6 Best Board Games for Campervan and Camping Holidays

Even the most action-packed camping holiday is sure to have at least one or two quiet hours when everyone is in the campervan, awake and looking for some kind of distraction. This is when board games come into their own, providing a pleasant period of entertainment and amusement while waiting for an attraction to open, before a dinner reservation in a nearby restaurant, or perhaps waiting for a mechanic to come along to help you out – make sure your insurance is up to date before you travel, check out some comparisons at campervaninsurance.co.uk. But which are the best board games for campervan and camping holidays? Let's take a look. 

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Best Board Games for Campervan and Camping Holidays

Card Games 

Not strictly speaking boardgames, card games are great fun, very versatile and often can be played by anywhere from two people to about ten or so (perhaps by shuffling together several sets of cards to accommodate the extra players), which means that the whole family can play along. Games like: 

• Snap
• Poker
• Gin rummy
• Go fish 
• Solitaire (you can also play this online, and it’s great when you just want a few minutes alone)

These are all simple to play, have easy-to-understand rules that even the youngest players can comprehend. And perhaps most importantly, are all relatively quick to play, so each game is quickly finished. Even though the sessions could go on for hours if everyone is having fun! 

Chess 

Chess is perhaps the oldest board game in the world, and is believed to have been started as a kind of war-strategy game, in ancient India. While a little more complicated than snap!, your children will love learning to play chess and will take great delight in check-mating their opponent as often as possible... Especially if it's a parent! While only two people at a time can play, it is easy enough to draw up a family tournament so that everyone has a chance to play everyone else. 

Guess Who 

Fun games like Guess Who, Pictionary and Scribblr are absorbing and exciting, perfect for family members who become bored with contemplative games like chess. Once again, the rules are quite simple and the games are easy to play, but still offer enough challenge to make the game exciting to the various participants. 

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Scrabble 

The best known and loved word game, Scrabble has been with us for nearly a hundred years in basically the same form in which it was first released. There is no improving on perfection! Obviously aimed at children with a decent reading level and relatively good spelling, the game is both fun and frustrating in equal measure... Someone always blocks off that Triple Word box just before you can click your hefty Quokka or Zany into place! But even the annoyance this induces is mild compared to the rage caused by interminable games of Monopoly which should be avoided by anyone who wants to remain on good terms with their immediate family, especially at Christmastime! 

Dominos 

A fun and fast game that has the added benefit of taking up very little space in a crowded campervan, dominos can be played in a number of ways. You can match your domino tiles to those already on the board, putting sixes near sixes or twos near twos, for example, or you can make it into a maths game, adding up the spots on a domino to see whose tile 'wins' in a draw. See how many different games your family can make up from a box of dominos. 

Jenga 

Not a game that can be played while you are on the go, Jenga is a fast-action fun unbuilding game in which players try to ease blocks out of the column without toppling the whole structure. This is a game where small fingers can be a bonus, making it a great choice for the youngest children.

Online Games

Online games are a fantastic way to keep everyone entertained, especially when traditional games are not an option. They offer the flexibility of playing with friends or solo and can be accessed anywhere with an internet connection. Playing online games can improve cognitive skills, hand-eye coordination, and strategic thinking. There are countless options available, from puzzle games to strategic card games like Spades.