The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I wanted to curate a bucket list for myself. Sure, my list would include stuff like getting into a hot air balloon or climbing a volcano like most people, but I realized that there was another type of list that I wanted to draw up. One that only a few people would understand. I wanted to draw up a board game bucket list for travellers. Hear me out before you think that I am totally crazy. I understand that carrying a heavy board game isn’t at the top of your list and that is why there are certain board games that are designed for travellers. Yet there is an allure that draws me to take on carrying a larger board game even though we love to travel light.

The more you play board games the more you will realize that a lot of them are based on places, on experiences and yes quite a large number are based in an imaginary world. It was this observation that made me think why not play a game in a place that it was inspired in. I’ve managed to just tick off one of these from my list (Citadels in Sigriya, Sri Lanka) and I did miss out on a few but that doesn’t mean that I am not going to try and tick off many as I go. I’m going to divide the board game bucket list for travellers into two parts: Location specific and experience specific. That way you can navigate and see which ones you would love to do.

One thing that I agree with is the fact that you may not always be able to play a game at the location. At Sigriya, the wind was crazy and trying to play Citadels would have meant that I would have lost all the cards. Something that I was definitely not willing to do. Would I still carry it with me for a cool picture? Duh! Yes, I would but then I can be a bit crazy. I guess the ones I would do with also depend on practicality. i.e. How big is the game and how much space would it take in my luggage!

In order to ensure that I cover as many board games as I could, I reached out to fellow board game players to see what they thought. A lot of them had some great ideas. Here is the long list that I managed to compile. The games that I have played will definitely have a description in them. The others, I have tried to do justice and I probably will update them as I add them to my collection if I don’t go completely broke first! Getting to the point, you can use the links below to navigate through the post.