WELL BALANCED Think Outside The Box | Smart Party Card Game - Brainstorm Unusual Brain Teasers and Riddles with Your Family and Friends

I recently purchased the WELL BALANCED Travel Game for a long 10-hour road trip with my son, and I couldn't be happier with my choice! This game features 40 unique puzzles that kept us engaged and entertained on our journey.Not only did it help pass the time, but it also turned out to be an enjoyable bonding experience for both of us. We found ourselves laughing, collaborating, and celebrating our victories as we tackled each puzzle together. The variety of challenges kept things fresh, ensuring we didn’t lose interest.The compact design made it easy to pack, and the instructions are clear and accessible. I highly recommend this game for families looking to head out on a fun road trip together! It’s a great way to connect and have fun together.

My wife and I always played these sorts of games in the car. She, as a kid, really liked the game Crack the Case and then we both played Black Stories together also. Some of these initial ones are easy. The card will be like "5 pieces of coal, a scarf and a carrot are found in a yard" and you have to figure out how they came to be there. These are ones that an adult might be able to figure out from the beginning.But also there are very difficult ones where you must figure out the whole situation that is going on from basically nothing. There is one that is like "A woman feels awkward when Kate offers her a seat on the bus." and you have to ask a lot of questions. Like "do these people know each other before today?" "does it matter what anyone is wearing" "does it matter anyone's job?" "does she feel awkward because there is some sort of misunderstanding" and so on and so forth. We went through maybe 5 cards in 75 minutes with my 8th grader and 5th grader.. The 5th grader I think most likes to be the one reading the questions but everyone had fun.Let's be clear, this sort of puzzle isn't for everyone. You often reach a point where you're like "how is this possible, I have asked everything" and then you slowly start asking weird questions like "wait...if everyone a human? could this actually happen? is this from a storybook?"It's a weird sort of puzzle to through out on a Tuesday night, but it is a good sort of puzzle for a car ride.Important: the packaging makes it look like it is for kids. I'm only 5ish cards into this one and i dont want to spoil this for anyone but one of the puzzles involved the main character killing himself on purpose with a gun. There's more to it than that but I dont wait to spoil the puzzle.

This was perfect for our mission trip 15 hour ride. The teens went through them in less than 2 hours but you can surely get them to last longer if need be. It was a fun ice breaker for teens trying to figure it out as a team and one reader.

I remember doing these types of puzzles as a kid, and I feel like my own kids responded the same way that I did as a kid. Very little progress made toward the answers, even with the clues, frustration relieved when told the answer, then a wash of duh inadequacy. The solutions make you think outside the box, but the puzzles require background knowledge and a level of lateral and creative thinking that most of us don’t have. We did have some laughs about the proposed solutions that came up, and even tried to outdone one another with the most wildly unrealistic explanation. So yes, does pass the time in a car, but no way we’re doing more than three at a time so it’s passing maybe 15 minutes and then no one is begging to do more. The idea is more appealing than the actual activity, at least for our family.

purchased these for an upcoming road trip!