Journey through the world of games

Elastic Duo

French game.

A playing field with an elastic band stretched on both sides, with the help of which the pucks are moved from one field to another.

Rules:
The game begins immediately after the two players shake hands or clap their hands.

Using an elastic band, the pucks, which should be 4 per team, must be thrown from their field to the opponent’s field through the hole in the middle of the playing field.

The player on whose side there are no pucks left wins.


Philippine Checkers

The game consists of a wooden round game board, 1 dice and 24 wooden chips of different colors. The goal of the game is to find a chip on the field of the color that fell on the dice.

Rules:
The chips are placed in random order, with the colored side down.

Taking turns throwing a dice, players try to pull out a chip of the same color.

If the player manages to pull out the correct chip, he repeats the throw and takes the pulled chip for himself, if not, the turn passes to the next player.


Jacolo

A Dutch game.

On the playing field, bounded by sides, there are numbered cells located at the other end of the field.

You need to drive 30 pucks into the cells in three attempts.

You need to score the highest number of points in 3 attempts


Justic

is an American board game consisting of a wooden circle and chips. Players throw a dice and place chips on the circle according to the number that fell on the die. The goal of the game is to maintain the balance of the circle by adding chips, preventing it from tipping over.

Rules:
Players take turns carefully placing chips on the circle. Until the time when, after the next move, the circle does not lose its balance and the chips do not fall apart.


Rochefort

French game.

A playing field in the form of two boards with many holes and a hoop tied to two laces on both boards, into which a ball is placed.

Rules:

A hoop is suspended on threads, where a ball is placed. The player takes two paddles in his hands and, controlling them, must pass the ball from bottom to top along the surface of his board, bypassing all the holes, faster than the opponent.


Elastic quattro

Czech game.

4 people take part in the game at the same time, two teams of two players each. The playing field in the form of a hexagon is stretched on 4 sides of which an elastic rubber band is stretched, with the help of which the pucks must be moved from one field to another.

Rules:
The game begins immediately after the players shake or clap their hands.

Using an elastic band, pucks, which should be 5, must be thrown from their field to the opponent’s field through the hole in the middle of the playing field. The team on whose side there are no pucks left wins.


Cornhole

An American game.

Cornhole can be played in pairs or in teams of two to four players per team. The playing field is 120×60 cm, and there is a hole on it. From a certain distance, special bags must be thrown.

​​Rules:
The distance to the playing field is 6-8 meters.

Participants begin to throw bags, trying to get into the hole in the board.

3 points are awarded for hitting the hole, 1 point for hitting the playing field, and 0 points for missing.

The game is played to 21 points.