Ting Tang Tommy

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Simon Godwin. Ting Tang Tommy

Ting Tang Tommy. 88 All-Time Great Games. Simon Godwin

Table of Contents

Introduction

Games and Me

Where Do Games Come From?

Why Was This?

The Original and Best Games for a Party

Arriving

Mister Hit

Lie Detector

Blind Man’s Buff

General Post

Caterpillar

Psychiatrist

The Scissors Game

Word Tennis

Empire

Cheeky Golf

The Cereal Game

Clap Volleyball

Mickey Mouse

Chinese Pictures

It’s a Knockout in Your Living Room

Slap Penny

Leaping Cards

Picture This

The Sofa Game

Puff Balloon

The Hat Game

Word Games for Witty People

Consequences

Variations

Book Reviews

Twitter Consequences

Twenty Questions

Epizootics

My Thought

Taboo

Sausages

How, When, Where?

Fictionary Dictionary

Ex Libris

Maggot

Douche!

Games for the Great Outdoors. The Eel’s Foot

Gaps

Tierce

Chain Gang

The Secret Life of Balls

Broken Bottles

Donkey

Pig in the Middle

The Pattern Game

Echo

The Challenge Walk

Battle for the Banner

Crumbs and Crusts

Manhunt

Playing on the Street

Ting Tang Tommy

In the Forest

Everything you Need for a Rainy Day

Hunt the Thimble

Kim’s Game

Scents

Ping-Pong Donkey

Judge and Jury

Up Jenkins!

Squails

Shovelboard

Jack Straws

Code Breaker

Victorian Yoga

Games for a Long Journey

Ink Pink

Ghosts

Fortunately, Unfortunately

Why Did I Say That?

Roadside Whist

Crambo

The Harry Parkin Game

Games on Trains

Guggenheim

Trailers

Wiggle-Waggle

Squiggle

The Key of the King’s Garden

Hands Down

The Imaginary Family

Seasonal Specials. Rural Games in Dorset

Beach Games in Summer

Pebbles

Kingy

Flip-Flop

Spooky Games for Halloween

A Devilish Wedding

Flour Cake

Apple Bobbing

Christmas Games

Snap Dragon

Telegrams

The Station Game

In the Manner of the Word

Charades

New Year in Swiss Cottage

Ibble Dibble

Eating Eggs at Easter

Pace-Eggs

Blowing Eggs

Three Games of Murder and Mayhem

Murder in the Dark

Live Cluedo

Werewolf

Going Home Bag. What Makes a Good Games Master?

Prepare

Deal Well With People Who Are Out

Know When to Stop

Hold On Tightly, Let Go Lightly

Have Something to Make NoiseWith

Play to Win…

…But It’s Only a Game

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Copyright

About the Publisher

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For Mum and Dad

Lewis Carroll

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Somehow we made it on time for our first performance in Moscow. The show went well and the cast and I were invited to attend a workshop at the Moscow State University, given by a director and expert in the Stanislavski Method. We expected two hours of rigorous emotional exercises. What we got was a lot of clapping. The director explained how awareness, contact and speed were at the heart of his approach to theatre. And so he taught us this simple but potent game, which I have played in practically every rehearsal room I have been in since. It works with friends, too. You need a big space, but the joy is that, although it’s a kind of volleyball, you can play it indoors since there is no ball to break anything with…

You need a minimum of seven players: two teams of three plus one umpire. Begin by asking the teams to choose names, and then get them to stand opposite each other in two lines. Just as in real volleyball, appoint someone on Team A to serve. Their job will be to make clear eye contact with someone on Team B and fire the clap to them. Without hesitation, this player must send the clap back to someone else on Team A and so a rally begins. Teams drop points by indirect clap throwing. Equally, if the clap is clearly aimed at someone but they are dozing and there is a split-second lull, the other team gains a point. The aim is to create fast and furious rallies that last until concentration reaches breaking point.

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