There are some tiny tin-box style games, often not very deep but maybe there is something out there worth traveling around with?

  • @[email protected]
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    52 years ago

    Sprawlopolis is very light weight and offers a lot of replayability.

    We have laminated (I believe that is the english word) clever, qwixx, knaster and knister so that we can bring 1 set of dice and play those all.

    We really like regicide, which is just 1 pack of cards.

    Lastly you have some (card)games with a small footprint, such as The Crew, or Cahoots, or Pickomino.

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    32 years ago

    @dpunked I really like Mijnlieff - abstract with small footprint that plays quickly. Friend of mine came up with a perfect travel game that fits in a wallet - Mesozoic Mayhem.

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    62 years ago

    I haven’t seen “Wizard” mentioned yet. It’s a staple among german outdoor tourists.

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    42 years ago

    This is somewhat hypothetical because I don’t travel that often so I haven’t actually traveled with all of these. But this is what I’d pack:

    • Next Station: London: great roll & write with a nice compact flap box. Works for solo.
    • Sea Salt & Paper: one of our current favorites, small box, easy to teach
    • Scout: ditto
    • Orchard: My small comfort solo
    • Some Buttonshy games. Maybe some Pack O Game ones too.

    Easy to teach can be an important consideration in case you find some new people to play with.

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      22 years ago

      Mint works has been on my wishlist for a long time. I do have Mint Delivery and also Mint Imperium but I do like worker placement games :)

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    22 years ago

    Fluxx and Saboteur (with expansion), some friends take BANG! but it gets bulky with expansions pretty fast.

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    22 years ago

    Railroad Ink is a roll-and-write game in a tiny box (or multiple tiny boxes of different colors) and scales well from just one to six players.

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    72 years ago

    Splendor. I 3d-printed a small case for it so that it will easily fit in a bag or backpack. It’s one of our favorites.

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        52 years ago

        This is for the full game. I’ve considered printing something similar for the Cities expansion.

        I found the STL here

        I don’t have a pic handy with the contents shown, but these old pics show the scale

        Splendor game box with gray 3d printed case

        side view gray 3d printed Splendor game case

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      32 years ago

      Nice. I’ve spent a bunch of time trying to fit both Splendor and Splendor Duel into the Splendor Duel box. Almost, but not quite. I settled for the other way around with both games in that huge Splendor box.

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    132 years ago

    Star Realms is a solid little 2 player deck builder game! The base game is just a deck of cards and you dont need much room to play, so it’s a great portable game.

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      22 years ago

      Took me too long to find this. In addition, the base game is plenty good, and it’s not expensive. I feel like getting a second set as a stand alone “sacrificial set”, just to bring around, unsleeved.

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    72 years ago

    Machi Koro is super simple to travel with. Just rubber band the cards and throw the dice and money tokens in a bag and there you go.

    Jaipur is similar that way.

    Anything by Oink Games.

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    32 years ago

    The city (London, NY, Sf etc) based ticket to ride games are great. You can play in about 20 mins. I’ve played it in airports and poolside at the air bnb. I’m actually traveling with it this weekend lol

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    52 years ago

    Hive is a great travel game! It’s small (so therefore easy to transport) and just requires any flat surface to play on. It’s a turn based game where your objective is to place tiles (which have different bugs on them) to surround your opponents Queen whilst also defending your own Queen from being surrounded. It has a surprisingly deep level of strategy involved for such a simple game.