How to Find a Manufacturer of Wooden Outdoor Games?

The difficulty in finding a wooden outdoor game manufacturer is not a shortage of factories. It is that the information available before you commit is thin, and the information that matters only appears after the first bulk order arrives. Almost every sourcing failure in this category traces back to one of three things: a supplier […]
How Do You Pronounce the Game Kubb?

If you have seen Kubb played at a barbecue or a garden party and then tried to search for it later, the spelling is usually what stops you. It looks like it should rhyme with “tub” or “cub”, and it does not. The word is Swedish, and Swedish does not pronounce a double consonant the […]
What’s the trick to the Ring toss game?

There is a trick, and it is not in the wrist. It is in where you aim, and it is the opposite of where almost everyone aims. Most people throw a ring at the top of the stake, because that is the part they can see and the part that looks like the target. The […]
How Do You Play the Ring Toss Drinking Game?

Ring toss with a drinking penalty is a simple game and a good one, provided the group agrees two things before the first throw: what counts as a drink, and what happens when someone does not want one. This guide covers the setup, a scoring structure that works, the version that involves no alcohol at […]
What are the measurements for the Ring Hook game?

The hook and ring game — sometimes sold as the ring on a string game, or as a pub ring game — is a small product with four dimensions that matter. Get them wrong and the game either cannot be won or cannot be played at all. Below are the standard measurements, the ranges that […]
Dimensions for Hook and Ring Game

Hook and ring is one of the few games in this category with no governing body, no published specification and no official tournament dimensions. That matters, because a lot of the advice online cites “official” measurements that were invented by whoever wrote the page. What does exist is a set of proportions that work, derived […]