Hot or
Cold Game
One
person hid something and the other player(s) had to find it by following the
hider’s verbal clues. For instance,
hider might say ‘warm, warmer, very warm, hot, hotter, very hot, blazing hot’
as the player got nearer and nearer the hidden object. If the player was moving away from the
object, the hider would use ‘cold’ words.
20
Questions
One player was chosen to be the answerer. That person chose a subject or object but did not reveal it to the others. The other players were questioners and took turns asking questions which could be answered with a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no’, no lying allowed. If a questioner guessed the correct answer, he/she became the answerer. If 20 questions were asked without a correct guess, the answerer would start another round. Questions were carefully phrased to get the most helpful clues and narrow down the possibilities. It might go like this: Is it something normally found in a home? Would it usually be found in the kitchen? Is it something to eat? Would it be in the refrigerator? Is it something normally cooked before eating? Is it meat?
20 Questions was also a radio quiz show that started in 1946 and ran for several years. It was a TV show in the 50s, didn't last long.
500 Baseball
This was a form of baseball, similar to fielding
practice. Whoever was ‘up’ would toss
the ball in the air and hit it to the fielders.
If caught on the fly, the guy who caught it got 100 points. If caught on the first bounce it was worth 75
points, second bounce 50 points, no points for more bounces or grounders. Points were not deducted for errors. When a fielder accumulated 500 points, he
switched places with the batter.
Table Games
In the winter months we played lots of cards and board
games. In the younger years the card
games included snap, old maid and concentration. Later, it was whist, 66, smear, hearts, canasta,
casino and rummy. Other games: checkers,
Chinese checkers, dominoes, monopoly, jacks.
In my tradition we played Rook, because at one time face cards were taboo. When we went to the beach for 2 weeks every summer, everyone from my Grandpa down to us 'little kids' would play. We loved to trump my uncle who almost always won! If there was too much arguing my Grandmother would threaten to throw the cards into the fire! (She did it once, and the great joke is that it was the neighbor's cards!)
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