GamesRun Sheep Run!_10 to 30 or more players._ _Out of doors._ This... Bull In The Ring _10 to 30 or more players._ _Playground; gymnasium._ ... Telegrams Give each player a pencil and paper. Ask each to write the na... A Pueblo Settlement Suppose now that you have been reading about the life of the ... Tree Party _5 to 60 players._ _Out of doors._ In these days of n... Fetch And Carry _10 to 60 players._ _Schoolroom; playground._ _Bean b... London Bridge _6 to 30 or more players._ _Indoors; out of doors._ ... Dolls' Gardens One advantage of making the dolls' house yourself is that you... |
TABLE AND CARD GAMESPredicamentsThis is a good game for a company of ingenious people, and it will be found that almost every one is ingenious when confronted with a difficult situation and given time to think out a solution. Every one is given p... Card Games And Others Card games proper, such as Bezique and Cribbage and Whist, do not come into the scope of this book. Nor do games such as Chess, Draughts, Halma and Backgammon. It is not that they are not good games, but that, havi... Letter Games Letters can be used for a round game by one player making a word, shuffling it, and throwing it face upward into the middle of the table. The winner is the player who first sees what it spells. Distribute a box ... Patience Or Thirteens Many games of "Patience" can be played as well with numbered cards as with ordinary playing cards. It does not matter much what size they are, but for convenience, in playing on a small table, they may as well be a... Snap There can be no real need to describe "Snap," but perhaps it may be useful to have the rules in print here in case of any dispute. A pack of "Snap" cards is dealt round, any number being able to play; and the game ... Grab In "Grab," a very rowdy variety of "Snap," a cork is placed in the middle of the table. The rules are the same as in "Snap," except that, instead of saying "Snap," you snatch for the cork; in the case of "Snap Cent... Snap Cards "Snap" cards may just as well be home-made as bought. They either can be painted, in which case you must be careful that the sets of four articles are just alike, or you can cut out shapes of different colored pape... Old Maid Game This game can be played by any number, either with a home-made pack or with ordinary playing cards from which three of the queens have been taken away; the remaining queen being the old maid. The cards are then d... Prophecies And Characteristics This is a memory game and a very amusing one. It is played with two packs of cards of any sort. One pack is laid in a heap, face down, in the middle of the table. The other pack is distributed to the players, who l... |
