Acorn Hollow Games – Page 3

Poch

The European card game Poch is at least 500 years old, and is still played in Germany under the name Poch, Pochspiel (the game of Poch) or Pochen.

Deciphering Codes

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There are innumerable ways to create codes. Codes have been used in every conflict our Folk have faced and there were whole military departments that were dedicated to cracking codes.

I Spy

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This is a game popularized by the series of books called “I Spy…” But one doesn’t need the books to play this game; parents can choose any set of rules or subjects.

20 Questions

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20 Questions is a game made popular from the years of radio entertainment.

Homonym – Synonym – Antonym Game

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This is a great game to stretch those language skills. This takes into account the basic skills of opposite, same as, and looks the same but is different.

This ancient games goes well back into antiquity. In French the word Charade means, used to indicate a riddle either in verse or prose, of which the listener must guess the meaning, often given syllable by syllable.

Cryptograms

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As with anagrams, cryptograms were started in ancient Greece, but for a much different purpose. In the 5th century BCE, Spartans would carve a cipher on a stick then wrap it. The only way it could be deciphered is with the right diameter of stick.