Under the Bonnet · 2 November 2026 · 1 min read
We were told to stop at fifty
The plan was fifty minigames. There are now more than eighty. Nobody is sure who was supposed to be in charge.
This is a confession. For a while, everything we said about Road Trips included the words "50 minigames". It was on the website. It was at the end of every clip. It was a target, a good round number, and it felt like plenty.
Then we hit it. Then someone said "what if there was one about the toilet window?"
How this happens
Nobody sets out to make eighty-odd minigames. It's more like a shed. You put one thing in, then you've got a shed full of things, and there's a new thing in your hand and you're looking at the shed.
The rule that kept it sane was simple: one big decision, send it, watch it. You make a call, you commit, and everybody gets to watch how badly that went. It turns out that shape fits nearly anything a British family has ever argued about.
What's in there
We're not going to list them. Partly because half the fun is finding out, and partly because Dave has asked to be paid per mention. But it runs from the sort of things you'd expect from a party game to the sort of things you'd expect from a family: holding someone back, stitching someone up, and doing something very stupid in the snow because your cousin said you wouldn't.
There are more than fifty on every trip, so you won't be seeing the same ones every time you sit down.
Will there be more?
Probably. We've stopped pretending otherwise. If you've got an idea, there's an ideas board. Please be aware we have shown we can't be trusted to say no.
Save your seat
One email when you can play. Nothing else. Dave's handling fee is waived, and he'd like you to know how much that hurt.