Best mobile games for your travels

Holidays. Those few precious days of the year when obnoxiously loud shorts and breakfast gin and tonic become permissible. Yet journeying to your destination will invariably place you in an entertainment-free, confined space for hours at a time.

So before you board a highly powered steel tube for a distant land of sun and relaxation, here's a selection of some of the best mobile games to download to help you combat the inevitable cabin boredom.