Pub games
From Freepedia
Pub games are traditional games which are or were played in pubs, bars, inns, and taverns.
They include:
- Darts (various different games)
- Bowls (various different games)
- Dice games, such as Shut the box
- Card games, such as Cribbage
- Cue & ball games: billiards, bar billiards, snooker, bagatelle
- Bat & ball games: cricket, Knur and spell, Bat and trap
- Skittles - various different games, such as Devil among the tailors
- Board games: Nine mens morris, backgammon, draughts
- Coin pushing/throwing games: Shove ha'penny, Pitch penny, Toad in the hole
- Other throwing games: Ringing the bull, Aunt Sally, quoits (indoor or outdoor)
- Other games: dominoes, Yard of ale, Dwyle flunking
References
- Finn, Timothy: Pub Games of England (Oleander Press)
