Hobbies And Interests
Makao
Makao is the Polish version of the American card game crazy eights. The object of the game is to be the first player to get rid of all of their cards. To play, two or more players are each dealt five cards from a 52-card deck; the rest of the cards are placed in the center as the draw pile. The first card is turned over and becomes the first card in the discard pile. If the card is an eight the first player chooses the suit and discards his card. If the card is not an eight the players must discard a card that matches either the number or the suit of the card in the discard pile. If the player can not discard they must choose a card from the draw pile.
Klasy
Klasy is a game that is played outside on the pavement. It is very similar to the American game hopscotch. To begin, players draw two side-by-side columns with three squares in each and label them 1 to 6. At the end of the board by the number 3 players draw a semicircle and label it "niebo" (heaven) and another next to the number 6 and label it "pieklo" (hell). The first player tosses a rock into the the 1 square then takes a "tour" by hopping on one leg to pick up the rock. The player finishes her tour by hopping through each of the other squares without touching the lines. Play continues until one of the player has "toured" all six squares. If a player tosses her rock into neibo instead of the number 3 she gets another turn. If the player tosses her rock into pieklo instead of the number 6 she loses a turn.
Draughts
Polish Draughts is a checkers game that is played on a traditional eight-by-eight square board with 64 alternating light and dark squares. Each player gets twelve draughts and the object of the game is to capture your opponents pieces. To begin, players put their draughts on the dark squares on the first three rows closest to them. Players then take turns moving their draughts forward diagonally until they reach the opposite end of the board. Players may capture the other players draughts by jumping over them. If a draught successfully reaches their opponents side of the board that draught is made a "king" by having another draught placed on top of it. Kinged draughts may move forwards and backwards any number of spaces or by making a right angle turn to another diagonal line. King draughts are not limited to capturing players that are in an adjacent diagonal square, they may capture pieces that are anywhere on a diagonal line that is adjacent to the king.
Pierscieniowka
Pierscieniowka, or ringball, was created in Poland in 1936. It is similar to the American game volleyball but the net has three metal framed holes in it. The object of the game is for a team of four players to accumulate the most points by tossing the game ball through the holes, not over the net. Points only count if the ball is thrown with two hands.