Physical-skill games

Aunt Sally is a traditional throwing game. Nowadays the term is more often used metaphorically to mean something that is a target for criticism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aunt Sally"

Bagatelle (from French by way of the Italian bagattella, a trifle) is an indoor table game related to billiards, the object of which is to get a number of balls past pins (which act as obstacles) into holes. It is the precursor of the pinball machine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bagatelle"

Bop It is an electronic game of physical skill, marketed by Hasbro in which a single player responds to audible commands with the correct of several actions. This game can be seen as a variation on the hit game, Simon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bop It"

Carrom is a family of tabletop games sharing a similarity in that their mechanics lie somewhere between billiards and shuffleboard. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carrom"

A clapping game is type of cooperative (ie non-competitive) game which is generally played by two players. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clapping game"

A coconut shy (or coconut shie) is a traditional game frequently found as a sidestall at funfairs and fêtes. The game consists of throwing wooden balls at a row of coconuts balanced on posts. Typically a player buys three balls and wins each coconut successfully dislodged. In some cases other prizes may be won instead of the coconuts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coconut shy"

Cornhole, or Corn Toss, is a game in which players take turns pitching small bags filled with corn (or beans) at a raised platform with a hole in the far end. A corn bag in the hole scores 3 points, while one on the platform scores 1 point. Play continues until a player reaches the score of 21. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cornhole (game)" Please tell your friends about www.shortopedia.com Physical-skill_games

Crokinole is an action board game similar to carrom, shove ha'penny or squails with elements of shuffleboard and curling reduced to table-top size. Players take turns shooting 12 checker-like pieces across the board surface. The pieces have concave faces to reduce sliding friction and often have a central hole. They may also be ring shaped and formed of wood or plastic. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crokinole"

Crud is a fast-paced game purported to originate in the Royal Canadian Air Force. It is still played among units of the Canadian Forces, as well as the Canadian Coast Guard, and is reportedly popular with the United States Air Force as well. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crud (game)"

Darts is a game, or rather a variety of related games, in which darts are thrown at a circular target (dart board) hung on a wall. Though various different boards and games have been used in the past, the term 'darts' usually now refers to a standardized game involving a specific board design and set of rules. ...more on Wikipedia about "Darts"

Don't Break the Ice is a game manufactured by Milton Bradley, a subsidiary of Hasbro. The game is designed for two to four players, aged three and up. ...more on Wikipedia about "Don't Break the Ice"

Fast and Loose is a cheating game played at fairs by sharpers. A strap, usually in the form of a belt, is rolled or doubled up with a loop in the centre, and laid edgewise on a table. The swindler then bets that the loop cannot be caught with a stick or skewer as he unrolls the belt. As this looks to be easy to do the bet is often taken, but the sharper unrolls the belt in such a manner as to make the catching of the loop practically impossible. Centuries ago it was much practised by gypsies, a circumstance alluded to by Shakespeare in Anthony and Cleopatra (iv. 12): ...more on Wikipedia about "Fast and Loose"

Horseshoes is an outdoor game played between two people (or two teams of two people) using four horseshoes and two stakes. The game is played by the players alternating turns tossing horseshoes at stakes in the ground, which are traditionally placed 40 feet (12.19 meters) away. Modern games use a more stylized U-shaped bar, about twice the size of an actual horseshoe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Horseshoes"

Jenga is a game of physical skill, marketed by Hasbro, in which players remove blocks from a tower and put them on top. The player who causes the tower to collapse loses. The word jenga is derived from kujenga the Swahili word for "build", jenga is the imperative form. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jenga"

Jianzi (毽子) is a traditional Asian shuttlecock game which originated in ancient China in the Han dynasty. In English, both the sport and the object with which it is played, are referred to as " shuttlecock" or "featherball". ...more on Wikipedia about "Jianzi"

Jonchets (French, was orig. made of "jonc", engl. rush) is an old pick-up sticks game with carved sticks. In the 17th century it gets mentioned in references and was quite popular at the start of the 20th century. It was made out of rush, wood, bone or ivory. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jonchets"

Kubb is an outdoor game where the object is to knock over wooden blocks by throwing wooden sticks at them. The word "Kubb" (rhymes with rube) is Swedish for "wooden block". ...more on Wikipedia about "Kubb"

Marbles is a class of children's games played with glass, clay, or agate orbs generally approximately half an inch (1cm) across, but can range from a very small size of less than 1/4 inch, to a very large size of over 3". Some art glass marbles are even being made today in a huge size (greater than 12") for display purposes only. ...more on Wikipedia about "Marbles"

Mikado is a pick-up sticks game originating in Europe. In 1936 it was brought from Hungary to the USA and was mostly called pick-up sticks. This term is not very specific in respect to existing stick game variations. Probably the "Mikado" name was not used because it was a brand name of a game producer. The game got its name from the highest scoring (blue) stick " Mikado" (jap. emperor, tenno). The buddhistic Chien Tung also contains a stick called "emperor". ...more on Wikipedia about "Mikado (game)"

Operation is a battery-operated game of physical skill that tests players' hand-eye co-ordination. Made by Milton Bradley, it has been in production since 1965. ...more on Wikipedia about "Operation (game)"

Pick-up sticks (or pick-a-stick) is a game of physical skill (and mental as well) in which sticks have to be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining ones. One root of the name "pick-up sticks" may be the line of a children's nursery rhyme "...five, six, pick-up sticks!" ...more on Wikipedia about "Pick-up sticks" This article is made on http://www.shortopedia.com Physical-skill_games

A potato race is a running contest, where the winner is the first who collects in a basket or other receptacle a number of potatoes, usually eight, placed, as a rule two yards apart, along a straight line, and then crosses a finish line five or ten yards farther on. ...more on Wikipedia about "Potato race"

As a subset of pub games, pub sports include traditional pastimes such as darts, billiards, and skittles. Unlike parlour games, or gambling games of chance like cards and dice, all of which are also often played in bars, pubs, and taverns, Pub Sports require exertion, coordination, and dexterity in particular physical skills. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pub sports"

Quoits is a traditional lawn game involving the throwing of a metal or rubber ring over a set distance to land over a pin in the ground. It is closely related to horseshoes and the fairground game hoopla. In the United States, Quoits is most popular in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. ...more on Wikipedia about "Quoits"

Red Rover (also known as Red Rover, Red Rover; Forcing the City Gates; Pom, Pom Pullaway; and Octopus Tag) is a game played primarily by children in which the players form two teams. Each team holds hands in a line, thus forming two parallel lines (or chains) facing each other. The game starts when the first team (usually the East or South team) calls out, "Red rover, red rover, send [name of player on opposite team] right over." ...more on Wikipedia about "Red Rover"

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