Hobbies And Interests
Pencil and Paper Games
There are loads of entertaining games you can play with just a pencil and some paper. Battleships, where each player tries to "sink" the other player's battleships by guessing the location of their ships, and noughts and crosses, where players take turns to get three crosses or noughts in a row on a 3-by-3 inch grid, are fun two player games. There are also lots of pencil and paper games which can be played by more than two players, such as consequences, where players take turns to each write a sentence of a story; countdown, where players compete to find the longest word they can out of nine random letters; and cram, a game where players take it in turns to link pairs of dots on a grid and the first player who cannot move without linking a dot more than once loses.
Ball Games
Ball games are fun games to play outdoors. Dodgeball, tetherball, kickball and wall ball are some fun ball games for more than two players. Foursquare, hot potato and juggle circle, which is an exciting game which involves lots of balls, are also exciting ball games which are ideal for groups of children to play outdoors.
Board Games
The ranges of board games that you can play are diverse and plentiful. Family board games include snakes and ladders, ludo, the logo game, trivial pursuit and Pictionary. There are also word games you can play, such as articulate, scattergories, taboo and scrabble. Risk and backgammon are fun strategy games. Guess who is an amusing board game that is designed for two players.
Card Games
Card games are popular games for adults and children alike to play. There are plenty of single player card games to play, such as solitare and patience, and card games designed for groups of players. Blackjack, poker, rummy, cheat and sevens are examples of fun multiplayer card games. Pagat.com has an alphabetical index of card games for single and multiplayer card games to play, and the link to this list is in the "references" section below.