Campfire games for adults
Around a fire, the best games are talking games. Nobody wants to squint at a screen, so use one phone as the prompt reader and pass it around.
- Story Prompts — everyone tells their most embarrassing moment.
- Hypotheticals — "what would you do if…" questions that keep going.
- Two Truths and a Lie — firelight makes it harder to read faces.
- Would You Rather — for when the conversation stalls.
Camping games for kids
The wildlife quiz is worth doing before your first hike — knowing what to actually do about a bear, a snake or a moose is safer than guessing, and kids remember the quiz version.
- I Spy Scavenger Hunt — adapt it to trees, rocks and wildlife.
- Twenty Questions — works while walking, cooking or waiting.
- The Alphabet Game — find things around camp from A to Z.
- Wildlife Survival Quiz — genuinely useful safety knowledge, disguised as a game.
Rainy day tent games
When you're stuck under canvas, you want games that last a long time and don't need space.
- Riddles — a long round keeps a tent busy for an hour.
- Murder Mystery — pass-and-play roles, ideal for a group of four or more.
- Memory Match — quiet and surprisingly competitive.
- Mad Libs — the classic that gets funnier the more tired everyone is.
Games for the hike itself
Walking games have to be entirely verbal and require no scorekeeping. Twenty Questions, the alphabet game and category rounds all work — and a distracted kid climbs a lot further than a bored one.
One thing to pack for games
A power bank. Every game here runs in a browser on one phone, so a single charged device covers the whole trip — but campsites don't have outlets, and a dead phone at 9pm is the end of game night.