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

Very good entry.

The version I played as a child (in Berkshire), based on what was taught to me by my mother (from Nottinghamshire), has the same grid and similar rules to Sea Change's Californian version (I'm trying hard now to remember which grid the local school (Northants) has painted in its playground). So my first thought on reading the entry was along the lines of, that's not how WE used to play it. Perhaps you could say at the start that, as with most children's playground and street games, there are many regional variations? Rather than at the end, I mean.

Mol

Thanks for the kind words Mol - I will make that change.

Wow, I never realised there was that much to the game of hopscotch. When we played it, it never really had a winner or a loser, we just had to get to the end of the board and back, picking up our stone. The squares were set out like in the entry though.

I'm impressed, all the rules make sense to me even though I've never played it properly.

Hello? Did you think about the 'history' bit? If there is any truth to it it would be nice to include it, do you agree?

HELL

RL keeps intruding but I do agree with the history being interesting IF it is true. I haven't really got time to research that bit. Any help with references would be greatly appreciated.

Try these:

http://www.streetplay.com/thegames/hopscotch.htm

http://perso.wanadoo.es/jocsinfantils/jocs/terra/j105.htm

http://www.tidespoint.com/magazine/hop.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/tikkabilla/learning.shtml

http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110166/hopscotch.htm

Or simply google Hopscotch + Roman, you'll find a few hundred links. I think I even saw one of the said Roman ruins on some website, but I am not sure.

Bye.

HELL

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