The flatmates and I spent the past weekend on the road on an adventure to and from Mt Ruapehu. That meant that we had a good four to five hours to fill on each leg of the journey. What better way to pass the time than with a good old fashioned car game. Eye-spy just didn’t cut it, so the following is what we came up with. We think we are on to a winner.
You will need:
- An MP3 player that you are able to make a play list on, has a shuffle function, and is well stocked with an eclectic mix of great music
- Three or more participants that have an ear for good tunes, and have reasonably varied taste
And here is how the game goes:
- The two (or more) passengers take turns to add tunes to a play list.
- Set the play list playing on random shuffle and crank it up.
- The driver has to guess which passenger chose the song that is playing.
- If the driver guesses correctly, they score a point. If they guess wrong, the passengers score.
Nice and simple really.
There are a few tricks to it. Firstly, as a passenger you want to try and fool the driver, so maybe you pick songs that you know they would expect the other passenger to pick. But you might also know that they realise this, so double bluff them and pick songs that they would expect you to pick. Secondly, there is a job for the driver in reading the passengers reactions to the tunes as they begin. Of course there is also a role for acting, so who knows if they are bluffing or not.
All in all you end up with a great musical adventure to compliment your physical adventure. Hours of fun for all.
For the record in our game Matt finished with a 54% success rate, and the score was 13 to Matt, 11 to Dayna and I. A very close game indeed.
Great shot of the open road from Trey Ratcliffe from stuckincustoms.com.
