What kind of games does everyone play when in the BWCA? We take cards and play card games but what else do people take up there?

Yahtzee. A staple in my pack

We fish. A cribbage board and cards are in the pack in case of rain.

I bring three games, Farkle, Cribbage, and Yahtzee. I start with cribbage and the other two are for rainy days. I bring the plastic cards that work well with the wet area.

Moose farkle.

Also card games.

Cribbage!!!!

Uno. The kids love it and I don't mind it because it's quick and easy.

Racko. There were always just the two of us, and I took the cards and two of the small racks in our miscellaneous bag.

BANG!

I may have played chess on my phone in the rain once.....

I fish :)

We play cribbage, bring a slingshot and have shooting contests. It's a non-official game, but we also have farting contests...are we the only ones?!

Cards and travel size cribbage board for rainy days.

I bring along a deck of cards but more often than not, we end up making up games to play with what is around the campsite.

bposteve: "We play cribbage, bring a slingshot and have shooting contests. It's a non-official game, but we also have farting contests...are we the only ones?!"

Do you judge by how loud or how strong, or both? You could play it like a game of chicken... get inside a zipped up tent and the last one to leave wins!

I like a bit of strategy in games, so a couple years ago I was looking for cribbage alternatives for rainy days. I settled on Hive as a chess-like game without the board. And it is appropriately themed on bugs. :)

I also picked up Catan: Traveler Compact Edition for a 4 player game. It is self-contained and worked well under the tarp during an all-day downpour last summer on Gaskin.

Hive

Catan

Uno if kids along.

Northwoodsman: "

bposteve: "We play cribbage, bring a slingshot and have shooting contests. It's a non-official game, but we also have farting contests...are we the only ones?!"

Do you judge by how loud or how strong, or both? You could play it like a game of chicken... get inside a zipped up tent and the last one to leave wins!"

Volume and length of time...my wife is never pleased but me and this kids sure have a good time with it!

None of the above. Prefer to fish. I've played Uno maybe 3-4 times in my life, don't remember about Yahtzee, maybe played it once or twice, wouldn't have any idea about cribbage, prob wouldn't recognize the game if it were in front of me, and generally not in the mood to play cards. Exception was a few years ago - before my trip, my daughter - about 6-7 years old at the time, walked up to me and said, "Here, Daddy - take these with you in case you and Jerry get bored when you're camping." It was a set of Old maid cards. It was so damned sweet, there was no way I couldn't take them along. And so, OneMatch & I played what I'd think - ok, going out on a limb here - what I think was the first ever game of Old Maid played on Hassel lake.

Cribbage and hearts (yes, I know but it is a long time tradition).

I bring a couple of books. Nothing better than sitting along the lake in my rocking chair in the shade .

uno, cribbage and a book, yahtzee

Uno, Pass the Pigs, Farkle, Yahtzee

My favorite game, is hang the tarp. Being the putzer I am could spend more than a day locating/hanging/adjusting. Second favorite is find stuff to burn in the rain!

I am easily entertained.

butthead

Jackfish: "We fish. A cribbage board and cards are in the pack in case of rain. "

Same for us. We also play cribbage while winter camping to determine who has to wake up and start the stove the next morning but mostly we are there to fish.

I always bring a deck of cards but never use them. There is always something to do like splitting wood, fishing, watching the fire or looking at the view/stars. If it is raining and getting dark then yeah cards would work but that's only happened once and we went to bed.

It's all fun and games with you people!!

darts or lawn darts... both are quite fun on a dark and stormy night...

Five Crowns, Spot It, Farkle, Cribbage, and Yahtzee
Five Crowns

tony

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Northwoodsman: "

bposteve: "We play cribbage, bring a slingshot and have shooting contests. It's a non-official game, but we also have farting contests...are we the only ones?!"

Do you judge by how loud or how strong, or both? You could play it like a game of chicken... get inside a zipped up tent and the last one to leave wins!"

Volume and length of time...my wife is never pleased but me and this kids sure have a good time with it!"

Sounds like our last trip when we put too many black beans in our chicken fajitas. We played the farting game for 24 hours, non-stop!!!!!!!

Miniature set of dominos and we make a game of “Shut Box” from an empty cracker box. $ .25 per win.

butthead: "My favorite game, is hang the tarp. Being the putzer I am could spend more than a day locating/hanging/adjusting. Second favorite is find stuff to burn in the rain!


I am easily entertained.


butthead"

well i bet no one minds you playing your games all day if its raining!

Back in the late 1960's, I had the "opportunity" to listen to an old 33 record of a championship farting contest. It had sound effects and a scoring system which included the dynamics shown below as well as crescendo up and down. I laughed until I cried and would certainly be in the market to buy or borrow to listen to it again if it were available. Anyone ever heard it? I tried to find it online several years ago without success. No contests for me as my losing would be compounded by the acrid air I would be breathing.

fishonfishoff: "

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Northwoodsman: "

bposteve: "We play cribbage, bring a slingshot and have shooting contests. It's a non-official game, but we also have farting contests...are we the only ones?!"

Do you judge by how loud or how strong, or both? You could play it like a game of chicken... get inside a zipped up tent and the last one to leave wins!"

Volume and length of time...my wife is never pleased but me and this kids sure have a good time with it!"

Sounds like our last trip when we put too many black beans in our chicken fajitas. We played the farting game for 24 hours, non-stop!!!!!!!"

bwcadan: "
Back in the late 1960's, I had the "opportunity" to listen to an old 33 record of a championship farting contest. It had sound effects and a scoring system which included the dynamics shown below as well as crescendo up and down. I laughed until I cried and would certainly be in the market to buy or borrow to listen to it again if it were available. Anyone ever heard it? I tried to find it online several years ago without success. No contests for me as my losing would be compounded by the acrid air I would be breathing.

fishonfishoff: "

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Northwoodsman: "

bposteve: "We play cribbage, bring a slingshot and have shooting contests. It's a non-official game, but we also have farting contests...are we the only ones?!"

Do you judge by how loud or how strong, or both? You could play it like a game of chicken... get inside a zipped up tent and the last one to leave wins!"

Volume and length of time...my wife is never pleased but me and this kids sure have a good time with it!"

Sounds like our last trip when we put too many black beans in our chicken fajitas. We played the farting game for 24 hours, non-stop!!!!!!!"

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I too have heard such things...

My Google Fu is quite strong..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPplyQWf-u4

As for games, a good game of "Ding Dong Ditch" can take quite a long time,,, best performed under cover of darkness no flashlights of course..

On layover days my buddy and I have been known to play hide and seek. Dress in camo. The one hiding has 3 min to hide. I'm 59 and he's 47. Just kids at heart
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bposteve: It's a non-official game, but we also have farting contests...are we the only ones?!"

Nope.

My friends and I play game we call "Rock and Stick." Lets just say it is very similar to bocce ball but we use small rocks as our throwing object, a stick/branch or sometimes a small tree as the marker, and Each player gets one toss. Who ever gets the closet gets 1 point and we generally setup anywhere from 6-8 different "holes" around our campsite . if anyone hits the stick its 3 points. And the person that is the furthest away has to take a shot of booze. Measurements are mad in footsteps and the first one to 11 wins....

It's some what difficult to explain but I'm sure you get the general idea. Last year I went to tiger bay on LLC and we stayed at he peninsula site in the bay. This site would have been the ultimate site to set up an "18 hole" course, however, It was only a friend and I on this trip. past years we generally went with a group of 4-8 people..

But HEY, try it some time and change the rules you personal preferances.

correction - 4-6 people, I've never went with more than 6.

Turtle Farkle...
Also cribbage.. Mini Duluth pack
Makes a nice gift, but pricey for what it is.

bposteve: ".......................... It's a non-official game, but we also have farting contests...are we the only ones?!"

Count me out, as I was raised in a more "don't do that in front of anybody, and if you do, try to make sure it's quiet, and if you do that, deny vehemently that it was you, and if that's unavoidable - like if the dog points you out - be really, really embarrassed" - type atmosphere.
So, I'm more likely to get up and wander away from the campsite for that, out of earshot and out of olfactory range of everyone. Then I'll return, and say I was checking out some cool lichens,...

Uno and fishing contest. Just wondering do solo travelers ever bring cards and play strip poker?

My husband and I love games, so we brought along a regular deck of cards, and Phase 10. Had a lively Phase 10 tournament on our swimming rock at 634 on Gaskin while waiting to see if some clouds in the distance were going to turn into something serious.

12 years of bringing up groups of men and boys to BWCA. Never brought a game, electronic or paper.

It is a wilderness area. The kids were never at a lack of things to do.

Personal favorite is one year the middle school age kids (4 of them) were "exploring". A little while later everyone heard a crashing sound then a splash. A moose had come ashore. The kids saw the moose and ran towards it hollering. He took one look at those buy, turned around and took off back in the water.

They told that story for a long time.

we fish and make camp the way we like it. or put it back the way it was. or clean up camp when its not clean when we get there. or find fire wood. we hardly run out of things to do, even when it is low 40s, its always a blast "Being"

My son and I usually play a couple games of Yahtzee (and some radio time) before lights out.