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Often the best indoor games are those that require little or no equipment except your own body and a wish to test it to its limits.

Furthest Coin is a fun game for players of similar height. The object of the game is to place a coin on the floor as far away from your feet as possible and then pick it up again.

However, you cannot move your feet from their starting position, and, to reach as far as possible, you can support your body only with your non-coin-holding hand. Once the coin has been placed, the players must now return to a standing position in a similar one-armed fashion. To complete the game, all players now have to recover their coins using the same method. The winner is the player who manages to place, and successfully retrieve, a coin the furthest distance from their feet.

Another great indoor game for players of similar height is Furthest From the Wall. Taking turns, each player must stand some distance from a wall and then lean forward towards it and support themselves (to avoid crashing head first into the wall) with ONE arm only. Their feet must remain together and in a fixed position. To complete their turn they must get back to the upright position by pushing hard off the wall, again using one hand only. No step-backs are allowed and the feet must remain in a fixed position throughout.

Players continue to take turns, each time trying to get further back from the wall. The one who successfully completes the manoeuvre with his feet the biggest distance away is the winner.