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HopeHoops

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5. I forget what we called it, but it was basically a wavy track you drews.

Reply to Bonobo (Original post)

Sun Dec 11, 2011, 10:53 AM

Dec 2011

Each player would use a pencil to snap a line from their start point along the track. It had to be a fast snap. At whatever point the line passed out of bounds (meaning the track outline), you put an "X" and that was your next start point. It was difficult.

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If you're pre-video game age, what kinds of pencil and paper games did you play? [View all] Bonobo Dec 2011 OP

Hangman, xs & Os, that is all I can think of on paper. applegrove Dec 2011 #1

Same for me and my sisters csziggy Dec 2011 #4

The paper Fortune Teller... Tikki Dec 2011 #2

Yeah we spent a lot of time doing that. Sometimes we spread cooties that way too. Bonobo Dec 2011 #3

I forget what we called it, but it was basically a wavy track you drews. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #5

I just played a really fun one over Thanksgiving with my nephews. Frank Cannon Dec 2011 #6

join the dots... IcyPeas Dec 2011 #7

How about MASH? ChoralScholar Dec 2011 #8

heh heh heh Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #9

Warren... Bonobo Mar 2013 #10

Paper football OneCrazyDiamond Aug 2015 #11