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B Game

gamepac — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:30:01 +0000

Each player is given a sheet of paper with numbered questions prepared like the following list. The answer to each question is to be written opposite it and must consist of the letter B as an initial and added to it the number of letters designated the whole conforming to the definition given. The following examples will illustrate –

1. B and one letter meaning to exist.–Be.
2. B and two letters forming a sack.–Bag.
3. B and three letters forming a storehouse.–Barn.
4. B and three letters side of a stream.–Bank.
5. B and three letters a young creature.–Baby.
6. B and three letters a bag of goods.–Bale.
7. B and three letters without hair.–Bald.
8. B and three letters a surety.–Bond.
9. B and three letters timber.–Beam.
10. B and three letters a vegetable.–Beet.–Bean.
11. B and three letters a poet.–Bard.
12. B and three letters a drink.–Beer.
13. B and three letters a globule.–Bead.
14. B and three letters part of a bird.–Beak.
15. B and three letters a vessel.–Boat.
16. B and four letters an appendage.–Beard.
17. B and four letters a tree.–Beech.
18. B and four letters to commence.–Begin.
19. B and four letters a strand.–Beach.
20. B and four letters a receptacle.–Basin.
21. B and four letters a kind of meat.–Bacon.
22. B and five letters a combat.–Battle.
23. B and five letters a hound.–Beagle.
24. B and five letters a signal.–Beacon.
25. B and five letters a cup.–Beaker.
26. B and eight letters a demon.–Beelzebub.

The player wins who answers correctly the largest number. This game may be devised for any initial letter.

Old Buzzard

gamepac — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:30:01 +0000

This is one of the old dramatic games probably better known in America than any other of this type.

One player is chosen to represent the “Old Buzzard” another player represents a hen and the remainder are chickens. All the players circle around the buzzard saying in chorus –

“Chickany chickany crany crow
I went to the well to wash my toe
And when I came back a chicken was gone.”

The hen finishes by asking alone “What oclock is it old buzzard ” The buzzard crouches on the ground during the repetition of the verse going through the pantomime of building a fire with sticks and in answer to the question may name any hour as eight oclock nine oclock ten oclock. So long as the buzzard does not say twelve oclock the players continue to circle around repeating the verse the final question being asked each time by a different player until the buzzard finally says “Twelve oclock ” When this occurs the ring stands still and the following dialogue takes place between the buzzard and the hen –

Hen. Old buzzard old buzzard what are you doing
Buz. Picking up sticks.
Hen. What do you want the sticks for
Buz. To build a fire.
Hen. What are you building a fire for
Buz. To broil a chicken.
Hen. Where are you going to get the chicken
Buz. Out of your flock

The buzzard who keeps a crouching attitude with face downcast during this dialogue suddenly rises on the last words and chases the players who scatter precipitately. When a player is captured the buzzard brings him back lays him down and dresses him for dinner while the rest of the players group around. The buzzard asks of the captured chicken “Will you be picked or scraped ” and goes through the motions of picking feathers or scaling fish as the chicken decides. The buzzard then asks “Will you be pickled or salted ” “Will you be roasted or stewed ” each time administering to the recumbent chicken the appropriate manipulations. At the end he drags the victim to a corner and the game goes on with the remainder of the players.

Cat And Mice

gamepac — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:30:01 +0000

One player is chosen to be cat and hides behind or under the teachers desk. After the cat is hidden the teacher beckons to five or six other players who creep softly up to the desk and when all are assembled scratch on it with their fingers to represent the nibbling of mice. As soon as the cat hears this she scrambles out from under the desk and gives chase to the mice who may save themselves only by getting back to their holes (seats). If a mouse be caught the cat changes places with him for the next round of the game. If no mouse be caught the same cat may continue or the teacher may choose another at her discretion.

A different set of mice should be chosen each time so as to give all of the players an opportunity to join in the game.

This is a favorite schoolroom game for little children. They should be taught to add sport to the play by giving the cat quite a chase before returning to their seats instead of seeking safety in the shortest and most direct way.

Hip

gamepac — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:30:01 +0000

All of the players stand in an informal group. One of them is provided with a stick about the size of a broomstick and about two feet long. He throws this as far as he can at the same time calling the name of one of the other players. The one who threw the stick and all the others except the one whose name is called then scatter in a run. The one who is called must pick up the stick whereupon he becomes “Hip” and must chase the other players. Any player whom he catches he touches with the stick (pounding not allowed) and that player at once joins him in trying to catch the others. Any one caught by the second player however must be held by him until Hip can come and touch the prisoner with the stick whereupon he also joins Hips party. As the number of players with Hip increases there may be some pretty lively “tussling” on the part of players who are caught pending the arrival of Hip to touch them with the stick as he may have several to reach in this way and the interval may be considerable in which the captor must hold his victim. The game ends when all of the players have been touched by Hip.