ABOUT THE GAMES

Conkers is the name of favourite children´s game. During the months of September and October, a favourite playground game is conkers. It is a game which has been played every autumn for generations but nowadays fewer children are playing it. We hope to revive this British custom by telling you more about it. The game of conkers is known as “kingers” in some parts of the world.
A conker is the seed of the horse chestnut tree (not the sweet chestnut tree where we get edible chestnuts from),it is a hard brown nut which is found in a prickly casing. The green outer of the seed will turn brown and crack open revealing the conkers inside. They fall from the tree when they are ripe during the autumn months. Each seed pod can house many conkers.
Various games, especially darts, are common features of pubs; many of the old country pubs continue to promote traditional games, such as “Bat and Trap ”which have been played for hundreds of years.
There are many traditional games in Colombia for example hopscotch (golosa),among the more traditional children´s game are Jump Rope, Tag and Chase, Circle Games, Marbles, Tops, Games with sticks and Stones and Games for Toddlers.