We were back to old NB for some rest and relaxation.....project time!!
Camping in Campobello Island (check out the rustic huts!), we came across a game of Washers we've played a few times - and decided to build our own when back to Bocabec. There are tons of online instructions for how to build the game. We bought plywood for the bottom and knotty pine for the sides #cheapestoptions. The worker at Kent figured out what we were building based on our materials in the cart so that helped in finding the big washers. Seems the game is very popular out east. I spray-painted half the washers white and mom fixed them and made them purple :). It was great to have access to mom's shop in the basement to do the work. We tested out the game on Thursday with the extended family - it works! I may or may not have had the highest number of black pipe points #insufferablemaybe Time to complete: 45 minutes Cost: around $20 Lesson's Learned 1. I'd do it again - was a small input for a game we'll play for years. 2. The glueing of the pipe onto the plywood went through a few iterations, starting with a crazy glue kind, then onto hot glue which also failed after a few clunks. Finally, a very generous amount of gorilla glue weighed down for a few hours did the trick. 3. The pine sides quickly got dings and marks, which makes sense. Glad we used knotty pine, wouldn't use anything expensive. How to play 1. Place the two boxes a fair distance away. Online it said 15-20 feet away... 2. One player from each team stands behind the box closest to them. Team one throws 4 washers to the further box. If there is a Team 2, then the Team 2 member on the same side throws to the game box. The members who are over at that further end then pick up the washers and throw to the other box. Repeat 3. Three points for the black pipe in the middle. One point for in the box. Whichever team reaches 21 first win!
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