So how bout those English lawn games that are played in the garden. Now translate that to American and you get lets play some outside games in the backyard. Some of the games are just like home such as jenga or some giant bowling pins. But then there are the english games.
Scattles looks to be a game based on a Swedish game called Skittles. It has twelve pins that are numbered and a stick for throwing. The object is to get 50 points without going over. So to start you toss a stick at the pins if you knock one down you get the points on that pin otherwise you get points for how ever many you knock down. The fun part here is we're ever the knocked down pin lands is where it gets stood back up. So you can imagine how scattered it gets. Very fun but hard to win if you go over 50 you go back to 25 and the thing bounces all over so it's hard to hit what you aim for.
The other game that was different that they played was French cricket. In this game one person has a cricket bat, short fat piece of stick. That person must protect their legs from the tennis ball, knees down everyone else is trying to his the person with the bat. The bat person can't move when the ball is in play but if he hits it with the bat he can run away until its picked up. If its caught they are out and the bat moves to he who caught it or was able to hit the batters leg.
So anyway a great relaxing day out in an English garden with family.
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