![]() We usually played it when most of our friends had been dragged home by their ears and only a handful of us were still at large. One was declared out if the stone failed to land in a progressively higher square or heshe stepped on a line. First, a player stood beyond a defined line and tossed a stone into a square and then, heshe had to hop across the squares, skipping the one with the stone. A game requiring two or more players, Kit Kit involved manoeuvring through a rectangle drawn on the ground with six squares inside. Practice, because one needed to jump right without landing on a line, and precision, to ensure that the stone didn't land in the wrong square. KIT KIT (HOPSCOTCH) This one was all about practice and precision. After all, the friends we pushed and shoved the most back then are still around, pushing us to do better in life. And even that meant games with siblings and cousins! This Children's Day, CT takes you on a nostalgic journey through some of the popular games of yesteryears, with a wish that these make a comeback on the playgrounds and homes of Kolkata. Each day meant new adventures, fresh bruises and, of course, kattis and bhaabs, and every evening, a struggle to stay awake till dinnertime. And the way we spent those hours! We would defy running noses, bandaged limbs and even bad weather to play the games we loved! What a ruckus we created in the neighbourhood, shouting stuff like `L-O-ND.London', `Dhappa!', `Foul, foul, foul.!' and what not! School uniforms were meant to be soiled and we made sure they looked a different hue by the time our parents dragged us home in the evening. So, with nothing really interesting to restrict us indoors, we kids had the luxury of spending a lot of time outdoors. And we kids gaped at the smiling Arun Govil from the front row! Then, smart phones, tablets, playstations or PC games were unheard of, and television meant fixed hours of entertainment, or long, torturous days of shehnai recitals if a national leader happened to pass away. ![]() Play continues clockwise around the table until a player has successfully moved all of their pegs to their destination triangle.This Children 's Day, let's take a trip down memory lane, reliving the fun we had on the field and off it too Those were days when TV meant a roomful of neighbours watching Ram spend a whole episode smiling at Sita, while Ravindra Jain sang paean after paean to the divine couple. Players cannot end their turn with one of their pegs in another player's starting or destination triangle. Once a peg reaches an open space in a player's destination triangle, it cannot be moved out of that triangle for the remainder of the game, but it can be moved within the triangle. Each player is trying to move their pegs to the triangle directly across from them on the board. Unlike traditional checkers, hopped pieces are not removed from the board in Chinese checkers. If a player does hop a piece, they may continue to hop pieces as long as there is an empty space on the other side to land on, and they may change directions while hopping if they'd like. ![]() Players may also hop a peg and land in an open space on the opposite side, regardless of the color of the peg, as long as they’re moving their piece in a straight line. A peg may be moved to any adjacent space as long as it’s open. Each turn consists of a player moving one peg. Then, everyone flips a coin to see who goes first. ![]() To play, each player starts by choosing a colored peg and setting their pieces up in the designated triangle that matches their color. Chinese checkers is a fun board game played with 2, 3, 4, or 6 players where players try to move their 10 pieces, called pegs, across the board to occupy all 10 of the destination holes on the opposite side of the board. ![]()
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