Spending quarantine days at home doesn't have to be boring. If you have already exercised, read several books and already tried all the recipes, you can choose one of these six Mexican table games. To play some, you only need to have a sheet of paper and a pen. Have fun!
1. Stop it - Stop
One of the preferred games for language teachers, as it tests the tenacity and vocabulary of the participants. To play, you only need a sheet and a pen.
Establish categories. The classic ones are name, surname, flower or fruit, animal, artist and thing, but you can be as creative as you want. The group then chooses a letter of the alphabet at random, by drawing or reciting it until someone says 'stop' or 'stop'. Members will have a minute or until someone says 'stop' or 'stop'. If no one has repeated an answer, 100 points are given. If two or more participants repeat an answer, the 100 points are divided among the participants. If you don't answer, you have a horrible zero. Whoever has the most points wins.
You are alone? Play online with the app for iOS or Android. It has such interesting categories as' Game of Thrones Stuff 'or' The 1000 most populous cities in Europe ”.
2. Mexico Lottery
The mermaid, the little devil, the brave, the drunk. If after reading the list your instinct made you scream Lottery !, there is no doubt that you are Mexican. To play, all you have to do is choose a 'screamer' to sing the deck while the participants mark the figures they have touched on a card. If you don't like traditional cards, you can play with Verne's new Mexican Lottery.
You can print the letters if you click on this link. No one to play with? Download the apps for iOS or Android and play with other people.
3. Snakes and ladders
A classic Mexican game, but of Indian origin. It is about climbing the board with the help of a pair of dice and let chance help you. If you fall into a square with a ladder, you go up. If you get a square with a snake, you go down. The original board includes some moral lessons, where actions make you go up and others go down. Do you need dice? Download a model to assemble with paper at this link. If you play alone, you can download apps for iOS or Android.
4. The Goose
A game similar to the previous one, but this one has 63 squares with a drawing and rules for each one. The objective is to get to the last square, called the garden of the goose. Some boxes include challenges that can push you back. You can download a board at this link. If you prefer, you can download it for iOS or Android.
5. Chinese ladies
It is played on a board with 121 squares in the shape of a six-pointed star. Each of these squares limits with the six contiguous ones. Each game, team or color consists of ten tiles or pieces. The goal is to be the first to move all the marbles to the opposite corner of the starting position, using one-step movements. You can download a board to print and play with what you have at home (seeds is a good option). You can also install a version of this game for iOS or Android.
6. Hangman
A game that only requires paper and pencil. It is about guessing a word or phrase by writing the number of characters with a line. Each time it fails, a stroke is added to the drawing until a "hangman" is completed, which is when the player loses or guesses the word or phrase first. There are also versions to play online, for iOS and Android devices.
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