Everyone is so focused on keeping the kids entertained for the car trips that they forget that adults get bored on car trips too. Honestly, NO ONE wants to sit and listen to that one overly talkative friend tell the same story for the 11th time. NO ONE wants that. If you can’t identify that person in your friend group, you are that person in your friend group. Kim, I’m looking at you. The moral of this story is that there are a variety of options to keep everyone busy and make the time speed on by getting you to your destination before you even know it! CRAZY RIGHT?! Ok, so here are my top 5 car ride games to keep you and your friends laughing and having fun your whole trip!

1. Have some chronic car-nappers? You should play “While You Were Sleeping.”

The Game: Create the most believable story when someone falls asleep

The Rules:

• First, a passenger must fall asleep

• After five minutes of slumber, the awake passengers begin creating a story

• Each person takes turns adding to the story

• Once the passenger wakes up, you have to get them to believe the story

• If somebody breaks character, they lose a point

• If somebody goes off script, you ask, “Are you sure?” and then that person is silenced and loses two points

• If you successfully fool the person, each storyteller wins three points

• If the sleeping passenger fools the car and joins their story correctly, they steal their current point total

• The one with the most points at the destination wins

2. Are your friends really up on current events and pop culture, perhaps “Did You Hear That…?” will be to your liking.

The Game: Pop culture and news collide for a fun game of fact or fiction

The Rules:

• You are trying to fool your opponent

• You start by asking, “Did you hear that _______ happened?”

• Your opponent can either say, “That didn’t happen,” or, “Tell me more.”

• If they correctly guess that it didn’t happen, the opponent gets two points

• If they incorrectly guess that it didn’t happen, you steal one point and gain two additional

• If you are asked, “Tell me more,” points double at the end of the statement

3. Did you just watch Pitch Perfect for the 30th time and are ready for your very own Riff off?? You should play “The Singing Game.”

The Game: Connect song lyrics for a fun sing-along game

The Rules:

• One person starts singing a song

• Using a lyric from the song, the next person has to connect it with another song

• It continues on until somebody messes up the lyrics or is stumped

• Example:

• “There you see her, look at her you know you …”

• “…do you wanna build a snowman come on let’s go and …”

• “…play that funky music…”

4. If you and your friends like to look on the bright side, check out “Fortunately/Unfortunately.”

The Game: Making a fortunate situation out of an unfortunate situation

The Rules:

• One person starts by saying “Fortunately” and mentioning something fortunate

• The next person has to follow by saying something unfortunate about the previous situation

• Move clockwise around the car switching between fortunate and unfortunate situations

• If somebody stumbles, they get a strike. Three strikes, and you’re out

• Last man standing wins

  • Example:

    • Fortunately, this will be my first time seeing the Grand Canyon

    • Unfortunately, it was invaded by Martians just last week

    • Fortunately, I just finished my course in extraterrestrial communications etc.

5. Shout out to all our friends who somehow know EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING,  “The Alphabet Categories” could be the perfect game!

The Game: This is NOT the road sign game; you name things in alphabetical order from a category

The Rules:

• You start with a category like food, bands, cars, etc.

• You start with A and travel down the alphabet

• You can get as specific with your categories as you want

Now you’ve got the perfect games for the road, all you need is the perfect ride. Stop by Younger Mitsubishi today for a test drive and to find out about our excellent specials!