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Congklak is a traditional game known by various names, on the Indonesian archipelago. The most common name, congklak, is taken from cowrie shell, which is commonly used to Playing Congklak. In Java, the games is known as congklak, dakon, dhakon, or dhakonan. In Lampung, the game is called dentuman lamban.
The Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO; Indonesian: Pesta Olahraga Negara-Negara Berkembang) were the games set up by Indonesia as a counter to the Olympic Games.
Gateball was invented in Japan by Suzuki Kazunobu in 1947. At the time there was a severe shortage of rubber needed to make the balls used in many sports. Suzuki, then working in the lumber industry on the northern island of Hokkaido, realised there was a ready supply of the wood used to make croquet balls and mallets.
The game of pai gow poker was created in 1985 in the United States by Sam Torosian, owner of the Bell Card Club. [1] The game is played with a standard 52-card deck, plus a single joker. It is played on a table set for six players, plus the dealer. Each player attempts to defeat the banker (who may be the casino dealer, one of the other players ...
A Jungle Speed video game developed by Canadian studio Next Level Games and published by Playful Entertainment was released on Nintendo Wii's WiiWare service in North America on January 12, 2009, and in the PAL regions on March 13, 2009. [1] The game is playable with up to 8 players, with two players able to share a Wii Remote/Nunchuk combo.
Handball game highlights video. Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball [3] or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the opposing team.
Pictionary (/ ˈ p ɪ k ʃ ən ər i /, US: /-ɛr i /) is a charades-inspired word-guessing game invented by Robert Angel with graphic design by Gary Everson and first published in 1985 by Angel Games Inc. [1] Angel Games licensed Pictionary to Western Publishing.
The game features both cannons (caroms) and the pocketing of balls as objects of play. English billiards requires two cue balls and a red object ball. The object of the game is to score either a fixed number of points, or score the most points within a set time frame, determined at the start of the game. Points are awarded for: