tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post3956625837480408781..comments2024-03-27T07:01:13.725+02:00Comments on The Muqata: Shabbat Afternoon Youth Group GamesJameel @ The Muqatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-69550969232350845432009-06-10T23:28:31.035+03:002009-06-10T23:28:31.035+03:00Jameel, who were those YU shlichim to Australia me...Jameel, who were those YU shlichim to Australia mentioned in this post?HolyCityPrayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427375796402133238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-82168419121428662762009-06-10T13:11:42.043+03:002009-06-10T13:11:42.043+03:00To Play Scrabble on Shabbat we would keep score wi...To Play Scrabble on Shabbat we would keep score with large books. Each player gets a book with many hundreds of pages and bookmark the page with the current score. Flip the book over to go from even to odd or odd to even - actual score is the number of the page on top.<br /><br />The past few weeks my kids have been playing a card game that I never heard of before. Seems to be an Israeli invention called "Yaniv". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaniv_(card_game)Gee a Moronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00049652650047347640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-34496647101852731502009-06-10T02:45:12.513+03:002009-06-10T02:45:12.513+03:00Wow! Now that's a blast from the past (Zoom, ...Wow! Now that's a blast from the past (Zoom, I mean). Thanks for posting.yaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08179304707239865515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-12124875248269359452009-06-09T21:50:22.321+03:002009-06-09T21:50:22.321+03:00my kids play "swish-bang" and "tamp...my kids play "swish-bang" and "tampa-tampa"<br /><br />remember "this is a ____. a what? a _____. a what? a _______. oh, a ______!"RivkA with a capital Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411034058195730044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-73364221140699996312009-06-09T20:30:50.051+03:002009-06-09T20:30:50.051+03:00one group game is zero zero one one where the new ...one group game is zero zero one one where the new number being called has to keep the rhythm going and go after some one else<br />but all the other games, thanks for the memories (we pounded monopoly and president probably more than anything until we got a little older and started poker (uch))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-61385116443303061382009-06-09T19:05:18.211+03:002009-06-09T19:05:18.211+03:00Erachet: Capture the flag is a popular game in our...Erachet: Capture the flag is a popular game in our yishuv....kids play it all over the place.<br /><br />Just remembered one called something like "The Bishop takes the first drink" and you had to remember every single part of it and repeat it in perfect detail.<br /><br />And of course, there's the Beni Akiva classic "Kossot Ovrot", which is best done, when there's water in the cups which have to be poured from cup to cup...Jameel @ The Muqatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-55620404805353491032009-06-09T18:59:41.671+03:002009-06-09T18:59:41.671+03:00Sorry for all the comments! Jameel - ga ga is when...Sorry for all the comments! Jameel - ga ga is when you have to hit people in the feet. Elimination is when you just have to hit people. I love both those games. :) And spud. And capture the flag. And hide and go seek tag. And sardines.<br /><br />Siiiiigh, too many games I used to play that I don't play anymore!!!Erachethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00660802321998349072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-18877826927974523602009-06-09T18:56:54.884+03:002009-06-09T18:56:54.884+03:00Oh, also Mafia. And Mao.
...I've played a lot...Oh, also Mafia. And Mao.<br /><br />...I've played a lot of games. :)<br /><br />Other group shabbos games I've played: psychiatrist (love that game), telephone/broken telephone (really fun to play on school shabbatons and things).<br /><br />Okay, enough games from me. :)Erachethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00660802321998349072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-12485932839512696802009-06-09T18:54:02.871+03:002009-06-09T18:54:02.871+03:00Oh yeah, also Clue! Instead of using bobby pins li...Oh yeah, also Clue! Instead of using bobby pins like Mrs. S., we relied on just remembering the clues.Erachethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00660802321998349072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-82531534596364155732009-06-09T18:53:06.910+03:002009-06-09T18:53:06.910+03:00We used to play Zoom Schwartz in camp! Also - not ...We used to play Zoom Schwartz in camp! Also - not on Shabbos, but in camp I DOMINATED in a game called Ship, Shore, Wave.<br /><br />Anyway - Shabbos games I grew up with/play:<br /><br />Scrabble, Risk, Sorry, Life, Monopoly, Mille Bornes, 25 Words or Less, President/Capitalism/Whatever you want to call it (my chevra at home went through a phase where we played this eeeevery single Shabbos for hours), Kent, Spit, BS, Hearts, Set, Taboo, Phase 10, Squidge, and some other made up games. :)Erachethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00660802321998349072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-74242586230278806242009-06-09T17:42:31.459+03:002009-06-09T17:42:31.459+03:00Mrs S: I still dont know what "Ein Zahp"...Mrs S: I still dont know what "Ein Zahp" is!<br /><br />(And thanks for the reciprocal link ;)Jameel @ The Muqatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-27706774293824217762009-06-09T17:38:19.212+03:002009-06-09T17:38:19.212+03:00Thanks for the link!
The best part about playing ...Thanks for the link!<br /><br />The best part about playing "Clue" on Shabbat was trying to figure out how to record the clues without writing. (We used bobby pins...)Mrs. S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14649082640953110457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-35640461487687104872009-06-09T17:34:34.029+03:002009-06-09T17:34:34.029+03:00The worst game for kids was "cemetery" -...The worst game for kids was "cemetery" -- the objective was to be as quiet as possible, for as long as possible :-)<br /><br />Yonah: I think in our neighborhood, you could "no dice" everything...up to 3 times.<br /><br />AmyRPK: Configliano...interesting. Was that in the wikipedia article?<br /><br />Ezzie: Best card game: SPIT.<br /><br />SuperRiazy: Isnt that a version of "ga-ga"?Jameel @ The Muqatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-16345333566493636342009-06-09T17:12:29.383+03:002009-06-09T17:12:29.383+03:00Life, Sorry!, Racko, Clue, Monopoly, Stratego, Mil...Life, Sorry!, Racko, Clue, Monopoly, Stratego, Mille Bornes - great game!!!!, Othello. I beat a current Israeli surgeon you might know when I was 5 and he was 30 after watching him play a game. ;)<br /><br />And of course, card games - Casino, Spit, Rummy 500, Kent.<br /><br />We typically didn't play ballgames outdoors, though at shul us kids would play punchball, Elimination, or (not a ballgame) 52 Scatter...<br /><br />Ah, nostalgia.Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-87772659826272503112009-06-09T15:38:56.198+03:002009-06-09T15:38:56.198+03:00In the summers we played Elimination. The goal was...In the summers we played Elimination. The goal was to eliminate every other kid by hitting them with the ball. Last one standing wins. <br />In the winter when we were stuck at home, we would create an obstacle course using every single thing we owned. The game was called "Don't Step on the Floor". (kinda self-explanatory)SuperRaizyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06742653185025562286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-11179611935248230062009-06-09T15:27:13.376+03:002009-06-09T15:27:13.376+03:00I distinctly remember that you can also "No D...I distinctly remember that you can also "No Dice" a "Zoom" in our neighborhood, but never a "Schwartz." The "Schwartz" was really the killer, because the giver was always looking away from the one who had to respond, so if you weren't alert, you're a goner.<br /><br />We also played "Nasi, Nasi," which was the knee-slap, hand-clap, finger-snap game. It was also a pass-around game, with everyone on chairs in a circle and each person assigned as Nasi, Sgan, then numbers from one-to-however many players, and also one person in the middle, who was called something else, I don't remember. You "passed" by following the rhythm of the "slap, clap, snap, snap" and for the snap the sender said their own position twice, and then "sent" it by saying their position and then the recipient's on the final snap.<br /><br />And, of course, there was Red Rover. We had an advanced version where the two opposing lines stood less than five feet from a wall behond them, so in case the receivers wanted to let go and not try to block the runner, there was a risk of smashing into the wall. Hey, it was a tough town.<br /><br />And Ringolevio - that lasted for hours.yonahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-36320856036442970002009-06-09T14:56:30.267+03:002009-06-09T14:56:30.267+03:00Where I grew up it was Zoom, Schwartz, Configliano...Where I grew up it was Zoom, Schwartz, <b>Configliano</b>, No Dice.<br /><br />Hmmm.amyrpkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973204641467410337noreply@blogger.com