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A grab-bag of things I enjoy that don’t fit the other tabs.

• ♟️ Chess variant · 4 players · 2 teams Bughouse Team chess on two boards at once — capture a piece and hand it to your partner to parachute onto their board. Fast, loud, gloriously chaotic. How to play →
• 🃏 Card game · 4 players · 2 partnerships Whist The classic English trick-taking game and the grandparent of bridge. Partners, a trump suit, and thirteen tricks to fight over each hand. How to play →
• 🥷 Theater warm-up · group game Ninja A circle, a freeze-frame duel of reflexes: strike one swift ninja pose to slap a hand, then hold perfectly still. Last ninja standing wins. How to play →
• ⚡ Theater warm-up · group game Energy Game Send a burst of energy around the circle — left or right — and bounce it back to flip direction. The classic theater warm-up, usually called "Whoosh". How to play →
• 🎾 Racket sport · 4 players · 2 teams Padel Tennis in a glass box, played in pairs. The walls are not out of bounds — they are part of the rally, and that is what makes it addictive. How to play →
• 🏓 Racket sport · 1v1 or 2v2 Table Tennis The fastest racket sport there is, played across a table on a strip of green. Games to 11, spin over speed, and a serve you have to earn. How to play →
• 🏐 Beach sport · 2v2 · no substitutes Beach Volleyball Volleyball stripped down to two players a side on sand. No substitutes, nowhere to hide, and the block counts as one of your three touches. How to play →
• ⚽ Team sport · 5v5 · small pitch Five-a-Side Football Football with the space taken out — calcetto. Five a side, small goals, no offside, rolling substitutions, and a ball that never stops moving. How to play →