Atomic Pongling

Atomic Pongling? Why yes, it seems to be. A combination, one might say, of breakout, as it were, and bowling, so to speak. Is it fun? Why, as a matter of fact, yes?

Is it noteworthy fun? Again, perhaps yes. Noteworthy because it combines two games and comes up with something new. Not so new as to make you have to learn anything. Which is also noteworthy. But new enough to make you want to play it again, and perhaps again.

This idea of combining two games to create something fun and new is a very powerful one. We used it over and over again in developing New Games. Like, for example, combining, say, the game of Rock-Scissors-Paper with, um, a game of tag, to produce something you might call "Rock Scissors Paper Tag." Which turned out to be one of the more successful of New Games and is still played both hither and yon. Two teams (maybe three). They meet and decide what they want to throw, Rock, Scissors, or, well, you know. Then the two teams line up facing each other. All players show their team's choice. And the team that wins chases the other team back to the boundary line. Any player tagged joins the tagging team.

When you click on the link you'll need to be patient, because the site first runs an ad about why you should download the game. But it's well worth the wait. IMHO-wise.

Thanks for the find, Informador.