The original Lake District boardgame played on a big map made of cloth!
Backpacks and Blisters is a game of hiking in the English Lakes District around Keswick, Cumbria. The object of the game is to score the most points by hiking to the most - and most beautiful - spots on the map. The catch is you have to make it back by evening or you lose the game as the mountain rescue squad has to come look for you.
Backpacks.... has easy playability combined with enough tactical decisions to make it a competitive game. It's also very evocative of the Lake District for those who know and love it's often breathtaking scenery.
This is the game where buying a cup of tea in Braithwaite could make all the difference or wolfing down that last bar of chocolate gives you just enough energy to race back into Keswick before the Mountain Rescue is called out to scour the hills for you (and scour your points from the score track too).
Backpacks.... is a game with plenty of scope for interaction and much amusement when your opponents collapse to the grassy sward with a blister or two to delay their progress. It pokes gentle fun at ramblers in a delightful manner. It's a family game that adults on their own enjoy as well and one that only takes about an hour to play.
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