Nine of the best travel games to keep the kids busy on holiday

The Sun

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HEADING on a family getaway, jetting off with friends or going on a solo jaunt?
You'll want to pack some travel games to while away the hours on the train or provide some poolside fun. Peter Jenkinson shares his top picks.
Don't Get Got! Travel Edition – £10, Oliver Bonas
The game is all about completing secret missions and tasks by conning other players to fall into your trap – and it's a real test of your aptitude for sneakiness.
Can you convince another player to call your mobile, or maybe get some sympathy for your imaginary dodgy leg?
Each player starts off with six task cards and must complete three missions to win.
Ingenious Single Player Travel Edition – £10.59, board-game.co.uk
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Travelling solo and don't want to be staring at a screen?
You can challenge your grey matter with this single-player game.
Solo players must place the domino-style tiles in the right area to complete each of the 200 challenges.
It starts with easy and moves right through to Einstein level.
Othello On The Move – £9.99, johnadams.co.uk
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This is right up there with the checkerboard classics and could not be simpler to learn.
Two players compete by placing their circular tiles on the board, claiming the most spots and sabotaging the other player's efforts along the way.
Your opponent, of course, is doing the same.
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Poetry For Neanderthals – £9.99, amazon.co.uk
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This is packed with laughs.
Form into teams, then each player picks a card.
Your team mates must guess what phrase or word you're trying to convey to them – using words of one syllable only.
Happy Salmon travel edition – £9, amazon.co.uk
There is some physical activity involved in this one, though not too much.
It's brilliant for quick bursts of noisy activity and plenty of belly laughs.
Each player gets a stack of cards and you must find another player with a matching card.
Complete that action before discarding the card and moving on to the next.
The first player to get rid of all their cards takes the title.
Azul Mini – £19.99, amazon.co.uk
Winning this strategy game is all about having the best tile arrangement – one that is fit for a palace.
This is the perfect game for a slightly longer and more engaging play.
The rules are simple, the quality of the pieces is superb and, overall, it's a beautiful game.
Big Fish Little Fish – £10.99, amazon.co.uk
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Ever played Dobble, the symbol-matching game of quick reactions and utter frustration when you're not fast enough?
This game takes that up a notch.
Each player competes to find the largest, smallest or certain colour of an object on a card, and whoever is fastest claims that card.
If you are presented with a fish, big or little, then you must complete the 90s dance move: big fish, little fish, cardboard box.
5 UP – £5.99, amazon.co.uk
A tension-filled game where the rules are simple – all you must do is push your luck to the limit.
You start with a pile of ten tokens and the aim is to get rid of them by rolling the dice and placing one token on the corresponding number on the play mat.
Roll a five and you can get rid of a token immediately.
Keep rolling the dice, but if the corres-ponding space is covered, you must take all the tokens from the mat.
Sushi Go!, £7.99 – argos.co.uk
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In this fast-paced game your goal is to grab the best combination of dishes on the imaginary conveyor belt – according to the game cards.
Gather groups of Sashimi or Dumplings to score big.
You'll need a keen eye as the play moves around, and cards are passed between players.
Play three rounds then tally up your treat totals