Low-energy recreation and games

[Nicole]

I've been meaning to start this thread, but just didn't get around to it.  After reading about how LATOC Forum member Graham wants to spend PP snowboarding, it reminded me.

Humans need fun and games or our brains stop working, especially kids.  GameBoys and waterskis are definately going to be gone!  Kids are great at free-play games (turn two sticks and a leaf into a game), but us adults need more help.  Therefore, I propose a list of low-energy games that can be easily made (or purchased now), are low-risk for bodily injury or consequences*, are suitable for a wide range of ages and abilities, and are played with at least two players.  My starter list is below.

(*which rules out recreation #1 since the dawn of time)

Horseshoes
Dice - any number of games
Cards - any number of games
Chess
Checkers
Learning/playing music and singing
Mancala
Croquet
Badminton
Darts
Dominoes
Marbles
Building blocks
Riddles & brain teasers
Story-telling
Kites

There are a LOT more that are kid-specific, like jumping rope, tops, playing tag, hopscotch, leapfrog, etc., but I was trying to think of groups games that adults would be okay with.

[OldHorseman]

Whittlin'
Archery
Gun cleanin'
Harmonica.

   I would've put in horseback riding if'n I weren't 'sitting' here all busted up from it right now.

   And I ain't rulin' out Recreation #1 no-way, no-how!

[oliver.rochford]

Sex!

hehe

Reading
Wood Carving
Art
Fantasy Roleplaying ala D&D
Knitting (my baby's hobby) and Stitching/Crafts
Bonzai Trees
Swimming
Beer brewing (hehe)

I do think that alot of pastimes and sports will be dropped. Can you imagine someone jogging in LATOC?

Old scavenged tyres as ankle weights, latest jogging fashion a la mad max and am assautl rifle in case you jog into some of less friendly neighbours or you encounter a boker gang.

I think people will save the calories

ollie

[Michelle in Ga]

Sex was the graham-plan's #1 problem. People will snuggle, especially in the cold.

[kaykay]

I miss playing board and card games around the table at nite.....I miss bonfire sing alongs.....I miss hide and seek in the woods at night....looks like I get them all back soon!

I'm saving small bills for....whatever.....when money no longer matters, I propose a massive poker game!  Anyone in?

[Holyshit]

Sorry KaYKay.

Most of the time, if I didn't have bad luck, I would not have any luck at all.

It is Amazing that I have servied and have built several prosperous businesses and new product lines. Never got any help from anyone and always had to go it alone. Sure after everything was going well (then) I had all kinds of people wanting to help me.

I do wonder how one can play strip poker when you do not like wearing clothes to begin with. 

[JurisDoctorOfDoom]

The tarot can be a ton of fun. You don't have to believe it in to have fun with it. It's sort of like story-telling with a bit of a twist.

[davevogel]

Beer brewing (hehe)

As always, since time began.  Long live Bacchus!

Shit, even the Church used to be the top brewers of the Day!

[Michelle in Ga]

Whittlin' is taking a knife to a stick. Some old timers might actually carve something, and some just whittle the stick
down to a smooth one with a sharp point.
It's probably very soothing for the nerves.

[SabreKai]

Just remember, almost any vegetable material can be made to ferment. Vikings used to make "storm brew" if they got stuck in one place due to bad weather. Yeast in small packages keeps for a good long time and won't take up a hell of a lot of space. Wine is trade goods too.

Sabre

[Ponzu]

Tabletop role-playing is perfect.  Its cheap, fun and you can do just about anything with it.  It encourages creativity, critical thinking and cooperation.  Best thing about it is, the escapism.  You can forget about how much life can suck, while you splatter and orc's head into a pile of goo, complements of your dwarven warhammer.  Or maybe you sit back and watch a zombie's face melt off under the searing flame of your mage's fireball spell.  Or, there's always the classic "I fire a magic missile into the darkness" move.  And finally, what's more suspenseful, than wondering what the evil GM is hiding behind the next dungeon door.  Or, whether or not your rogue will roll high enough to disable that trapped chest.  Damn, I love those games.  I'm a nerd. 

"You don't play D&D all those years and not learn a little something about taking risks." -some random character on the X-Files said that, never forgot it. 

[Chip Haynes]

Bicycling, people, bicycling!
Give those kids some practice for the post-oil years to come!


Then teach them to juggle. They'll need a skill.

[Nicole]

Ha!  PP bicycling will be transportation, not fun.

[Chip Haynes]

Yeah, but if you don't teach kids how much fun it is to ride a bike now, it won't be any fun at all when they have to.

And besides, I ride my bikes for fun as well as transportation.

(Just like some people drive their cars.)

[Chip Haynes]

If you're looking to do something that might prove popular with the ladies in the post-oil world, may I humbly suggest: Chocolatier.

I can't imagine anything you might do that would top that.