Travel Game Holiday Gift for Kids

A few weeks ago in the car, my kids were asking each other crazy questions like, “Would you rather fall from a 50-foot cliff or get his by a bus?” and “Would you rather get attacked by a bear or a shark?” Apparently one of them had picked up this “Would you rather?” game at school. The only rule was that you had to pick one answer, no “neither” responses allowed. (Apparently all the questions had to be on the violent side, too.)

Imagine my surprise when I came across an actual packaged game of the same name. The company Zobmondo!! manufacturers a handful of board and travel games — for age seven to adult — all based on this “Would you rather?” premise.

My kids love the “You Gotta Be Kidding!” card-game version that’s ideal for travel. The game rules call for using included “choice chips” to keep track of how you think other players will vote on lovely questions like:

- Would you rather eat an entire watermelon including the seeds, rind, and everything else or drink a pitcher full of corn dog batter?

- Would you rather cut a baseball field of grass with your teeth or lick up a huge rain puddle?

- Would you rather drink liquid found leaking from a garbage bag or chew on a hairy clump found between the cushions of an old couch?

But we don’t use the voting choice chips, and just giggle (or get grossed out) by asking each other the bizarro questions. Truly, some of these make my stomach turn (naturally the kids think they are hilarious). But to be fair, not all have to do with eating or drinking nasty stuff:

- Would you rather be really smart and really boring or really dumb, but be funny and entertaining?

- Would you rather get a really bad wedgie or 10 minutes of noogies?

- While at the top of Mount Everest, would you rather lose your hat or your goggles?

I highly recommend this card game as a stocking stuffer or birthday gift for kids as young as age 6. The only bummer is that because it retails for such a low price ($4.99) the Zobmondo!! company doesn’t sell it on its website. (It would cost more to package and ship it.) So, look for the card game at Target on one of the “end-caps” of the toy aisle the next time you brave the holiday-shopping crowds!

Or, consider one of the larger board games of the same “Would you rather?” premise that are for sale on the website. The party-game version for adults would make an excellent hostess gift or item to bring to your annual “Yankee Swap” or “surprise gift exchange” this holiday season!