- Set-up
- About 2 min
- Reading
- Little
The quick verdict
Full verdict ↓Great for Children of about 6 to 10 who enjoy a challenge they can say out loud
Think twice if Your child is under 6 or loses heart quickly: the list gets long fast, and the spoken game without cards is a gentler start
How we rate it
Learning curve. The rule fits in one sentence: repeat the list, then add one item. A 6-year-old can follow it after a round, so it sits with UNO at 1 on our scale; the challenge is memory, not rules.
Luck & skill. Which cards you hold makes little difference; remembering the list decides the game. Choosing when to spend an 'Oops! I Forgot' card is the main decision.
Interaction. Everyone listens to every turn, because the list each player says is the one the next player must repeat.
Set-up. Put the board in the middle, deal five picnic cards to each player and share out the memory tokens.
Reading. The cards show picnic foods with a number, so children still learning to read can play; a grown-up reads the rules sheet once.
Learning curve: 1 = UNO or Connect 4; 3 = Catan; 5 = a heavy strategy game. These describe the experience, not an overall score.
Is I Went for a Picnic right for you?
Great if
- Children of about 6 to 10 who enjoy a challenge they can say out loud
- Practising memory, listening and counting, because every card shows how many of an item go in the basket
- Family evenings with grandparents, parents and cousins: everyone has to remember the same list, so grown-ups don't win just by knowing the rules better
- A birthday or return gift for a 6- or 7-year-old
Skip it if
- Your child is under 6 or loses heart quickly: the list gets long fast, and the spoken game without cards is a gentler start
- You want a quiet game: every turn means speaking and everyone listening
- You need a game for more than four players
How I Went for a Picnic plays
Set-up: put the game board in the middle; it is the picnic basket. Each player gets five picnic item cards, and the memory tokens are shared out. Each card shows a picnic food and a number, such as 2 apples or 1 cucumber sandwich. The box also has five 'Oops! I Forgot' cards, which let a player skip a gap in their memory.
- Time to teach: about 5 minutes.
- Reading and language: Each card shows a picnic food and how many of it (the rules' examples are 2 apples and 1 cucumber sandwich), and the list is said out loud, so the game works just as well in Hindi, Marathi, Tamil or any language the family speaks, as long as everyone agrees which one. The rules sheet is in English.
A turn, step by step
- 1Repeat
Say the whole picnic list so far, in order, starting with 'I went for a picnic and I took with me...'
- 2Add
Put one card from your hand on the board and add its item to the end of the list.
- 3Slip
Miss an item or mix up the order and you lose memory tokens, unless you play an 'Oops! I Forgot' card.
- 4Win
At the end, the player with the most memory tokens wins.
The full explanation: how a game of I Went for a Picnic goes
A turn: the first player chooses one card from their hand, places it on the board and says, 'I went for a picnic and I took with me 2 apples.' The next player must repeat that item before adding their own: 'I went for a picnic and I took with me 2 apples and 1 cucumber sandwich.' Each player in turn repeats the whole list, in order, and then adds one more card.
Forgetting and winning: forget an item or mix up the order and you lose memory tokens. An 'Oops! I Forgot' card gets you past a gap, but there are only five in the box, so they are best saved for when the list gets long. The player with the most memory tokens at the end wins.
For parents: a 6-year-old can follow the rules after one round, but a grown-up is useful as referee at first, checking each list against the cards in the basket and helping with the numbers. With a younger child, agree to play just a few rounds so the list stays short; older children can push on and see how long a list they can manage.
What's in the box
- 1Game board
the picnic basket, where each new card is placed - 75Picnic item cards
foods with a number, such as 2 apples - 5'Oops! I Forgot' cards
let a player skip a gap in their memory - 40Memory tokens
- 1Rules sheet
Box: 28.5 × 28.4 × 5 cm, 0.81 kg. Handy to know for gifting and travel.
Contents are from Binca Games' product page for the game (product code PC001) and its contents picture. The listing behind our Amazon.in link names cards, a board, tokens and a rule sheet, which matches.
Where to buy
How to make sure you get a genuine copyEditions and the details worth checking.
What reviewers and players say
We found no independent reviews, parent blogs, videos or forum threads about I Went for a Picnic, which Binca brought out in 2025, so this page rests on Binca Games' own product page and pictures. On paper it takes a much-loved spoken memory game and gives it picture cards, a board and memory tokens, which suits children who like a clear winner. The list gets hard quickly: that is the fun for 7- and 8-year-olds, but a younger child may need a grown-up to keep things gentle at first.
What people love
- A familiar spoken memory game turned into a boxed game with a clear winner
- Practises memory, listening and counting at the same time
- Little to set up: deal five cards each and start
- Grown-ups and children must remember the same list, so everyone plays on fairly equal terms
Common complaints
- The list gets long fast, which can frustrate younger children
- The finer rules (how many tokens you lose, when the game ends) are only on the rules sheet in the box
- A large square box for a game that is mostly cards
4 research sources
- Reference I Went for a Picnic - Memory Game (Binca Games product page, October 2026) · Binca Games
- Reference About us (Binca Games, October 2026) · Binca Games
- Reference Contact us (Binca Games, October 2026) · Binca Games
- Reference I packed my bag (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia
Summarised in our own words from the sources above. We don't use Amazon reviews or ratings.
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Questions people ask about I Went for a Picnic
How do you play I Went for a Picnic?
Each player has five picnic item cards. On your turn you say the whole list already in the basket, in order, then add one card of your own to the end. Forget an item or the order and you lose memory tokens; the player with the most memory tokens at the end wins.
What age is I Went for a Picnic for?
Binca's page says 6 and up, for 2 to 4 players, with a game taking about 15 to 20 minutes; the small panel on the box front says 8+ and 3 to 8 players. The list gets long quickly, so it suits children of about 6 to 10 best; a younger child can join in on a grown-up's team.
Is it the same as the 'I packed my bag' memory game?
It is built on the same idea: each player repeats a growing list and adds one item. Binca's version adds picture cards with numbers, a board for the basket, 'Oops! I Forgot' cards and memory tokens, so there is a fixed set of items and a clear winner.
What is in the I Went for a Picnic box?
Binca lists 1 game board, 75 picnic item cards, 5 'Oops! I Forgot' cards, 40 tokens and a rules sheet, in a square box about 28.5 cm across.
Is I Went for a Picnic made in India?
Binca Games is a games company based in Mumbai that designs its own games, but the maker's pages we could read don't say where this box is made, so we don't mark it made in India.
Game facts
- Publisher
- Binca Games (Binca Games Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, India)
- In India
- Binca Games, a Mumbai games company that makes and sells I Went for a Picnic
- First published
- 2025
- Players
- Binca's page, its pictures and the listing behind our Amazon.in link say 2 to 4 players aged 6 and up, but the small panel on the front of the box reads 3-8 players and 8+. We follow Binca's page.
- Language
- Little reading – Each card shows a picnic food and how many of it (the rules' examples are 2 apples and 1 cucumber sandwich), and the list is said out loud, so the game works just as well in Hindi, Marathi, Tamil or any language the family speaks, as long as everyone agrees which one. The rules sheet is in English.
- Box size and weight
- 28.5 × 28.4 × 5 cm, 0.81 kg
Sources & photo creditsThe references behind this guide.
Facts on this page come from the publisher, the Indian maker or distributor, and the sources below. Photos are credited under each one.
- Binca Games - I Went for a Picnic (contents, players, age, time, size)
- Binca Games - About us (founded 2015 by Rubianca and Sahil Wadhwa)
- Binca Games - Contact (Mumbai address)
- Binca Games - Memory Games Bundle (I Went for a Picnic with Lookie Cookie)
- Wikipedia - I packed my bag (the spoken memory game, also played as 'I went on a picnic')