Skully
On the sidewalk you draw a large rectange with some chalk and about 10 smaller boxes around the 'board', number them 1-10, then you take a bottle cap (usally filled with melted crayon for weight) and try to go around the board and get to the home base first while trying to knock the other players man out of the box.
ALTERNATIVE RULES
Posted by: Kirby Woodham
When you reach the last box you go out of town and return as a killer player. If you hit another player 3x they are out of the game. If another killer player hits you 1x you out of the game. Also you can play with thirteen boxes, the boxes in the middle are double and the numbers are alternated across the board.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
I played the same game in Philly, Pa. we called it Scummy, because we would play on the street and get real dirty
Posted by: Tony
ORIGINS
Do you know the origins of this game! If you have any ideas or suggestions then please post them using the form on the right. Thank you.
ALTERNATIVE RULES
Posted by: Kirby Woodham
When you reach the last box you go out of town and return as a killer player. If you hit another player 3x they are out of the game. If another killer player hits you 1x you out of the game. Also you can play with thirteen boxes, the boxes in the middle are double and the numbers are alternated across the board.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
I played the same game in Philly, Pa. we called it Scummy, because we would play on the street and get real dirty
Posted by: Tony
ORIGINS
Do you know the origins of this game! If you have any ideas or suggestions then please post them using the form on the right. Thank you.
COMMENTS
| cykkatt |  |
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| we use to call it Deadman or Deadblock in South Philly |
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24 MAR 17:03:40 |
Sunfish | |
| I learned the game from my father, who was born in Meriden, CT in 1903. He would have played as a child - ca 1908 - 1913. He called it Skillet. We played it in the asphalt street, with empty shoe polish tins that were refilled with clay. |
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18 FEB 20:18:12 |
Diane | |
| I played this as a child in upper Manhattan. I was telling co-workers about it, and because of their age they never heard of it...glad someone else remembers. |
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17 APR 12:55:27 |
Brother /day | |
| In Phila, PA, this {type} game was known as DEAD BLOCK. In Baltimoe, MD it's called Skillet. Send me a mailing address, and I will send you the outline of the playing court and the rules of play. Similar to your SKULLY; howeover much more intricate. |
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