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Miscellaneous games

Dungeons and Dragons

a computer game, often used in training workers, in which players are in dangerous situations in which they have to find secret objects or destroy frightening enemies

hoopla

noun

in the U.K., a game that consists of throwing rings over objects in order to win a prize

horseshoes

noun

a game in which players throw horseshoes at a short post stuck in the ground

logrolling

noun

a game in which players try to push each other off floating logs

paper chase

noun

a game in which someone runs ahead of other people and drops pieces of paper to show the others where to run

quoits

noun

a game in which players throw metal or rubber rings called quoits over a short post fixed in the ground or on a wall

RPG

noun

a role-playing game: a game in which you pretend to be a particular type of person, designed to make you learn new skills or new attitudes

shuffleboard

noun

a game in which players use long sticks to push flat round objects toward a particular place on the floor

telephone

noun

a game in which something is repeated quietly from one person to another, in order to see how it has changed when the last person hears it

treasure hunt

noun

a game in which players try to find something that has been hidden

tug-of-war

noun

a game in which two teams pull on opposite sides of a rope until one team succeeds in pulling the other team across a line between them

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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