MilesToGo: Bingo

MilesToGo: Bingo is designed to be a fun traveling game. With this game, players look for common things found on city streets, highways, and interstates. Bingo cards can show either items from the U.S. or in Europe (switch modes on the information page behind the main page). Players can choose from four categories: road signs, makes/models of cars, license plates (or country decals), or a mixture (which includes the previous categories plus restaurants, hotels, animals, and gasoline brands). When the player gets 5 items in a row (either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally), the player gets BINGO and the game ends. The player can then create a new card and start over. The player can switch categories and get a new card at any time.

This game also includes a two-player mode. Devices connect via bluetooth (no wifi necessary)...iPhones and iPod touches can communicate with each other when running the same app. In the two-player mode, players can "talk smack" to each other, passing messages back and forth (through a basic BlueTooth chat window). An update status is also included at the top of the game board, letting each player know how close the other one is to getting BINGO. When one player gets BINGO, the other device is notified and the game is over. Players can then choose a new card and start a new game. Players do not have to use the same categories when playing each other. If one player creates a new card, the other player is notified. I tried to choose interesting and common items to find in both the U.S. and Europe, and some items are relatively obscure to make the game more challenging.