Coin Game
You and your opponent throw a nickel or dime onto the ground in main walkway closest to your departing gate. Owner of the first coin to be picked up by a stranger is the winner. Feel free to change things up as the rounds progress – first woman to pick one up, first business man, first airport employee, first person talking on a cell phone, etc. Oh, and the reason you use a nickel or dime in this game is simple. No one picks up pennies and everyone picks up quarters.

Drink Order
Try to ask for as many different drinks as possible that you are certain they don’t have. This can be a one player game (try to beat your previous record) or a multi-player game, just as long as you and your opponent aren’t sitting next to each other. One of the reasons this game is so fun is because no one has ever been more hurried (in the history of humanity) than a stewardess during drink rounds. Here’s an example:

Stewardess: What would you like to drink?
Me: Um, Mellow Yellow please.
Stewardess: I’m sorry, we don’t have that.
Me: Oh, OK. Let’s see…I’ll just go with a black and tan.
Stewardess: No black and tans.
Me: Hmm… Really? Fine, just give me a Fanta grape.
Stewardess: Sir, we don’t– You know what? You get nothing.
Me: OK, OK fine. I’m just messing around. I’ll just take a Monster energy drink.

New Identity
Some might call this lying. I call it an exercise in improvisation. When the stranger next to you inevitably asks what you do for a living, make something up on the spot. Try to keep this ruse going as longs as possible – again, trying to beat your previous time. To increase difficulty, try doing a little research before he asks. Look at what he’s reading and listen in on those last minute phone calls to choose a profession that closely resembles his. This way, his questions will be more pointed and complex. If you are able to exchange contact information and keep this going after the flight, you’re immediately inducted into this game’s Hall of Fame.

Sky Mall
You and your opponent go back and forth trying to find the most ludicrous items in the Sky Mall magazine. This can go back and forth for a few hours. That is, unless someone finds the trump card. I present to you the most ridiculous item – The SkyRest.

Any other airplane/airport games we need to know about?
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