Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) I had a dream last night that got me to thinking about games I played as a kid that I haven'e seennor heard of in decades: Marbles Jacks Mumbly peg Dodge ball Hop scotch Anything on a jungle gym Musical chairs Hide and seek Penny pitch Tug rope Are these still played and am I just out of touch or are they no longer known to our kids? Add to the list because there are many more Edited February 4 by Forty Rod SASS 3935 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 I think that kids still play: Hide and seek Hop scotch Musical chairs Tug rope They probably aren't permitted to play: Dodge ball (too violent...sob, sob) Play on the jungle gym (I haven't seen one in years in any parks or the few playgrounds that I've seen...probably too many lawsuits) Mumbly peg (are you kidding....knives? Johnny was playing with knives today, we'll have to get him to counselling to eliminate these violent tendencies.) All of those activities take more than one person, except the jungle gym. They don't want to interact with other kids except on their damn cell phones. I've said it often, I wish the damn things had never been invented, they (and computers) have ruined the world and the worlds societies. Of course, I'm saying this with a computer though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) You forgot the most important one. Playing COWBOY Edited February 2 by Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Removed empty space in post 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 10 minutes ago, Father Kit Cool Gun Garth said: You forgot the most important one. Playing COWBOY Cowboys AND Indians!!!! 4 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Pushing toy cars and trucks around in the dirt. Looks like that lasts until school age and dies now. Imis 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Kids don’t play “army” anymore! Their folks would likely be jailed for promoting militias!! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 How about Fort Apache?? You know those little indians and army guys fighting?? Hours of enjoyment on a rainy day! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 20 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: How about Fort Apache?? You know those little indians and army guys fighting?? Hours of enjoyment on a rainy day! Or the plastic Army men. We'd set up our Army in opposing sides and then get one shot each with a BB gun until there were none left standing or laying on their belly (prone). Last kid with men standing won. Note: no one ever got their eye put out except plastic Army men. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Dodge ball was always played at school in the gym, for me. Kick ball was an elementary school game that wasn’t on Forty’s list. 1 hour ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Marbles Jacks Mumbly peg Dodge ball Hop scotch Anything on a jungle gym Musical chairs Hide and seek Penny pitch Tug rope From Forty’s list and using my grandson and his friends as test subjects here are the games from the list he played: Marbles - No Jacks - No Mumbly peg - No Dodge ball - Yes, in school Hop scotch - Definitely No “It’s a girl’s game”. Anything on a jungle gym - Yes Musical chairs - Yes in elementary school Hide and seek - Yes Penny pitch - No Tug rope - Yes, in school “Tug of War” (never understood that name, weird) Games we played that haven’t been mentioned: Tag and Freeze Tag Gray Wolf Snipe Hunts (on the initiated l) The ground is boiling lava, lake full of piranhas, vat of acid... (Played on porch or patio) Red Rover Kill the Qu*** (with the ball) HORSE - need a basketball net Thump - thump or whack each others knuckles flicking their knuckles as hard as you can with a flick of your middle finger. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tell Sackett SASS 18436 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 1 hour ago, Blackwater 53393 said: Kids don’t play “army” anymore! Their folks would likely be jailed for promoting militias!! My favorite!!! We played “war games” that ranged over several blocks! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Freeze tag, Red Rover, Pick-up-sticks, merry-go-round... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 How about jacks? My mom was great at that game. Also Dominos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 6 minutes ago, Tell Sackett SASS 18436 said: My favorite!!! We played “war games” that ranged over several blocks! EXACTLY!! We sometimes played over several blocks and even captured the houses of some kids whose moms went along with our exploits! We often “commandeered” a snack while “occupying” a residence! There were “stick guns” for kids who didn’t have a toy gun and pine cones served as grenades! We even took sections of discarded pipes and used ‘em as cannon! Sometimes it was 19th century warfare and others it was 20th with the occasional Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon scifi battle thrown in!! The town that I lived in for much of my grade school time was small in area and every kid walked to school. Some “wars” covered half the town on a long weekend with different “divisions” operating all over!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choctaw Jack Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 How about Tether Ball ( at school ) and kick the can, usually after dark, played in front of someone's house that had A very bright porch light. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 3 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said: EXACTLY!! We sometimes played over several blocks and even captured the houses of some kids whose moms went along with our exploits! We often “commandeered” a snack while “occupying” a residence! There were “stick guns” for kids who didn’t have a toy gun and pine cones served as grenades! We even took sections of discarded pipes and used ‘em as cannon! Sometimes it was 19th century warfare and others it was 20th with the occasional Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon scifi battle thrown in!! The town that I lived in for much of my grade school time was small in area and every kid walked to school. Some “wars” covered half the town on a long weekend with different “divisions” operating all over!! We also had some epic “Army” games / fun. I remember my side captured a few of our opponents and they were imprisoned at our fort (under the back porch stairs). My Mom brought our prisoners PB&J sandwiches. That started a mass surrender of the rest of the enemy. We also played Cops & Robbers. I convinced all the kids in my neighborhood to buy these cap guns that looked like police revolvers. They had the red plastic caps that were much louder than regular cap guns. If a kid didn’t have a “police revolver” they could use a regular cap gun. My favorite was a revolver that looked like a Colt Detective Special. My cap gun looked like this, but with brown plastic grips. It was an 8 shooter. https://www.ebay.com/itm/225971340166?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=DxGKCpmsQuK&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=bC8RdwrNQg-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Might be why I love this gun so much: S&W 327 Night Guard 8-shot .357 Magnum 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) Boy we must have been BAD boys when my brother and I were growing up. When we played "army" we filled empty coke bottles with dusty sand, stuffed the hole with a tissue and threw them at the "enemy" which was something hard enough to break the bottle and the exploding cloud of dust simulated the bomb blast effectively. As for weapons, our go to firearm was the always reliable... Edited February 2 by Father Kit Cool Gun Garth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 4-square under the street lights till a parent would come to front door and yell at us it was time to come in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp SASS#1628L Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 My all time favorite was Spin the Bottle. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tell Sackett SASS 18436 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 4 hours ago, Wyatt Earp SASS#1628L said: My all time favorite was Spin the Bottle. I never got to play that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 (edited) 4 hours ago, Wyatt Earp SASS#1628L said: My all time favorite was Spin the Bottle. Didn't that get old playing by yourself? Edited February 2 by Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Lizard Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 5 minutes ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said: Didn't that get old playing by yourself? Only when you started to go blind.... Texas Lizard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 5 hours ago, Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L said: 4-square under the street lights till a parent would come to front door and yell at us it was time to come in I forgot about that one. 4 square, I mean. My brother and I would throw football by streetlight on our street after dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 We also used to play “curb ball”. You take a racquet ball or any bouncy rubber ball and throw it at the curb. The goal is to hit the street then the curb and make the ball bounce back. Strange…I forgot how the rest of it worked. We had a point system but I can’t think of how it worked right now. Anyway, we had fun and spent a lot of time doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Lawn darts and horse shoes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Angus McPherson Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 "Indian Ball" I know different places had different names. Baseball, sort of. 3-5 guys. Playing field was long with edges (foul) marked with t-shirts or extra gloves or rocks... One batter. Maybe a pitcher if there were enough players. Slow pitch. No strike outs. Otherwise you would "pitch" to yourself. The "outfield" were the players in a front to back line. If the ball was caught on the fly, it was an out. If the first fielder in line stopped/caught the ball before it got past him, you were out. Outside the side markers was a foul ball. Four fouls was an out. If the ball got past the first fielder it was a single. If it went over the first fielder's head, or got past the second fielder, it was a double. If it went over the second fielder's head or got past the third fielder (If there was one) it was a triple. Over the last fielder's head was a home run. Each player was his own team and "base runners" automatically advanced as appropriate for the last hit. A player would usually bat until he got 6 outs (two innings) then everybody would rotate positions. My friends and I would play that for HOURS. Often there were only 3 of us, 1 batter and 2 fielders. I don't think we ever had more than 6 players. Man, I used to love that game. My Dad's game was Cork ball. I'm not sure but what that might have been a St. Louis thing. Mini-baseball a little larger than a golf ball and a bat that looked barely larger than a broomstick. I think the rules were similar to Indian ball, but they had a pitcher and would, sometimes, use the side of a brick building in lieu of a catcher. Fast pitch. I used to have a cork ball bat, ball, and catcher's mask (Extra small face grid so the small ball couldn't get thru). I kind of wish I had them now. They'd look cool as a wall display. Great memories. Angus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Spur Jake SASS #7728 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 And in high school we played "Skirt Chasing." Best game we ever played even if we didn't win. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 1 hour ago, Lone Spur Jake SASS #7728 said: And in high school we played "Skirt Chasing." Best game we ever played even if we didn't win. We played "dress up" day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 My friend got a croquet set and we’d play in his backyard for hours. Sometimes our parents would join in. We also played bocci ball , an Italian game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 Ongoing Monopoly games that lasted all summer. Imis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Wilson Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 21 hours ago, Lone Spur Jake SASS #7728 said: And in high school we played "Skirt Chasing." Best game we ever played even if we didn't win. That was my favorite one !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shoer 27979 Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 I was told by a friend of mine who was a teacher now retired that picking penny's is gambling and will get you suspended Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 4 Author Share Posted February 4 On 2/2/2024 at 8:34 AM, Tell Sackett SASS 18436 said: My favorite!!! We played “war games” that ranged over several blocks! War surplus helmets and liners; clothes; canteens cups and covers; gas mask carriers and back packs; rifle stocks; holsters and slings; bayonets and sheathes; compasses; mess kits and accessories; canned heat; aviator helmets; patches, badges, medals, and insignia; first aid kits; and much, much more. Those were the good old days... and almost no one ever turned to a life of crime or shot anyone (until we went the 'Nam and other evil places). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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