How to play Conkers?
Each player has a conker hanging on its string. Players take
turns at hitting their opponent's conker. If you are the one
whose conker is to be hit first, let it hang down from the
string which is wrapped round your hand. The conker is held
at the height your opponent chooses and is held perfectly
still.
Your opponent, the striker, wraps his conker string round
his hand just like yours. He then takes his conker in the
other hand and draws it back for the strike. Releasing the
conker he swings it down by the string held in the other hand
and tries to hit his opponents conker (yours) with it.
If he misses he is allowed up to two further
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If the strings tangle, the first player to call "strings"
gets an extra shot.
If a player drops his conker, or it is knocked out of his hand the
other player can shout 'stamps' and jump on it; but should its owner
first cry 'no stamps' then the conker, hopefully, remains intact.
The game goes on in turns until one or other of the two conkers
is completely destroyed.
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Hints
on how to make your conkers harder.
You could try one of the following:
Soak your conker in vinegar.
Bake your conker in the oven.
Freeze Conker
Use an old conker from previous years.
Coat in varnish |
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