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Conkers is a traditional children's game in Great Britain and Ireland played using the seeds of horse chestnut trees—the name 'conker' is also applied to the seed and to the tree itself. The game is played by two players, each with a conker threaded onto a piece of string: they take turns striking each other's conker until one breaks.
Conker, a video game franchise by Rare Conker's Pocket Tales, the first solo game in the series; Conker's Bad Fur Day, the second game in the series; Conker: Live & Reloaded, an Xbox remake of the second game; Conker the Squirrel, the main character in the series
The World Conker Championships (WCC) is a conkers tournament held annually on the second Sunday in October [1] in the county of Northamptonshire, England. Two players use conkers threaded onto a string and take turns to strike the other's nut until it shatters. [ 2 ]
To win, the opponent’s conker needs to be smashed and if both are broken at the same time, new conkers will be drawn. Further rules apply if a game lasts more than five minutes and penalties can ...
The Men’s World Conker Champion who was accused of using a conker made of steel “achieved his title fairly”, an investigation has concluded. David Jakins, 82, who took the title on October ...
It is also called horse-chestnut, [5] European horsechestnut, [6] buckeye, [7] and conker tree. [8] It is not to be confused with the sweet chestnut or Spanish chestnut, Castanea sativa , which is a tree in another family, Fagaceae .
A flat-sided conker (fruit of a horse-chestnut) is known as a cheeser, an "-er" contraction of "cheese-cutter". [49] The names applied to conkers that have triumphed in conker fights are arguably "-er" forms ("one-er", "twelver", etc), though "conker" itself is derived from a dialect word for the shell of a snail.
Conker's Bad Fur Day is set in the Fairy Panther King's Kingdom. [11] Windy is the game's main hub with entrances to most other sections: the farm Barn Boys, the poo-filled Sloprano, Heist, the horror-themed Spooky, Bats Tower, and It's War. [12]