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...
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 to avoid being the whiner. —description from the publisher (translated) Bei diesem dramatisch lustigen Kartenspiel geht es ausnahmsweise mal nicht ums Gewinnen! Setze deine...
"Jam" is a game where everyone is trying to flick their dice to get them down the hole in the middle. When one player has got all their dice into the hole, everyone scores points for the uppermost faces of any dice they have still in play (any not used yet or knocked off the sides count as a 4). Lowest aggregate score after 1 round per player wins. "Sumo"...
This campaign celebrates the '10th year anniversary' JamSumo and the game has a new larger design that allows up to 6 players. Overview: JamSumo is 2 dice flicking games played on one board. Each player receives 5 dice. Jam - is a race to flick your dice into the middle hole. Sumo - is a dice flicking ’knock out’ battle. JamSumo - is 1 round of Jam and 1...