Board Games - Travel Size

When I was a kid (and still today) playing board games was one of my favorite things to do. And traveling was one of my least favorite things to do - whether it was an ear popping flight to Florida or a 6 hour car ride on the "hump" between my two sisters in a '69 Cadillac with no A/C (and no seatbelts). At any rate, whoever invented travel size board games did not help the traveling situation. It made traveling frustrating and almost ruined board games for me. Those games were terrible.

Have you ever played travel BattleShip? The dividing wall was like an inch high so as long as you could read upside down it was pretty damn easy. Clue only had two rooms and small weapons that could fit in your carry on. Connect 4 turns into Connect 2. Guess Who was a blast on a turbulent plane. I'd be dueling with my sister. She picked a woman with glasses and facial hair so she was screwed from the get-go. I had a normal guy with no hat and no fu manchu. I can remember having two people left standing up - she had about 12. 'Does your person have a mustache?' Then the seat belt sign comes on due to turbulence and all the pieces fall over and the game's over. Awesome.


Moral: Just bring a regular size game on vacation. Save frustration rather than space.