noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:00:48 -0100Blogger http://www.blogger.com339125http://strange-games.blogspot.com/en-usnonoreply@blogger.comhttp://strange-games.blogspot.com/2012/02/jugger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 9 Feb 2012 20:04:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-7414540327379812576Jugger is in the class of games that have been invented for a TV show or movie but which are now being played for real. Strange Games is indebted to Linus Smid for sending in a link to the video below. Jugger was created for the film Salute of the Jugger but has now taken off especially in Germany and Australia. It is a team game where each team tries to move a plastic skull into their opponents 1http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2012/01/strange-games-news-british-mini-golf.htmlstrange games newsnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:30:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-2161670922164091426 More than just an excuse to post a video of cool American mini golfers...The British Mini Golf Association have just published this year's tour calendar (see below and on their website here) Thanks to Ham and Egger for the email The British Minigolf Association can confirm the dates for ten of the 2012 season’s tournaments, including all three Major competitions. Dates, tournaments 0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2012/01/seance-pass-it-on.htmlindoor gamesstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 3 Jan 2012 21:13:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-6600113357071690530Last week's Stupid Ninja Game reminded me of a similar game which can be played by a group of people standing in a circle.  This time the group stands around a table and each person places their hands palm down on the surface. But, everyone's arms are intertwined...so your left forearm is over the person on your left's forearm and your right forearm is underneath that of the person standing 0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/12/stupid-ninja-party-game.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:17:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-3654976170539274531There are a few well known party games where players stand in a circle and take it in turns to do something and then get another player to do the same thing (or related thing) by pointing at them or saying their name.  The Stupid Ninja game is therefore, at first glance, not that different...but the addition of ninja noises as well as adjacent players activity raises it to a different level.0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/10/1st-irisih-egg-throwing-competition.htmlnew olympic sportstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:26:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-6541762991355594941The noble art of egg throwing - apparently invented in 1322 and now almost sure to be a demonstration sport in the UK Olympics of 2012 - is crossing the water to Ireland.  This Saturday, 29th October, sees the first National Open Egg Throwing Comp at the Culchie Festival, Mohill,Co. Leitrim. Events include the Throw and Catch and the marvellous Russian Egg Roulette. Head Egg, Andy Dunlop 0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/10/rock-paper-scissors-uk-championships.htmlindoor gamesnew olympic sportstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:45:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-4814098603540988483Sally 'Wacky Nation' Raynes has emailed Strange Games to mention that the UK RPS Championships  will take place in the JD Wetherspoon Knights Templar pub in Chancery Lane, central London on Saturday 22nd October 2011. Over 300 people are expected to take part -there are no World RPS Championships this year so this will be the big one.Everyone knows how to play the game so I'm not going 0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/10/temper-tantrum.htmlgames in busesnew olympic sportstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 3 Oct 2011 17:35:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-6640365814985293876Temper Tantrum is a game I hadn't heard of till it featured on the ITV2 series Minute to Win It. Simply get a couple of basic plastic pedometers and attach one to each of your feet or ankles.  A velcro strap is ideal or you can sometimes get away with a couple of strong rubber bands. Set the pedometers to zero, then get down on the floor on your back and get ready to play.   You 0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/09/bloody-knuckles-2-versions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:54:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-5695469305774336578I thought that I must have covered this classic and brutal childhood game many posts ago..but checking I find that I haven't! Bloody Knuckles 1 Here, players sit down at a table across from each other. One player then makes their hand into a fist and places it on the table. The other player takes a heavy coin (an American quarter, for example), puts it flat on the table then flicks it with as 0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/08/minute-to-win-it-press-launch.htmlitv2minute to win itspots v stripesstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:05:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-6744464852724586740It's not often that Strange Games gets invited to the press launch of a brand new TV Game Show but on Tuesday this week I went to the launch of ITV2s new show A Minute To Win It sponsored by Cadbury Spots V Stripes. The show features two teams of friends undertaking a series of wacky challenges in an effort to win a cash prize. The show is presented by comedian and TV host Darren McMullen 0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/08/dancing-rock-paper-scissors.htmlindoor gamesstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:10:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-446793901724027487Walter 'Bloody Knuckles' Brown has written to Strange Games to tell me of his favourite Rock Paper Scissors variations.  There are many forms of this game - I have already covered Extreme RPS, RPS 101  and Bear Hunter Princess.Dancing Rock Paper Scissors still contains three throws and is different from the standard game only in how each throw is created.   If you throw Drum 0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/08/indian-leg-wrestling.htmlindoor gamesnew olympic sportnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Fri, 5 Aug 2011 16:26:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-3387224560329016728American Indian Wrestling is based upon pitting different parts of the body against your opponent’s one part at a time.  There are many different forms such as back wrestling (standing back to back and trying to push each other a set distance), one legged wrestling (standing on one leg and trying to push your opponent over), thumb wrestling and of course Leg Wrestling  In Leg Wrestling 1http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/07/minute-to-win-it-tv-show-game-of-1-half.htmlindoor gamesstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:43:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-5496227165247867368This Autumn ITV2 launch a new game show Minute to Win It. The new eight-part series, in association with Cadbury Spots v Stripes campaign, sees two popular TV hosts captain groups of friends as they compete head-to-head in hilarious and bonkers 60-second challenges using everyday household objects. One of the games they are going to play has been named A Game of One Half (see video 0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/07/ironing-board-surfing.htmlindoor gamesstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:43:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-4974518813268687505As summer arrives and everyone migrates to the nation's beaches to sunbathe and play in the surf, body board and even surf board we at Blister Towers prefer a more unusual sporting activity - Ironing Board Surfing.  Simply borrow one of the servants ironing boards and head for the stairs.  The embedded video from students at Hertfordshire University perfectly demonstrates the thrill to 0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/07/repostextreme-bucket-ball.htmlindoor gamesstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:58:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-3989578839743645028In the excitement of writing my previous post all about games involving buckets and balls I forgot about Extreme Bucket Ball which has previously been covered in Strange Games The game works best with smallish teams of two or three players each. Teams take it in turns to have one of their members be the Bucket Boy - this player stands in the centre of a 3m chalk-drawn circle on the floor 0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/07/minute-to-win-it-tv-show-bucket-head.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:02:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-9078016485501937028This Autumn ITV2 launch a new game show Minute to Win It. The new eight-part series, in association with Cadbury Spots v Stripes campaign, sees two popular TV hosts captain groups of friends as they compete head-to-head in hilarious and bonkers 60-second challenges using everyday household objects. You can see the official video trailer here.  But the trailer doesn't feature some of the 0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/07/chap-olympiad-2011.htmlnew olympic sportoutdoor gamesstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:32:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-4328594987959074489It is time once again for the tweed based jewel in the world of strange sports - The Chap Olympiad.  The Olympiad, 'a celebration of sporting ineptitude and immaculate trouser creases'  is being held this Saturday 16th July in Bedford Square, London.  Its Past events have included Cucumber Sandwich Discus alongside the regular game of Umbrella Jousting, where chaps, and chapettes, 0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/06/wrong-pong.htmlbritains national sportindoor gamesstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:29:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-6061442346901322198Strange Games inbox has been inundated by an email from James Michie who along with his colleagues Joe Kelly and Nicholas Wright run Wrong Pong competitions. The next one is being held as part of the Sneinton Festival in Nottingham on Saturday the 2nd of July. Wrong Pong has been described as a combination of Ping Pong and crazy golf.  It is basically table tennis on specially designed 2http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/03/hockern-revisited.htmlstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:35:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-1207652514155671496Is it a sport, art or maybe dance? No, it's Hockern! An email from Stephan Landshutz at SportHocker reminds me of the truly inspred sport of Hockern. So it is with no apologies that I repost a previous post on this sport. Check out the SportHocker website here for some amazing Hockern pictures.    Germany's contribution to the world of odd games and sports is truly bizarre. Hockern (0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/02/table-wrestling-revisited.htmlindoor gamesstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Tue, 1 Feb 2011 21:29:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-8688621836484095601My previous post on Beer Pong got me to wondering whether it would be possible to combine the narrow Beer Pong table with Table Wrestling to enjoy two strange games at once. Even if the result would be a bit of a gaming disaster it is still worth revisiting the majestic sport of Table Wrestling.  The Table Wrestling website is a delight and visiting it I found this picture showing how 1http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/01/beer-pong-new-uk-tournament.htmlbritains national sportnew olympic sportstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:15:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-690173861477387091Strange Games has been contacted by Ben Newham, a leading pisshead light in the UK Beer Pong scene.  He is staging a major UK Beer Pong event next Saturday the 5th of February in Cheltenham. Up to 32 teams are playing for prizes totalling £500.  Just think of how much cheap cider you could buy with that. So I thought it was about time I featured this marvelous sport.  Beer Pong is 2http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/01/mini-golf-2011-events-midget-golf.htmlnew olympic sportoutdoor gamesstrange gamesstrange games newsnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sat, 22 Jan 2011 14:47:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-1806273848649546717The British Mini Golf Association 2011 event list is finalised with diminutive golfing events around the country in such hotspots of glamour as Margate, Hastings and Weymouth,  with the World Championships held in August in Stockholm.  Read the full schedule here  at minigolf.org and don't forget to visit the best mini golf blog the Ham and Egger Files for up to mini golf news and 0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2011/01/groin-ball.htmloutdoor gamesstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:10:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-1375536764618293421Groin Ball is a much more sophisticated testicular game than Roshambo (the brutal ball kicking game where players face each other and take turns to make unguarded kicks into the other's groin until one player gives up.  Games are usually extremely short lived.) This classic Japanese version of Groin Ball is played between two teams of two players. Each team consists of a ball thrower and a 0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2010/12/tights-racing.htmlindoor gamesparty gamesstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:49:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-643782200237298439Strange Games has been inundated by an e-mail from Elmo McDonald :'Montegue, can you tell me the best Christmas party game to play that is fun for the whole family, is energetic and which uses some of the crap that is left around the place at this time of the year?'  I had a good think about this request and remembered a game from my own childhood: Tights Racing. Tights Racing is a superb 1http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2010/11/rip-off-your-kecks.htmlparty gamesstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:18:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-4687593242867025060Strange Games reader W. Poole (pictured) sent in the following party game, which he insists is 'the' game to play at all the best parties:Rip off Your Kecks or Trouser Swapping as it is sometimes know in more polite circles is the ultimate party game that involves clothes.  There are quite a few of these such as the one where you have to put on an oversize set of clothes and race to the end 0http://strange-games.blogspot.com/2010/11/uk-rps-championships-report.htmlindoor gamesstrange gamesnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:45:00 -0100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27011817.post-5280771641841681542Excellent UK RPS tournament report with lots of photos and videos by Richard 'the Rock' Gottfried over at the Ham and Egger blog (your first stop for UK mini golf news) 0