Briarpatch Travel Scavenger Hunt Card Game for Kids, Activities for Family Vacations, Road Trips and Car Rides, Ages 6 and Up

Made hours go by like minutes
I bought these for a family car trip we just got back from, which had us traveling by car some every day for 5 days. The first and the last days were the longest, being in the car for at least 4 hours each day. I didn’t pull them out until the ride home, and I had no idea what a hit these would be.It started out with myself and my kids playing (twin 12 year olds). Within minutes my husband (who had started out the drive that day in a tried, somewhat grouchy mood) was wanting to play, even though he was the one driving! Being that the object of the game is to find things on/in passing cars/buildings and such, he was able to do so. His bad mood about city traffic and hot weather gradually turned into laughing and fun competitiveness in the game. We changed up the rules a little each time which also was fun. Instead of each person holding 5 cards, we made it 3. This made it so the driver could play, since he could easily just remember the objects on his 3 cards, instead of trying to look and remember what was on 5 cards. Also we changed up the rules so that we just played until a time limit was reached, instead of just until someone had a certain number of discarded cards. This made each game last longer, which was fun.After a few rounds, we discovered two hours of our four hour drive had passed, and it seemed like we had just started the trip. So instead of a car full of kids fighting in the back seat and a grouchy husband, irritated by traffic and a week cramped in hotels with the kids, we were all in a good mood, laughing and even cracking jokes about the game the rest of the way home. Objects that were impossible to find while playing the game, we would see hours later and all laugh about how NOW we find it, when we didn’t need to.This game is a must have for family car trips. It says it’s for kids, but the adults will have fum playing it too!

Fun car fun
When I was in college I went with a friend and her family on a trip down from San Franscio to Cabo/San Lucas. We had a simular game and played it on the drive down. The game was soooooo much fun and I have been looking for it eversince. It doesn’t help that I don’t remember the name of the game or the makers of it.ANYWAY scavenger Hunt card game is the closest I have found since. It’s simple. There are cards with pictures on it and you have to find them during your drive. The cards have anything from a cat to a red car to a gas pump there is more as well. It’s a lot of fun to play on a road trip.I gave it a 4 out of 5 because these pictures are a little simplistic. The original game I played had UFO and sewage treatment plant and other things that were a little more difficult and made it a lot of fun when they were found. But I think this would be great for kids and I am looking forward to playing it with my nephews on the way down to Fla. this summer.

Make up your own rules if the game doesn’t fit!
We bought this game to play with our 7 year old niece on a 9 hour drive for a family vacation. We played MANY times on our trip! We did adapt the rules a bit, one of the new rules being that you could redraw one card for every 5 dealt (we usually just played with 5) in case you got an item that we weren’t likely to see. For example, you don’t see a lot of people walking their dogs along the interstate. This introduced a whole new element of bargaining and switching/stealing cards with other players. So, if you use this game as a foundation and adopt to your situation, I think you can spend hours (hours!) playing. I also printed up some fake money (which we called carrency) that could be collected with each win and cashed in later on the trip for a souvenir or prize from the prize bag. The cards were nicely done, and stood up to many a drop between seats and crumby fingers (and one milk spill).It’s funny how often we all noticed yellow cars or cars with the letter “z” in their license plate even days into our vacation when we weren’t playing the game! Game was a hit and we were left with lots of laughs and a car ride that didn’t seem so long. Exactly what we were hoping.

Kept the kids occupied for a few minutes
We bought these as a road trip gift for the kids. It kept them occupied for a few minutes but there aren’t very many cards and some are very oddly specific, depending on the type of trip you are on. E.g. “a woman with orange hair”

We just got home from our trip to Alberta. These cards were a life saver! My daughter is 6 and does not enjoy long car rides. We went on a bunch of long drives while there and she loved hunting for the items on the cards.The items weren’t too easy or too hard to find. Some were more challenging than others but if you get a “swap” card you get to trade a card of your choice in for a new one. Even when no one else in the car wanted to play anymore, we would give her the deck and she happily hunted on her own!They are great quality and very similar to regular playing cards only larger. They come with instructions as well. We all enjoyed the game from my 6yo daughter to my 91 yo Granny! Even the teenager liked it!

This is a great family road trip game. If your road trip takes you to rural places, you can play using about half the cards. A lot of the cards are targeted for more urban areas but it’s fun for a young family.

My kids was so into this game when I pulled it out from my purse on our trip to Ottawa. They got so excited and started screaming in the car, it was a great concept and certainly kept them away from iPad and interacting with people. Few drawbacks of the game though, when you are traveling on the highway, certain cards is impossible to find. Same things apply to when you enter the residential area. People sitting in the middle is hard to play since the vision is limited. Wish there are more cards or object in the deck but overall, a great game to keep everyone entertained