A pile of plastic or wood objects (axes, rifles, brooms, crutches etc.) are dumped on the table. Players use metal hooks to extract an object from the pile, without moving any other items. If they succeed they keep the item and try again. If they move any object other than the one they attempt to pull out, their turn is over, and then it is the next...
A variation on the classic game of jacks for any number of players, Jacknak substitutes 10 cubes with a letter on each side for the jacks. The game includes a wide variety of ideas for "plays", or specific word/letter-oriented goals to be achieved while picking up the cubes or simply re-arranging them on the table. There is also pretty much infinite...
Five Stones is an ancient game played in various forms in most countries throughout the world. The rules vary slightly but typically they involve 5 to 10 stones or tokens of some type. The modern game of Jacks, using metal caltrops and a ball, is a descendant of this game. Unlike Jacks, Five Stones games require only pebbles or tokens. The game may also...
Played with 10 "jacks" and a small rubber ball. Players take turns. On a player's turn, he must first throw the jacks onto the floor. If any of the jacks land so that they are stacked on top of each other, he forfeits his turn. Otherwise, he begins to pick the jacks up in groups. He throws the ball up in the air, and must pick up a group and catch the ball...
Background: This game is a forerunner of many "dice" games and the game younger children play today which is known as Jacks. The game was "old" by the time it was played in Ancient Rome, since it had been played in Greece and other parts of the ancient world before it found its way to Rome. The game has many counterparts throughout the Middle East and...
Jackwagon A PARTY GAME FOR THE DERANGED is a tabletop party game. Players take turns drawing cards from a card deck and perform challenges to earn Badonka Dollars (play money. But BEWARE of the Jacked Up cards! With a Jacked Up card, the player then draws a Jackwagon card and ANYTHING goes with a Jackwagon challenge! If a player draws a challenge card they...
Join Jake and the Never Land Pirates for a high-spirited adventure! Grab your pirate gear and crawl, tiptoe, and jump through the vine archways to earn gold doubloons. Each turn offers a chance to prove your playful pirate skills, whether it’s tucking the cannonball under your chin or balancing Jake’s sword on your head. Collect more coins than Captain...
Captain Hook is snoozing in his hammock, surrounded by all the treasure he’s nabbed from Jake and his pirate crew. Spin the spinner to choose your challenge, then use the sword, the fishing pole, or the shovel to pluck a piece of treasure! But steady as she goes–you need to grab the loot without sending Hook tumbling into the water where Tick Tock Croc...
Jama Jama Gorilla-kun is a fast-paced children's action game released in Japan in the 1980s by Tomy. The game features a mechanical gorilla figure that spins at the centre of a circular arena, knocking around plastic bananas and challenging players to collect as many as possible. Players take turns using claw-like tools to retrieve bananas from the game...
For once, this dramatically funny card game is not about winning! Use your action cards cleverly against your fellow players and get rid of your cards as quickly as possible so as not to be the whiner. First the hand cards, then the open and finally the face down cards are played. As long as you still hold hand cards, it is forbidden to play the open or...