Question of the Day - 5

Wow, not a single comment yet! Either the question was too hard, not fun, or you are all too self conscious to admit to your past. Regardless, we will move forward with our Questions.

Since #4 was obviously not a hit, I will make today's a little easier. Hopefully that will generate some more comments.

What is your favorite game you played as a child?
You can choose board, video, or physical games.

I remember so many great games as a kid. Its actually kind of hard for me to pick one. Since I am having a hard time narrowing down my favorite, I will just talk about one of my favorites. I think its unique, and I am not even sure if it has a name.

I call it Stair Ball. Creative right? The game is generally played with two people. The more people you have, the harder it is to play. Which makes it good to play when there aren't too many people around.

The game revolves around the rules of baseball, with a twist of course. Since you only have two people, you obviously can't play all the positions, so you improvise. One person is the "batter" and the other is the defense.

The batter takes the ball (generally a tennis ball, but you can use any type of bouncy ball to play) and throws it against the stairs. The ball will ricochet out into the field, where the defense is waiting. If the ball is caught on the fly, the batter is out. If it lands, then you would get a base hit. How many bases you get per hit is based on a pregame selection of markers to determine how far a ball must land to equate a single, double, triple, or home run.

The game continues for as many innings as you would like. Not too complicated of a game, but fun nonetheless. I think games like that have kind of vanished from our society, with the continuous inventions of new technology. What a shame. I miss the simple days.

Anyone wanna play some stair ball? Here is a helpful hint for anyone who wants to play: Aim for the point of the stairs, as this will give you the largest bounce.

What games did you guys like?

~Joshua