neville
August 1, 2018 at 10:47 pmWe like connect four
Carrie Talbot-Ashby
August 1, 2018 at 10:50 pmAt the moment we’re loving Scrabble…although my youngest two seem to make up most of the words to beat me lol x
Sadiyya Maryam
August 1, 2018 at 10:53 pmOthello when I was younger. Many thanks for this great giveaway.
melanie stirling
August 1, 2018 at 11:09 pmWe like playing Uno,it’s fun and easily portable.
Solange
August 2, 2018 at 5:23 amConnect Four.
Tracy Nixon
August 2, 2018 at 5:31 amConnect Four!
Angela Boucher
August 2, 2018 at 7:22 amWe love trivial pursuit when we are travelling.
Linda Ford
August 2, 2018 at 8:30 amWe have travel connect four, it’s the only travel game we have! It packs away really well
Susan lloyd
August 2, 2018 at 9:24 amWe all enjoy a game of uno x
Keith Hunt
August 2, 2018 at 10:50 amITop Trumps cards
iain maciver
August 2, 2018 at 10:55 amconnect four
chantelle hazelden
August 2, 2018 at 11:12 amWe love playing with the travel version of connect 4.
Nick Hubbard
August 2, 2018 at 12:35 pmSnap!
Lucy
August 2, 2018 at 12:38 pmI like playing cards or UNO as they’re easy to set up and put away
Peter Watson
August 2, 2018 at 1:23 pmI only know the traditional I Spy game.
Susan B
August 2, 2018 at 2:31 pmThe children most often enjoyed playing Snap on their tray in the back seat.
Joo Dee
August 2, 2018 at 3:00 pmi spy for us, used to make up our own!
Liz
August 2, 2018 at 3:21 pmI love games. Even more I love travel games you can take anywhere!
Laura Banks
August 2, 2018 at 5:22 pmwe take dominos when we go anywhere
Jade Hewlett
August 2, 2018 at 6:52 pmWe like to play Uno
Katie
August 2, 2018 at 6:54 pmTravel Scrabble, but I have to say that I absolutely love Rummikub!
Catherine McAlinden
August 2, 2018 at 7:09 pmWe always take Dobble with us on holiday
Sean Eccles
August 2, 2018 at 8:50 pmConnect 4
Monica Gilbert
August 2, 2018 at 11:48 pmI 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).
Christina Palmer
August 3, 2018 at 12:02 pmWe love droughts or chess
Chris Andrews
August 3, 2018 at 1:20 pmTell me the name of your favourite travel game
we love . . . . .travel scrabble
Mark R
August 3, 2018 at 9:56 pmTravel Scrabble and Othello are both favourites with us
Clare Hubbard
August 4, 2018 at 10:45 amGuess who
Kim Carberry
August 4, 2018 at 11:34 amWe like playing Top Trumps.
Jo Fowler
August 4, 2018 at 12:06 pmDominos are our children favourite
Jo Fowler
August 4, 2018 at 12:08 pmDominos are the best for ours when travelling
Dale Dow
August 4, 2018 at 12:29 pmWe always play travel snakes and ladders, not too many rules to confuse you and everyone knows it
Angie McDonald
August 4, 2018 at 1:02 pmTravel battleship!
maria blythin
August 4, 2018 at 3:22 pmbattleships
Natalie Crossan
August 4, 2018 at 8:55 pmTravel scrabble 🙂
Jen s morgan
August 5, 2018 at 7:41 amWe love connect four
EMMA WALTERS
August 5, 2018 at 8:57 ammy boys never get bored of connect four 🙂
claire woods
August 5, 2018 at 3:43 pmscrabble
Danielle Spencer
August 5, 2018 at 3:47 pmConnect 4 – easy to play and anyone can play it.
Jessica Powell
August 5, 2018 at 4:08 pmConnect 4 is great when travelling. 🙂
Lorraine Stone
August 5, 2018 at 7:51 pmAnimals Top Trumps
Laura K
August 5, 2018 at 9:16 pmMy 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!
Charlotte G
August 6, 2018 at 12:20 amTravel Connect 4!
Margaret Clarkson
August 6, 2018 at 7:41 amConnect 4
Lorna Ledger
August 6, 2018 at 11:17 amI spy! I hope that counts! thanks for the chance
Kim Murray
August 6, 2018 at 11:31 amConnect 4 x
Elzbieta Znyk
August 6, 2018 at 6:48 pmI love Battleship
Tee Simpson
August 6, 2018 at 10:27 pmWe like connect 4
Anneka
August 7, 2018 at 6:11 amIn the car we play would you rather and when out of it we like to play boggle!
Paula England
August 7, 2018 at 8:07 amMy favourite travel game (up to now) is Guess Who 😁
Lyndsey
August 7, 2018 at 8:24 amPass the Pigs Winning Moves Game
barbara clarke
August 7, 2018 at 10:19 amConnect 4
ElizM
August 7, 2018 at 10:42 amI associate my childhood holidays with Scrabble – so travel scrabble (although it’s a bit fiddly in the car)
Nikki Hunter-Pike
August 7, 2018 at 10:51 amYatzhee!
Emma C
August 7, 2018 at 12:45 pmConnect 4
Suan Watts
August 7, 2018 at 1:57 pmDominoes
Tanya
August 7, 2018 at 2:49 pmScrabble for me
Rebecca Mercer
August 7, 2018 at 2:55 pmConnect four is our favourite
Sally Collingwood
August 7, 2018 at 3:01 pmWe like Battleships
JULIE BANKS
August 7, 2018 at 3:48 pmTravel scrabble
KATHY D
August 7, 2018 at 3:55 pmconnect 4
Rachel Craig
August 7, 2018 at 4:02 pmConnect 4
Samantha O'D
August 7, 2018 at 4:42 pmguess who
Corinne Peat
August 7, 2018 at 6:30 pmConnect 4
Valere Harbut
August 7, 2018 at 6:38 pmTravel scrabble is our family favourite.
laura stewart
August 7, 2018 at 6:52 pmTop Trumps cards 🙂
Shaun Tutt
August 7, 2018 at 7:54 pmUno is great, quick and easy to set up
Alice Dixon
August 7, 2018 at 8:25 pmWe love playing uno when we travel
Susan Sargent
August 7, 2018 at 9:24 pmConnect 4, can’t lose what you have already played
Sarah Summers
August 7, 2018 at 11:39 pmConnect four
Christine Caple
August 8, 2018 at 4:12 pmConnect 4 is a great family travel game.
Lucinda Fortune
August 8, 2018 at 8:40 pmConnect Four
Debbie Finnerty
August 9, 2018 at 11:54 amConnect Four is always good.
Leanne Nash
August 9, 2018 at 8:54 pmTravel Guess Who!
Michelle Ferguson
August 10, 2018 at 3:36 pmI like travel guess who as well
Michelle Henderson
August 10, 2018 at 4:17 pmI love travel Cluedo
Liam Fitzpatrick
August 10, 2018 at 7:40 pmI love the mini monpoly, I used to play it all the time with my family
Emma Howard
August 10, 2018 at 8:00 pmI used to have travel Battleships as a child which I loved!
sallie burrows
August 10, 2018 at 8:22 pmtravel scrabble
Pam Francis Gregory
August 10, 2018 at 8:49 pmTravel Scrabble
Kelly Hirst
August 11, 2018 at 10:29 amMy favourite travel game is travel battleships, have t be careful not to loose the bits in a moving car though!
Mel Brolly
August 11, 2018 at 4:57 pmWe love travel Connect 4 although it gets a bit competitive
Sarah Courtney
August 11, 2018 at 6:36 pmHas to be connect four
Sheri Darby
August 11, 2018 at 8:10 pmWe play battleships
john prendergast
August 11, 2018 at 11:03 pmConnect 4
paula cheadle
August 11, 2018 at 11:55 pmTravel Scrabble and card games
Angela Robinson
August 12, 2018 at 11:58 amMonopoly card game we love to play this on holiday
Dominique Ralf
August 12, 2018 at 1:52 pmTravel Scrabble for Adults and Uno for children and adults.
jo liddement
August 12, 2018 at 2:20 pmMy son likes playing Battleship when we travel by train. It helps him to stop feeling travel sick!
Victoria Prince
August 12, 2018 at 3:01 pmGuess Who! I have a little travel version and it’s great
lee brundell
August 12, 2018 at 3:49 pmscrabble
Charmaine Dance
August 12, 2018 at 4:36 pmConnect 4!
Caroline Kelly
August 12, 2018 at 9:49 pmUno
Marylyn Hammersley
August 12, 2018 at 10:15 pmTravel Scrabble is our favourite
C Whitlow
August 13, 2018 at 4:17 amTop Trumps! Everyone can join in. x
tina Glover
August 13, 2018 at 10:48 amWe love playing travel cluedo. We have the full version too for at home. cards is also another favourite x
Donna W
August 13, 2018 at 11:13 amConnect 4 is great for the whole family.
Anthea Holloway
August 13, 2018 at 2:13 pmWe love Old Maid when we are away travelling
Rachael Seymour
August 13, 2018 at 2:30 pmwords with friends!
Alison Bould
August 13, 2018 at 6:54 pmWe love playing Guess Who!
dana
August 13, 2018 at 7:05 pmscrabble
Allan Fullarton
August 13, 2018 at 7:18 pmConnect Four.
Mark Mccaffery
August 13, 2018 at 7:49 pmMy favourite is carcassonne.
Margaret Mccaffery
August 13, 2018 at 8:32 pmTravel scrabble is my favourite game to play on the go.
Katie J Blackmore
August 13, 2018 at 9:00 pmI love ludo
Sarah Mccaffery
August 13, 2018 at 9:45 pmTravel battleships all the way.
Iris Tilley
August 13, 2018 at 10:13 pmWe like Guess who
Sarah Fielding
August 13, 2018 at 10:17 pmDefinitely dominos! Such a fun thing to do whilst travelling!
Alison Macdonald
August 13, 2018 at 10:52 pmScrabble or Sushi Go
Mingyu Lin
August 14, 2018 at 12:45 amWe love playing Sushi Go, it comes in a little box and is so simple to play.
Clare Forster
August 14, 2018 at 7:51 amGreat fun
jenny
August 14, 2018 at 7:29 pmThanks for your comment. If you want to enter the giveaway please answer the question via the Rafflecopter widget.
Lee Clarke
August 14, 2018 at 9:18 amYellow car
Fiona Johnstone
August 14, 2018 at 10:13 amWe love Top Trumps
ruth lee
August 14, 2018 at 1:35 pmuno
Angela Kelly
August 14, 2018 at 2:01 pmTop Trumps is our favourite.
Marie Rungapadiachy
August 14, 2018 at 3:11 pmI love playing scrabble. It’s such a classic game and reminds me of my childhood.
Laura Pritchard
August 14, 2018 at 3:23 pmI love Guess Who travel edition
natalee gosiewski
August 14, 2018 at 3:54 pmsnakes and ladders
Caroline Shepherd
August 14, 2018 at 4:53 pmMy 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.
Carol Boffey
August 14, 2018 at 6:14 pmwe like uno
Karen B
August 14, 2018 at 6:26 pmTravel Scrabble is the current favourite – when we get sick of I Spy!
Rebecca Wilson
August 14, 2018 at 6:57 pmWe love travel connect 4
MANDY DOHERTY
August 14, 2018 at 7:06 pmI-spy is a firm favourite with my grandchildlren
janine atkin
August 14, 2018 at 7:48 pmtravel connect 4
Rebecca Whatmore (@0zzyhog)
August 14, 2018 at 8:10 pmWe like Pass the Pigs and normal card games.
Sarah Cooper
August 14, 2018 at 8:17 pmConnect Four
bex allum
August 14, 2018 at 8:56 pmI love travel guess who. We love playing in the car.
Helen booth
August 14, 2018 at 9:23 pmOur fam love UNO! A holiday / travel staple!
becci cleary
August 14, 2018 at 9:50 pmLove draughts…have the magnetic one that my Grandad gave me as a child and still use it now 😍
Vicky H
August 14, 2018 at 10:38 pmTravel Cluedo
jacqui rushton
August 15, 2018 at 4:18 amConnect 4!
astrid c
August 15, 2018 at 5:52 amconnect four, a classic
Simone Griffin
August 15, 2018 at 6:47 amI always loved travel Cluedo
Catriona Hutchinson
August 15, 2018 at 7:08 amAt the moment I carry a battered old set of cards everywhere, but Rummykub is my absolute favourite so this would be great!
Emma Hussain
August 15, 2018 at 7:22 amConnect four is easiest for my youngest to understand
Olga carpenter
August 15, 2018 at 7:38 amConnect 4
Katrina Adams
August 15, 2018 at 8:29 amAt the moment we always take UNO and scrabble with us.
Erica Hughes
August 15, 2018 at 8:48 amWe like to play a game called Skull.
lauren carrett
August 15, 2018 at 8:57 ammaking words using the cra in fronts number plates
Maria Jane Knight
August 15, 2018 at 9:10 amWe love travel Battleships!
Rebecca Lis
August 15, 2018 at 9:13 amUno
Leanne Hansell
August 15, 2018 at 11:02 amWe love Connect Four.
Adrian Clarke
August 15, 2018 at 11:30 amMy girls love pass the pigs.
Pauline Dring
August 15, 2018 at 11:46 amOur family favourite travel game is Travel Scrabble
Robyn Clarke
August 15, 2018 at 12:00 pmConnect 4
Jane
August 15, 2018 at 12:59 pmThese would make for some peace when the kids are bored
jenny
August 15, 2018 at 4:26 pmThanks for your comment. If you would like to enter the giveaway please answer the question via the Rafflecopter widget.
Vicky Allum
August 15, 2018 at 1:38 pmMy favourite travel game is Ludo, it is simple to play but lasts quite a while for long journeys.
Aaron Milne
August 15, 2018 at 1:39 pmLove a game of Chess
Pippa Ainsworth
August 15, 2018 at 2:03 pmWe’ve been enjoying Travel Scrabble recently but we really love Dobble
Adrian Bold
August 15, 2018 at 2:16 pmTravel Battleships
hayley pemberton
August 15, 2018 at 2:57 pmconnect four
Karen Howden
August 15, 2018 at 3:33 pmwe used to count telephone boxes and letter boxes. My sisters on one side of the car and me on he other.
Lucy Chester
August 15, 2018 at 4:20 pmWe often play connect 4 together when travelling
sharon martin
August 15, 2018 at 5:08 pmconnect 4
Colette Orton
August 15, 2018 at 6:38 pmYellow car is still a favourite on car journeys.
Karen Dixon
August 15, 2018 at 7:47 pmLove connect four, love travel games
Tara Davies
August 15, 2018 at 7:50 pmMagnetic Ludo is great on the go
Charlotte Wilde
August 15, 2018 at 8:15 pmShut the Box – fun and sneaky maths too!
Kyomi Johnson
August 15, 2018 at 8:27 pmSnakes and ladders is our favourite we always enjoy it as a family
Carol Bird
August 15, 2018 at 8:31 pmMastermind
Philippa Bagley
August 15, 2018 at 8:56 pmChess, and any card game! It’s just fun chilling out with a couple of friends
stephanie
August 15, 2018 at 9:09 pmsnakes and ladders
Selina F
August 15, 2018 at 9:19 pmTravel scrabble is our family favourite.
Nikki Easton
August 15, 2018 at 9:32 pmWe love a game of uno so much fun
Sarah Robinson
August 15, 2018 at 9:56 pmWe love Uno
Sarah Walford
August 15, 2018 at 10:27 pmWe 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.
Helen Craigs
August 15, 2018 at 10:34 pmWe usually forget to pack a travel game and end up playing ‘I Spy’, ‘Hangman’ or ‘Noughts and Crosses’
Alan Bevan
August 15, 2018 at 10:45 pmFirst grandchild getting to age where travel games will be a must
Alan Bevan
August 15, 2018 at 10:48 pmTravel scrabble for me
Dean T
August 15, 2018 at 10:50 pmI had a little travel Waddingtons cluedo when young, loved it
Jo Glasspool
August 15, 2018 at 11:03 pmWe love ISpy.
Monika Bascombe
August 15, 2018 at 11:06 pmGuess the film by Jumbo
Jennifer Stevenson
August 15, 2018 at 11:11 pmDominoes
Darren Bourne
August 15, 2018 at 11:45 pmDraughts
Michelle lintern
August 15, 2018 at 11:49 pmScrabble
Joy Winn
August 15, 2018 at 11:57 pmTop Trumps🙂