Staying entertained on the road
Made up entertainment
En-route we devised a few games to keep us entertained. We made up a murder mystery game and, as the world cup was on, a football world cup game. In the forest in Kyrgyzstan we had a dress up party.
We drew names out of a hat and bought costumes to the value of $5 from the local clothing market. We were handed our outfits in a bag and had to go behind the truck to get dressed then come out on a ‘cat walk’. Brilliant fun.
We spit-roasted a local lamb and drank a lot of Kyrgy beer. I cannot begin to image what the locals camping nearby thought!
Card and board-type games
I took Monopoly Deal and it was great fun. I highly recommend it. It makes a change from playing standard card games.
We spent many hours sitting at the tables on the truck playing. It seemed to work best with 3 – 4 players, but you can play with up to 6. It’s nowhere near as long and drawn out at the original board game.
The box for the cards is a bit bulky so you may want to decant the cards to something lighter. There are other games in this format, I have Cluedo but haven’t played it yet.
A fellow traveller brought Carcassonne. Which is good for travelling as it’s lightweight. Many times this was played whilst waiting to cross a border.
Games such as scrabble on iPads worked well too – we just handed the iPad on to the person whose turn it was.
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