Board games for travelling
 

Gf and I wanted to not be stuck on our phones and reading a book ain't interactive. Yes bringing an ipad is ok, but I wanted to have a few board games that's fun to play.

1) easy to carry (not like dungeons and dragon)
2) if it's 2 players and easy without instructions that would be great (eg// shapes, numbers and not language specific, eg// domineos & jenga)


suggestions?
this is a great one (aside from the big board) but i think this one is fun and I've tried.
https://media.takealot.com/covers_ts...1500_-zoom.jpg

this is classic; all tiles no languages and just dots. even my grandma can play
https://cf1.s3.souqcdn.com/item/2015...31_7361888.jpg

Just bring a good ole deck of cards where there's infinite number of games from big 2 to strip poker. It's portable too.

Or just get a Nintendo Switch. My wife and I have a ton of fun playing Overcooked.

Pocket Dungeon Quest isn't too big and is pretty fun.

Deck of cards is the best Imo, can do the most with it.

Battleship grab and go, bought it for the kids, but they like to cheat when I play them lol (it's seperate from each other so don't have to sit in front of each other lol)
11 bucks amazon

I have a small leather folding crib board that the case also holds a deck of cards. It has been all over the world with me - even playing with people where neither of us know how to speak the other language, but they knew how to play crib. Caveat - the metal pins that stick into a piece of leather on a string look like a mini-bomb in an airport X-Ray and security will take a keen interest in you.

Deck of Cards + Uno (might jeopardize your relationship so play at own risk)

Boss Monster. Plays up to 4 players. It's like Munchkind, except the roles are reversed and you're the monster.

Crib has been on my radar and you are 100% right, the language barrier is amazing since people play it around the world. Math is math. The only issue i am weak at for crib is that I don't actually play at all which sucks...

i really gotta learn it.

It is a very easy game to learn and play. Once both players know how to count their cards properly, a game can be over in under 10 minutes. You don't need the board, you can keep score with a pen and paper, but the board is nicer to use as you watch your opponent and attracts others' attention if they wish to play. You can also play 4 person cribbage and the games go quickly.

Tried to Google some, but only finding expensive ones. I'm sure mine was bought at a travel novelty shop. Mine looks like this, but all leather (or fake leather): https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Travel-Cribb...Tcw:rk:24:pf:0

You should look into card based version of board games. You still have the same gameplay mechanics, without having to lug the whole board around

https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/2...ns-board-games

Something like that should be what you're looking for.

Only thing with boss monster is that it takes up quite a bit of room, super fun though

A deck of cards

If you like poker/big2, try playing open face chinese poker. No poker chips involved, just use pen/paper to keep track of score. This is an action strategy game with lots of draws. Each game takes about 5-10 mins.

How to play: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-face_Chinese_poker

Think of it this way. An ideal game would be to be able to play on a plane.

Dutch Blitz is close to near borderline... I'm seriously going to consider crib and really good for the mine as its just numbers.