What were your favourite childhood games?

[reecejackox]

i really liked Tag and Hop Scotch

[LaLaLand]

"Blocky", dunno if anyone's familiar? Google tells me it's known as "Forty Forty" elsewhere. (Instead of shouting "forty forty" we'd shout "Blocky 1, 2, 3").

A player is chosen as "It" and a landmark such as a tree or lampost is chosen as the base. Players who are not "It" run and hide, while "It" counts to a certain number, usually 40, 44 or 100. "It" looks for the other players, while the players try to get to base without being seen.

If a player gets to base without being seen, they shout "forty forty I'm free",, "forty forty home", "forty forty save myself" or "forty forty in" and are then safe, waiting at base for the remainder of the game. In order to catch someone, "It" must see the person, run back, touch the base and say "forty forty I see [name]". If the "seen" player is behind or in an object, it must be specified; e.g. "forty forty I see [name] behind that tree" while pointing at it.

Players that are caught by the "It" return to base. The last person to be caught by the end of the game is "It" for the next game. Some variants make the first person caught "It" for the next game.

There are variants to allow players to be freed. In some variants, a player reaching base can say "Release, one, two, three" or a similar chant to release one or all captured players. If the last player reaches the base without being spied, they can chant a variant of 'Forty-forty, one, two, three, all saved', and all the players are freed to play again.

[LaLaLand]

Kerby was a good one too, hours and hours of fun back in the 90's when there seemed to be less than half the cars/traffic there are now around here.

Probably wouldn't be able to play it now without worrying about damaging a car or being run over. :skull:

[caprimint]

40/40, hide and seek, cat's cradle (idk if it's a game but whatever)

[JerseyWins]

Hide & seek, 4 corners, duck duck goose off the top of my head

[Strictly Jake]

British Bulldog. What time is it mr wolf. Also a witch game me and my sisters used to play where the girl from across the road we didnt like would be the witch and we all had to run around the block trying to get away from her, if we got caught then we were the witch. She never caught us!

[Nicky91]

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Goldeneye

Pokemon Stadium


Sudden Strike Forever (love that war game) and Hasbro Risk (for PC) that one was gorgeous too, also both were very nice in a educational way as well as it being fun to play

[Josy]

"Blocky", dunno if anyone's familiar? Google tells me it's known as "Forty Forty" elsewhere. (Instead of shouting "forty forty" we'd shout "Blocky 1, 2, 3").Isnt this just hide n seek?

[Josy]

Kerby, beds (hopscotch), grass fights, red rover

[caprimint]

Isnt this just hide n seek?
No cus you have to make it back to the base to safe yourself

[Beso]

Bugger the cat.

[Josy]

No cus you have to make it back to the base to safe yourselfYes you do that in hide and seek too [emoji23]

[Beso]

Kerby was a good one too, hours and hours of fun back in the 90's when there seemed to be less than half the cars/traffic there are now around here.

Probably wouldn't be able to play it now without worrying about damaging a car or being run over. :skull:

I was 1979 dyers court champion.:dance:

[caprimint]

Yes you do that in hide and seek too [emoji23]
I've never played it like that before :skull:

You just keep going until you find the person, if not then they come out

[Beso]

Yes you do that in hide and seek too [emoji23]

Yes..slap the lamppost and shout I'm in

[Josy]

Yes..slap the lamppost and shout I'm inYep

[Beso]

Just like kick the can.

[Beso]

But with hands.

[AnnieK]

Knock a door run
Kick ball hide (same as knock a door run but you kicked a ball at a door then legged it) The local neighbours hated us :laugh:
Hide and Seek
Two ballElastics

[Beso]

Kick ball run is like bugger the cat..but we tied milk bottles to a bit if string and knocked on the door if flats then hid down the stairs and pulled the string when they came to the door and shouted BUGGER THE CAT then run.

[LaLaLand]

Did y’all used to make birds nests out of cut grass? :skull: :joker:

[LaLaLand]

I've never played it like that before :skull:

You just keep going until you find the person, if not then they come out

Same :shrug:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Hunt the ****

Dead man's fall

Truth, dare, double-dare, kiss, command or opinion

That one at parties where you went out the room and then a random girl got picked and she would come out and you had to kiss them (Postmans knock)

[Babayaro.]

Pin the tail on the monkey

[Dogeatdog]

Nutmeg rush
Kerby (we called it Kerbsy)
Crossbar Challenge
66 Sore Arse (It was like a version of Heads and Volleys)
Goalie Goalie
11s
Hide and seek (we called it Manhunt for some reason?)
Knock down ginger

[Babayaro.]

Nutmeg rush
Kerby (we called it Kerbsy)
Crossbar Challenge
66 Sore Arse (It was like a version of Heads and Volleys)
Goalie Goalie
11s
Hide and seek (we called it Manhunt for some reason?)
Knock down ginger

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