Long
rides in the car can vary within a large spectrum of entertaining and exciting to painfully dull.
The accompanying passengers, final destination, and length of the journey can
all play a factor in quality of the ride. Provided below are a list of some
popular road trip games to help pass the time.
1.) Color Hunt – At the
beginning of the trip each player chooses an uncommon type of color ( pink,
yellow, orange, purple, ect.). To avoid
confusion try to avoid some of the odd or ambiguous colors such as scarlet or
lavender. Throughout the trip players keep track of how many cars they see
painted the color they have chosen and receive a point for each one.
ALTERNATE RULES 1: Players can steal
points from one another if they spot and call a car of another passengers
color.
ALTERNATE RULES 2: One person chooses a color. The other
passengers continuously count out loud each time they see a car (or object) of
that color. Whomever counts the 10th / 20th / or any
other predetermined number wins!
2.) Secret License Plate
Message - Pretend each license plate
contains a secret message and try to decipher it. For example “ETE 830” could stand for “Elephant Tamer
Enthusiast 8 days a week 30 hours a day.”
3.) Fortunately, Unfortunately: One passenger shares
a statement beginning with the word, “fortunately.” Another passenger then
follows the statement with the word “Unfortunately.” For example one passenger
might start by saying “Fortunately, I packed everyone lunch before we left.”
and another might follow up with “Unfortunately, a bear broke into the house
and ate all of it.” Have fun with the phrases and try making up some absurd
combinations.
4.) Buzz Word – At the
start of the trip determine a word or a mixture of words that will be forbidden
for the remainder of the trip. (Choose common words such as “Mom” or “Dad”, the
more common the word the more difficult and entertaining the game becomes.)
ADDITIONAL RULE: Hand out 10 paper
clips or other markers to each player. Whenever someone says a Buzz Word, the
first player to exclaims “BUZZ!” gets to
take a paperclip (or marker) from the offender.
That's all for now. Check in later when
we continue our list of automotive entertainment.
