{"id":106631,"date":"2016-11-01T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T08:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=106631"},"modified":"2016-11-01T10:58:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T08:58:02","slug":"the-best-tablet-and-laptop-games-to-play-while-travelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/106631-the-best-tablet-and-laptop-games-to-play-while-travelling","title":{"rendered":"The best tablet and laptop games to play while travelling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long flights or road trips are the worst part of any holiday, but gamers have a solution to the boredom of travelling.<\/p>\n

Thanks to advances in mobile computing and the increasing power of laptops and tablets, it is now easier than ever to take fully-fledged games with your on your travels.<\/p>\n

So the next time you have a long flight ahead, pack your laptop and a couple of good games to make your trip far more bearable.<\/p>\n

Here are our picks for the best games you can play on your laptop or tablet while travelling:<\/p>\n

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Civilization V<\/h3>\n

Sid Meier’s Civilization V<\/a><\/strong> is a no-brainer for extended trips, offering almost infinite play time and a variety of graphics options which allow you can run it on any Windows laptop or tablet.<\/p>\n

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Cities Skylines<\/h3>\n

While there are other city-building titles I could wholeheartedly recommend, Cities Skylines<\/a><\/strong> is the most universally-enjoyed, modern, and comprehensive city builder available, and its system requirements are low enough to run on a low-end laptop or tablet.<\/p>\n

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Hearthstone<\/h3>\n

Hearthstone <\/strong><\/a>is an inevitable choice for mobile gaming, as it is available on most platforms and offers a great deal of depth and replayability, but its online features means it is not always suitable for all types of travel.<\/p>\n

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FTL<\/h3>\n

Faster Than Light<\/a><\/strong> (FTL) is an indie ship management title that offers surprising amounts of fun gameplay coupled with lightweight graphics and system requirements.<\/p>\n

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Stardew Valley<\/h3>\n

Also boasting a simplistic art style and low system requirements, Stardew Valley <\/a><\/strong>is a beloved indie game which recreates the atmosphere and gameplay of Harvest Moon with its own special twist.<\/p>\n

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Shadowrun Returns<\/h3>\n

For the role-playing fans whose laptops can’t run\u00a0The Witcher 3 at more than 5 frames-per-second, Shadowrun Returns<\/a><\/strong> is a detailed cyberpunk isometric role-playing game which can easily run on both Windows and Android devices, making it the perfect travelling companion.<\/p>\n

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RimWorld<\/h3>\n

RimWorld <\/a><\/strong>combines the core concept\u00a0of Dwarf Fortress with lightweight, charming aesthetics and complex gameplay to create an infinitely-replayable sandbox that can run on almost any Windows device.<\/p>\n

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Now read:\u00a0The 10 highest-rated games of 2016<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Preparing for a long trip? Grab these awesome games to play as you travel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":106665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8585,2226,3],"tags":[21428,22507,1966,16385,8299,1928,22505],"class_list":["post-106631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","category-mobile","category-pc","tag-civ","tag-flight","tag-games","tag-laptop","tag-mobile","tag-tablet","tag-travelling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}