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Games of marking diagrams on the floor such that the player can only walk on certain places. … Rhys Davids suggests that it may refer to parihāra-patham, a form

by wruza 5y ago

Games of marking diagrams on the floor such that the player can only walk on certain places. … Rhys Davids suggests that it may refer to parihāra-patham, a form of hop-scotch As kids we have played a game like this, called “the sun” (aka knives-grounds). One draws two concentric circles in a dirt/sand, one ~40cm (the sun), another one 1.5-2m in diameter, and splits this ring into few equal sectors, similar to chrome icon. Then everyone’s turn is to throw a knife into an adjacent enemy territory so that it sticks (1 attempt; everyone gets out for safety but the one who throws - they must stand in their area). You cut their territory along the orientation of the knife in two parts and join the lesser to yours. If a player become cut from the sun, he throws a knife blind. The one who can’t stand on their territory long enough to throw a knife loses. Hop-scotch was mostly played by girls cause they didn’t wear a knife. There were many variations, and if you’re curious yes I’m oldtime russian.

Cogito 5y ago
That sounds incredibly fun! We were repeatedly banned from playing "Stretch". 2 players stand facing each other with their feet together. They take turns throwing a knife into the ground, and their opponent must move the closest foot sideways so that it is in-line with the knife. If the knife doesn't stick in the ground the opponent puts their feet back together. First person to fall over loses. I'm sure everyone had their own rules, and this was not that long ago (surely!) in Australia.
mumintrollet 5y ago
That sounds very fun :D It very roughly reminds me of what I used to play as a kid in Sweden, which was called "Land and country", though it had a lot less knives. Each player started with a sector ("country") of a slightly larger circle (~3m diameter), taking turns in order to throw a small stick/shovel into some other country, thus declaring "war" on them. The person who gets "attacked" has to step on the thrown item with everyone else trying to run away as far as possible. Once the item has been stepped on, the attacked person tries to throw the item at a player of their choice. If they hit, they get to "annex" as large a region of that country as they can without lifting either foot from some starting position in their home country. It always was my favorite game despite apparently not being Buddha-friendly :)

by wruza 5y ago

Cogito 5y ago

That sounds incredibly fun! We were repeatedly banned from playing "Stretch". 2 players stand facing each other with their feet together. They take turns throwing a knife into the ground, and their opponent must move the closest foot sideways so that it is in-line with the knife. If the knife doesn't stick in the ground the opponent puts their feet back together. First person to fall over loses. I'm sure everyone had their own rules, and this was not that long ago (surely!) in Australia.

mumintrollet 5y ago

That sounds very fun :D It very roughly reminds me of what I used to play as a kid in Sweden, which was called "Land and country", though it had a lot less knives. Each player started with a sector ("country") of a slightly larger circle (~3m diameter), taking turns in order to throw a small stick/shovel into some other country, thus declaring "war" on them. The person who gets "attacked" has to step on the thrown item with everyone else trying to run away as far as possible. Once the item has been stepped on, the attacked person tries to throw the item at a player of their choice. If they hit, they get to "annex" as large a region of that country as they can without lifting either foot from some starting position in their home country. It always was my favorite game despite apparently not being Buddha-friendly :)