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Sardines

gamepac — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:30:01 +0000

This is a game of hide and seek that reverses some of the usual methods of playing the game. The player chosen to be It instead of blinding goes out himself to hide while all of the other players stay at the goal. While one of their number counts one hundred they must all either blind their eyes or be shut in one room to give the hider a fair chance. After counting they shout “One hundred ” and all start out to hunt for the hider. Any player discovering him must after making sure that none of the others observe him hide in the same place with the hider. If necessary he must linger near until there is opportunity to do this without being discovered. If there should not be room to hide in the same place the finder must take a seat in plain sight near the hiding place. Sometimes a large number of players will be seated in a room or in a group out of doors while the last unfortunate hunters try to locate some clever hiding place which is obviously near but hard to detect. Of course it is better for the players to actually hide with the first hider if practicable which probably suggested on occasion being “packed in like sardines.”

This is one of the most interesting house party games for young people for either out of doors or within.

Centipede

gamepac — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:30:01 +0000

The players sit in a circle on the floor with their feet stretched out and mingled in a promiscuous pile. One player who is leader and stands outside the circle touches one of the feet (he may mark it slightly with a piece of chalk if desired) and calling on some player by name commands him to tell to whom the foot belongs. When this player has named some one the leader commands the owner of the foot to stand up. If the guess be wrong the leader chases the mistaken player and whips him with a knotted handkerchief. If the guess be right the guesser is released from the game sits down at one side and chooses the next one to be It while the one who was It takes a place in the circle.

This game lends itself especially to the gymnasium or seashore where the dressing of the feet is inclined to be uniform.

The game is played by the modern Greeks.

Leaf By Leaf

gamepac — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:30:01 +0000

A basket of leaves is provided no two of the leaves being alike. These may be leaves from trees shrubs or plants or flowers may be used in the same way.

The players are each provided with a card or slip of paper and a pencil and are seated. One leaf is handed to the first player who passes it on to the next and so on until it has made the round of the group. Each player in turn if he can identify the leaf writes the name of it on a card. Each leaf is thus passed.

The host or hostess then reads a correct list naming the leaves in the order in which they were passed. The player wins who has the largest number correct.

This is an especially pleasing game for nature students.

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.