November

Last night we invented a darts game. It’s called “12 dozen.” Basically each person playing has to hit a 12 every round, or else they’re out.

Simple enough?

It’s extremely exciting and far more dramatic than you would expect. With each throw those watching shout in disbelief or awe. Yesterday at the end of each game there was excitment to the point of ridiculousness. At one point Jesse was running around humping movie posters.

Full Rules
You have three darts, the first throw is the pitch, the second: the toss, the third: the dagger. If you hit a triple 12, or land all three of your darts in the 12, you have immunity for the next round (two triple 12’s give you two rounds of immunity, three triple 12 you get an insta-win). If you hit two double 12’s in the same turn, you only need two darts in the 12 from that point on to score immunity for the next round. If you don’t hit any 12’s with any of these throws, you’re out (provided you don’t have immunity). And, finally, if you hit two darts in the twelve and then proceed to hit a bullseye, you clench the ‘insta-win’.

Yes, 12 Dozen is a darts game for champions.

19 thoughts on “November

  • 11/1/2005 at 10:57 am
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    Is there anyway you can incorporate a strobe light into the game. That would probably make it better.

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  • 11/1/2005 at 12:25 pm
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    During high school, I invented a game called “Hostage Ping-Pong” with my best friend. You prop up empty videocassette boxes on the four corners of the table. You get five points if you take out one of your opponent’s hostages. That game was a party favorite.

    So was “Death Ping-Pong”, but his mother put the clamps on that one because it was too dangerous. Two points were given out per play. One point to the winner, another point to the person who gets to the loose ball first.

    I like your darts game. I’ll have to play it next time I’m around a dart board.

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  • 11/1/2005 at 12:53 pm
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    Epilectics killed his parents in a dark alley in a rage inspired seizure… He ran and ran and fell through some leaves into a cave where a shadowy figure flew toward him. At first he felt fear but then he realized… wait… that was Batman, not Kurt.
    Nevermind.
    I don’t know what Kurt’s problem is.

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  • 11/1/2005 at 2:00 pm
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    Extreme darts was fun, but hard, and very prone to breaking stuff, we only tried it a couple of times. We did play a great round of “XTREME throw the half-empty gallon of stagnant milk from the 3rd floor porch onto the adjacent roof” once.

    I can’t seriously expect to convey just how awesome this game of 12dozen is to any of you. Just watching an epic game between Mike and Jesse, I nearly lost bowel control. However I still think that the 3 darts should be called the Chunky, Honky and Donkey.

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  • 11/1/2005 at 2:47 pm
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    uuhhh….sander. I lived with MikeD for 2 whole years. you wouldn’t beleive some of the games we invented. Here is a slight sample:

    Yelling Mayonaisse at MikeD’s guitar wall.
    Throwing darts at a beach ball
    ninja darts, extreem darts
    Anything involving my slingshot
    Eat “any article of food” in 1 minute, a good example is, “i bet you we can eat that entire pan of brownies before Kate comes back”

    So don’t lecture me on epic games.

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  • 11/1/2005 at 2:58 pm
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    Heh. 12 Dozen = 1 Gross.

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  • 11/1/2005 at 3:00 pm
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    Shaun McQuaid’s comment reminds me of the game Risk2210 Attack of the Tanks and Monsters. Another classic.

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  • 11/1/2005 at 3:18 pm
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    I thought it was “Risk2210: attack of the fortress tanks and monsters.” You can’t forget about Legless. He was crucial to the defeat of the monsters. Bu lo, when the demon stones align, the gates of hell will spew forth their villainous spawn!

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  • 11/1/2005 at 3:57 pm
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    Steve Frank and I used to play games like “will this stick to the wall” (example, cream puffs, they will) and throw darts at each others feet (closest to the other persons foot wins, without piercing anyones foot, winner takes a drink of cooking sherry)

    I also played “land a beer can on steves car from the second floor” it had to stick and not bounce off. Helps if you leave the beer half full.

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  • 11/1/2005 at 5:28 pm
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    I once played a game where I held my hand on the dart board, daring Bisol to throw darts at it. He hit the board with all 3, missing my hand completely. Good job, dude. This game requires alcohol.

    I’m not lecturing you, Kurt. And I’m just so impressed with a game that doesn’t fit in with all the ones I used to play back home, such as “rabid raccoon snowball assault” or the old mating season favorite “who can get that big moose the angriest?” Extreme darts? Please, come to Maine and the fun is surviving.

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  • 11/1/2005 at 5:28 pm
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    Too bad the Demon Stones so rarely align. Also too bad that The Essence (the tiny representative of the Giant Demon that Stands On Kansas) was eventually defeated (after leaving a trail of destruction across the world).

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  • 11/1/2005 at 9:38 pm
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    Slingshot CoffeeTable Dive is one of my favorite HNH memories although the brownie eating was pretty funny too.

    And coming in the door, more than once, to (insert roomate name) ate your (insert food item).

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  • 11/2/2005 at 10:45 am
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    And let’s not forget the ole classic “drink yur cuzin purty” game.

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