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solvability: moderate lookahead
Puzzle Description:
About playing kid's games.
#1: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Dec 4, 2019
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by valerie.#2: Joanne Firla (JoFirla) on Dec 4, 2019 [SPOILER]
When I was a kid, I used to bring mine to play with at recess. One day one of the jacks went missing. We couldn't find it anywhere. When I got home, I found it in the cuff of my pants.#3: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on Dec 4, 2019
Haven't seen them in years. LOVED them as a kid - could spin them for hours#4: Teresa K (fasstar) on Dec 5, 2019
Ah, I was waiting for this one. Well done, Brian!#5: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Dec 5, 2019 [HINT]
There were some variations that made it fun to master the skill.
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view hints#6: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Dec 6, 2019
I was never coordinated enough to play jacks. I couldn't even get onesies.#7: Lollipop (lollipop) on Dec 6, 2019
I was waiting too, Teresa. What a nice representation of a three-dimensional jack, Brian. You even got the blunt thingies that kept us from sticking ourselves. And the balls were always red. I *loved* playing jacks.#8: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Dec 6, 2019
These look like they may even be worse to step on in the middle of the night than Legos.#9: Christine Freer (cfreer) on Oct 26, 2021
When I was a child jacks was played with what we called knucklebones (not really sure which bone they came from). These days you can get these made from plastic in the shape of the bones.#10: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Oct 29, 2021 [SPOILER]
per Uncle Wiki: The name "knucklebones" is derived from the Ancient Greek version of the game, which uses the astragalus (a bone in the ankle, or hock) of a sheep.#11: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Oct 29, 2021
What they looked like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astragalomancy
Christine and Kristen...ewww!#12: judy ellen reed (puzzled) on Nov 22, 2022
On a side note, this was a short series, but I really enjoyed making it.
I thought it was going to be a car jack. Love the image
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