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Razzle (game) A diagram of a Razzle table, with eight marbles rolled to make a total of 27 points. Razzle (or Razzle-Dazzle) is a scam sometimes presented as a gambling game on carnival midways and historically, in the casinos of Havana, Cuba. [1] The player throws a number of marbles onto a grid of holes, and the numbers of those holes award ...
Pick-up sticks. Pick-up sticks, pick-a-stick, jackstraws, jack straws, spillikins, spellicans, or fiddlesticks is a game of physical and mental skill in which a bundle of sticks, between 8 and 20 centimeters long, is dropped as a loose bunch onto a table top into a random pile. Each player, in turn, tries to remove a stick from the pile without ...
A shuffleboard player taking a shot. Table shuffleboard (also known as American shuffleboard, indoor shuffleboard, slingers, shufflepuck, and quoits, sandy table) is a game in which players push metal-and-plastic weighted pucks (also called weights or quoits) down a long and smooth wooden table into a scoring area at the opposite end of the table.
Tabletop game. Chess and its relatives have been popular for centuries. Tabletop games or tabletops are games that are normally played on a table or other flat surface, such as board games, card games, dice games, miniature wargames, or tile-based games. [1][2]
Table hockey. A table hockey game, also called rod hockey game, stick hockey, bubble hockey, and board hockey, is a game for two players, derived from ice hockey. The game consists of a representation of a hockey rink; the players score goals by hitting a small puck into the opposing "net" with cutout figures that represent hockey players.
Pick-up game. Four players in a game of pick-up basketball. In sports and video games, a pick-up game (also known as a scratch game or PUG) is a game that has been spontaneously started by a group of players. Players are generally invited to show up beforehand, but unlike exhibition games, there is no sense of obligation or commitment to play.
Stickball is a street game similar to baseball, usually formed as a pick-up game played in large cities in the Northeastern United States, especially New York City and Philadelphia. [1][2][3] The equipment consists of a broom handle and a rubber ball, typically a spaldeen, [4] pensy pinky, high bouncer or tennis ball. [1][2] The rules come from ...
Mikado is a pick-up sticks game originating in Europe, played with a set of same-length sticks which can measure between 17 and 20 cm (6.7 and 7.9 in). In 1936, it was brought from Hungary (where it was called Marokko[1]) to the United States and named pick-up sticks. This term is not very specific in respect to existing stick game variations.