Some shorter games which may tickle your fancy
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Dog or Doggo!
Origin
First recorded games can be traced back to Bath UK
How to play
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See a dog before your friends do and call Dog or Doggo.
Dog for a regular dog and Doggo for a cute dog.
If the dog is deemed correctly called you are a winner.
Call the the dog incorrectly and expect appropriate and immediate retribution from your peers.
Helicopter
Origin
The word helicopter is adapted from the French language hélicoptère, coined by Gustave Ponton d'Amécourt in 1861, which originates from the Greek helix
How to play
Helicopter is devilishly simple to play, when you see a helicopter you say "hĂ©licoptère" in a french accent before your opponent which instantly wins the game.Â
Not saying "hélicoptère" in a french accent does not count unless you are french, in which case you have to say "Choppa" in an Essex accent.
Cows
Origin
According to a friend of mine the game was invented whilst on a swimming holiday in Lithuania driving between lakes.
How to play
Cows may sound similar to hélicoptère but no, it is very very different and must NEVER be confused. To play cows with one or many players you simply drive or walk along and when you see some cows you say
"Cows!!! I saw them first"
This is a very specific phrase and any divination or abbreviation is illegal.
You can not claim the same cows twice in the same day.