Jack Balls
Thanks very much to Ralph Oborn, who sent me this game!
Each player gets 2 balls of a unique color or marking. Croquet balls or painted golf balls work nicely but use your imagination: pine cones, rocks or shoes might do too. A white target ball is tossed out by the winner of the previous game from where the last game ended. The players try to put their ball as close as possible to the target ball. The previous winner gets the privilege of throwing the last ball. There are no out of bounds! Keep the rules simple, so, for example, if the players manage to put the target ball up a tree, in a hole, or behind a stump, it makes the game more interesting.
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