"Survival kit" games

Yet another post I sent to BoardGameGeek... Following some conventions there, I use the monikers "the wife" for Christelle, and "the kid" for Augustin.

I recently had to move from France to Italy for a year, and as I was moving by car with my wife and two kids, the space for our things was quite limited. So I was faced with the question: what games do I take with me, taking into account that I want to have some games to play with my wife, with my 6 years old boy, and that I don't know anyone in Italy with whom to play. As space was the main limitation, I call these my "survival kit" games ;-) Here they are, with some notes describing whether I played them since I've arrived a couple months ago. Many of them are targeted for 2 players or with my kid.

• Rummikub. One of the favorite of the wife to play with the son. Played it.
• Pitchcar Mini. My son played it with one of his friends here.
• Can't Stop. It's so small it's always in my backpack ;-) Not yet played.
• Carcassonne (with the first two extensions in the box). One the son really like when we play without the farmers. Not yet played.
• Kill Doctor Lucky. It does not take too much space, and even though I've had it for several year I've never tried it!
• Alhambra (with the first extension). Played it (found it very interesting as a 2 player game in fact). I removed the inserts to put other games inside...
• Caylus Magna Carta (in Alhambra's box). Not yet played.
• That's life (in Alhambra's box). Played it (as a "gateway" game with a colleague).
• Le Roi des Roses (Rosenkönig). Played it.
• Settlers of Catan, the card game (with the Politics and Wizards extensions). Not yet played.
• Yspahan. Played it. (I really liked this as a 2 players game)
• Tigris & Euphrates. Played it (with the colleague we first played That's life with).

I have since bought a couple games (independently published) since I've arrived. Both have small form factors and have been played:

• Les Apprentis de la Manufacture.
• Les Contes de Perrault en 4 jeux.

The ones I did not take that I miss:

• BattleLore. Too big, and the wife does not enjoy it. I really miss it though.
• LöwenHerz. One of my favorites, but too close to T&E.
• Ticket to Ride, because the box was really big, but I now regret it because I'd love to try the new Switzerland expansion.
• Caylus: I chose Magna Carta for space reasons.
• Imperial. A bit too heavy and too big. I really like it, but I would need to find a game group.

I'm not sure I would change much, and as Christmas is around the corner my collection of games will grow here. I just don't want to think about when I'll have to bring them back...

How about you? What would be the games you would take for one year if you had limited space (let's say a moving box)?