h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Oh, the joy of a deceptive title!

Not so much an office game but in college I have far too much spare time when I’m out of lectures. A game me and my friend devised is much like curling (or bowls if you like) but involves coins.

Instructions

 Put a coin/papercup/piece of blu-tac etc at the very end of a desk as a TARGET
 Each person gets a coin (whatever one they like) and slides it down the length of the desk, attempting to get as close to the TARGET as possible
 Whoever gets the closest to it wins and goes first on the next go
 Coins falling off the end of the table are disqualified

Alternate Rules

EXTREME!!!

 If the desk has a lip, lift one end so that it overlaps another table, making a jump.

ULTIMATE!!!

 Players get three coins, therefore increasing the potential for shunting the coins of others off the table


This game is more fun with more than two players and, despite the mindlessness of it and absence of any fun, can lead to tournaments lasting many hours… if you’re severely bored.

Sounds like shove ha'penny to me.

Aye, we used to play it where the object is to get the coin to hang over the edge of the table in three pushes, then you have to flick it up and catch it in one hand, then spin it on the table, catch it between your thumbs and finally shoot at a goal made by your opponent's fingers. Complicated? No way. Just good, wholesome fun!

this one has a better name though!

fair dos