We have six hours in the car. What do we play?

Five no-screen car games matched to your passengers, each with a first round ready to go.


When to use
The night before a long drive, while there’s still time to save it from headphones and silence.
Time
5 min

The prompt

We’re about to drive for , and in the car will be . Give me five games we can play out loud with no screens, no writing and nothing the driver has to look at. Leave out the ones every family already knows, like I Spy and the license plate game, unless you change them enough to feel new. Fit the games to these passengers: at least one the youngest can win, one that uses what’s outside the window, and one that gets better the longer it goes. For each game, give a name, the rules in two sentences, and a first round ready to go. Put them in the order you’d play them over the trip, and say which one to save for when everyone is tired and cranky.

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