139-Games on the trail

Show Notes

If you hike with children or are just into board and card games then this is the episode for you. There are literally hundreds of choices available for playing games when out hiking and in this weeks podcast episode we look at some options that wont weight you down and are simple to learn and to play. While you wont necessarily take all of these with you on a single hike having one or two of them in your pack may save your sanity if you are tent bound for an extended period due to bad weather.

Podcast Overview

In this episodes we discuss:

  • Are your a ‘games person’ or do you prefer to do other things?
  • Conversation based games that don’t rely on having anything additional equipment to play but you do need some imagination
      • I Spy
      • Two Truths and a Lie
      •  Situation puzzles
      • 20 Questions
      • Alphabet Game
  • Board/card Games
    • Uno
    • Backpacker card game
    • Deck of cards
    • Domino’s
    • Monopoly car game
    • Liars Dice
  • We are currently in the process of recording some interviews with various hikers on some amazing trips so listen in on 12 February to find out what destination we are heading to

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