Funny, Pointless Games

Seven Ways to Make Almost Anything More Fun - courtesy of The Oaqui*

All of the following games have been personally approved and recommended by the Oaqui. It is possible, though not documented, that more than one of these games come to us directly from the Oaqui*, him-, her-, or them- self/ves.

Major Fun

Junkyard Sports - very unofficial sports

Toy Stories - games with toys by Major FUN

Games for the Many

Boxes - a game for hundreds
Giant Pick-Up Sticks - and I mean, GIANT
Human Card Games - silly mixers for large groups
A New Games Album from Lee Rush: a reminiscence of a spirit that is sadly out-of-date.

Games for the slightly less many

Rock-Scissors-Paper Tag - which way to run and why
Group Juggling - border on impossibility
Dum Dum Da Da - a singing silliness
Lemonade - a game of great drama and taggage
Estray Bonajour - a singing ritual of shoe passage
Machines - a theater-like game
Chairless - like the Lap Game, only not
Psychic Handshake - mystical group gathering
Prui: the game
The Sound and the Fury - a warm-up game of almost mystical silliness
Bernie Played a Game - a game that's played until it's impossible
Panther, Person, Porcupine: three-team Rock, Scissors, Paper
Thumper: A game that is as much fun when you're sober
Three Team Soccer: beyond competition, and perhaps beyond sanity
Bomb and Shield - a mad milling game
People Pass - and variants
People to People - twisted twister
A What - and why
Elephant, Giraffe, Toaster - a game of quick and silly response
Machines - a theater-like game
J'Accuse: a game of murder by palm tickle
Scream: group silliness from Emperor Matt
The Knee Games: a welcome addition to our collection of collective silliness
Oaqui Ball: e.g.: VolleyFootBasketball
Planets: a game of universal silliness
The Evolution of Volleyball according to the Oaqui: introducing Jollyball, Follyball and Polyball
Of Schmerltzes, Sockballs and Pantyhose: safe, soft, ball-like games
HaHa Numbers: beyond sanity
- see also: Roll Over
- The Prince of Wales: beyond Numbers
- Big Booty: beyond The Prince of Wales
Wrapping Paper: An hilarious game for all ages

Games for the Few

Playing with the Grandkids - a smattering of games for loving fun
Human Spring - a game for two
Not-so-Crazy Eights - playing for family unity
Thumb Wars - beyond thumb wrestling
It Could be Worse - or better
Handland - puppet theater of the air
Polaroid - build an image and see what develops
Everlasting Games - pointless fun forever
The Frog - make a friend for life
The Blessings Game - bless each other in and with fun
Verbal Ping Pong - and beyond
Redondo - group doodling
Food Fun for Festivating^* Families
Elephant, Elephant, Elephant: a card game of significant hilarity
It Could Be Worse: And it could be even worse than that
Oaqui Pong: An infinity of Ping Pong variations...
Found Object Scrabble: what to do at a restaurant while you're waiting to get served
Minip is a kind of UnTennis for people who like playing more than winning.
Twenty Questions begins with a discussion of the nature of human/computer interface as. revealed by the game of Twenty Questions, and concludes with a description of a new variation called "Plenty Questions."
Checkers: and beyond
What, you ask, is a Oaqui Game answers the age-old conundrum.
Long Knives and the Big Plate Special: a delicious and playful way to teach a remarkably spiritual message
Subversive Golf - as more or less developed by the DeepFUN group
BaaBaaBaaTwinkleEFG - a game of mental exacerbation
Higher Five and Clap You - a couple of hand games for silly times
Mutual Self-Congratulations - another hand game
A Million Ways to Play Marbles, At Least, from the Well-Played Game

Special collections (same pointless, funny games, for different groups)

More Funny Games of Dubious Purpose - as requested by various workshop participants

Elsewhere

More Funny Games - from the web
Theater Game Warm-Ups from the Improv Encyclopedia

Those wishing to explore the fundamental underpinnings of underlying Oaquiness should see also: The Sendings of the Oaqui