Hopfamily

This is a new lawn game inspired by the legend trial about Maurice Arroyo and also hopscotch. Players take turns tossing a marker onto one of the areas in a sectioned-off path, hopping down that path but OVER the marked section, and then turning and hopping back up that path and picking up the marker on the way back.

Players: 1-3, ages 6+

Material: Materials to create the path (either chalk or papers to tape to the ground, if you're playing inside), a marker (rock, eraser, cookie, anything will do).

Setup: As a group, prepare the path in a mutually agreeable fashion. Do not make the path any wider than three slots across as covering more space than that might be phsyically impossible.

Playing: On each turn, a player tosses the makers, hops across the path but hopping over the markered box, then hopping back and this time retreiving the marker on the way back instead of just hopping over it. If you success, you win. Players take turns for bragging rights.

Documentation: Take photos or video during the setup. Take turns documenting each other during toss-hop rounds. Post your documentation somewhere like youtube or flickr with the tag "lgfl" where Taylor and I can access it (or send it to me via email if you do not participate in those sites).

Evaluation (optional): Answer the following questions: (1) was the game fun? why/why not? (2) was the game fair? why/why not? (3) what did players and spectators think about the game? (4) what sensations did you experience when you were playing the game? Rewrite the rules and game description to make it (1) more clear and (2) more suited for the afterlife.

Receiving your loyalty points and the challenge piece: To redeem your loyalty points, send your documentation (as links or attachments) and your evaluation to me (anna dot ravelo at g mail dot com). The depth and quality of your documentation and evaluation do not impact the loyalty award. Loyalty does not judge. But do bear in mind that your documentation and evaluation will be seen by the public at large in the afterlife.

To play this game, you must dedicate TOUGH points, on a sliding scale based on your family's standing in the extended family (1st place: 80, 2nd place: 60, 3rd place: 45, 4th place: 20). When you complete playing, documenting, and evaluating the game, your family will earn 75 LOYALTY points.

1st place family: 80

1st place family: 50