Beer Bars - The Games

Hammer and Nails One of the first bar games I was introduced to was not what you would call a game at all. It seemed more like a medium on which to test your strength. There was this enormous tree stump perched atop a short wooden structure of sorts.   Embedded in the stump were hundreds of spent nails. Now the idea here was to take hold of a hammer which the young lady kindly provides and while taking turns with a single strike each time, try to bury a five inch nail into the stump. Easy enough said, but without due practice, this is not as simple as it appears. You may be required to buy the lady a drink should she beat you to this game.
Connect 4 The bar game called Connect 4 is a fairly common form of entertainment in most beer bars and homes around the world and is basically self explanatory. All it requires is for you to connect four round disks of one of only two colours collectively in a row in order for you to win, though this is easier said than done.
Jengo The bar game called Jengo or The Tower is simply a strategy of removing small wooden blocks from anywhere on the structure and then placing it on top. Looks easy until the whole steeple topples. The first one that causes the collapse, loses. Two or more persons can play by taking turns to remove one block at a time.
Jackpot A bar game called Flippet or Jackpot is a contest of chance played by rolling two dice together and then flicking a numbered wooden wedge over. Each wedge has a single number 1 to 9. The first person to flip all nine numbers, wins the game. You are allowed to flip any wedge on which the fall of the dice shows. You would be entitled to flip both the singular numbers or the combination thereof. In other words, should you throw a three and a four, you can flip both these numbers or the total which would be seven. However if you keep getting numbers already disposed of, then you will have to keep trying until all the wedges are flipped. The losers are generally required to buy the winners a drink.

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