{"id":2413,"date":"2006-12-28T10:59:56","date_gmt":"2006-12-28T10:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/2006\/12\/28\/backpacker-the-ultimate-travel-game-competition\/"},"modified":"2023-12-10T11:37:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T11:37:42","slug":"backpacker-the-ultimate-travel-game-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/backpacker-the-ultimate-travel-game-competition.html","title":{"rendered":"Backpacker &#8211; The Ultimate Travel Game Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 136px;height: 136px;float: left\" alt=\"backpacker-game\" src=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/12\/backpacker-game.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/>Backpacker &#8211; The Ultimate Travel Game is a card game in which you experience all the fun and unpredictability of travelling the world as you try to outwit your opponents to be the player who has returned home with the most photos. In Backpacker you visit different countries and continents, enjoy beaches, trekking, wildlife and culture, meet other travellers and get good and bad advice, whilst trying to avoid getting sick or missing your plane. You may even have to change your plans or seek assistance to cope with problems and delays, some of which may be caused by your fellow players. You need planning, good timing, patience and a bit of luck to win and with so many scenarios, no two games are ever the same. Just like travelling, it&rsquo;s fun, exciting, fast-changing and very addictive.<\/p>\n<p>Play at home, on your next holiday and beyond. This game is essential for anyone who loves foreign travel.<\/p>\n<p>We have a number of card games to give away, just email us at <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;i&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;&#x3a;q&#x75;&#x69;&#122;&#x40;g&#x6c;&#x6f;&#98;&#x65;t&#x72;&#x6f;&#116;&#x74;e&#x72;&#x73;&#46;&#x63;o&#x2e;&#x75;&#107;\">&#113;&#x75;&#x69;&#122;&#x40;&#x67;l&#x6f;&#x62;e&#116;&#x72;o&#116;&#x74;e&#114;&#x73;&#46;&#99;&#x6f;&#46;&#117;&#x6b;<\/a>to enter our prize draw with the name or location of the iconic bridge which is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2007. We will contact the lucky winners for postal addresses etc.<\/p>\n<p>In the shops &#8220;Backpacker &#8211; The Ultimate Travel Game&#8221; costs &#163;9.99 You can find further details on the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backpackercardgame.com\/\">http:\/\/www.backpackercardgame.com<\/a> or e-mail: <a href=\"&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#108;t&#x6f;&#x3a;&#x69;&#110;&#102;o&#x40;&#x62;&#x61;&#99;&#107;p&#x61;&#x63;&#x6b;&#101;&#114;c&#x61;&#x72;&#x64;&#103;am&#x65;&#x2e;&#x63;&#111;m\">i&#110;&#x66;&#x6f;&#64;&#98;&#97;&#x63;&#x6b;p&#97;&#x63;&#x6b;e&#114;&#99;&#x61;&#x72;d&#103;&#x61;&#x6d;e&#46;&#99;&#x6f;&#x6d;<\/a>&lt;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backpacker &#8211; The Ultimate Travel Game is a card game in which you experience all the fun and unpredictability of travelling the world as you try to outwit your opponents&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"css_class_manager_body_classes":"","css_class_manager_use_in_post_loop":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main-article"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Backpacker - The Ultimate Travel Game Competition - eNewsletter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/backpacker-the-ultimate-travel-game-competition.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Backpacker - The Ultimate Travel Game Competition - eNewsletter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Backpacker &#8211; 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