[myamoto1]

We played apple wars and blowgun chicken growing up.

Apple wars were probably the most fun, probably because they caused the most damage. First, you need an apple tree. Next, get yourself a 10 - 12 foot straight, thin, green tree. Take off any branches and carve a spike at the tip. Place apple on tip, acquire target and let 'er rip. If you whipped it off the stick just right, the apple would make this eery whistle sound as it went through the air. I have no idea how fast those things were going, but having a full sized apple explode upon impact w/ any part of your body sure hurt like hell. It only took a few hits before you became a master at dodging flying apples.

Blowgun chicken was our second favorite. We had these clear plexi tubes, that were about 2' long. We'd make darts out of pins and a wad of thread (wrap thread around 2 fingers, tie one end to the needle, glue, then clip the other end = instant dart). The game involved sitting against a wall with your hands over your face, for protection and to add to the fear factor. The other person would then try to see how close they could shoot an outline of your head with about 20 darts. To keep things interesting, every round you'd move a few feet back. The other aspect most didn't think about right away was the "revenge dart." If your buddy nicked you with a dart on the last round, there was a 101% chance he was getting one in the scalp, chin, neck, or hand. No crying and no bandaids allowed.