Stappo

Equipment

The game costs not anything and requires only two little things: a little piece of Chalk or Coal is   required to draw a “Playing Court” and a four-sided figure or round piece of a level stone (usually not bigger than 4 inches in diameter) is used as the playing object. As a subject of fact, most of the time a blank small tin box of a shoe shine is filled with smooth and is used as the playing object

How to play

The players need a small flat stone and a flat ground on which the grid can be drawn. The grid is drawn on the ground either with chalk or using a stick on sand. Squares are drawn within the grid and are numbered in a sequence in which they are to be hopped. The pattern of the grid varies from place to place.

The player starts the game by throwing a stone inside the first square. The stone must ground within the limits of the square. The player hop through the court, landing on one foot in single squares and both feet in twice squares. At the end of the course the player turns around and moves back to the start, stopping to pick up the stone on the method back. If the player successfully finishes the course, he or she throws the stone into the second square and repeats the exercise. The performer loses a chance to play every time he or she is not capable to throw the stone within the chosen area of the square, or if they lose balance. She/he will start in their turn from where they had stopped in his last turn. The first player to move the stone through the entire grid wins the game

Variation

This game is played in different regions with variations in the rules as well as the grid that is drawn. In some regions, the game is extended by the players by trying to capture the squares to build ‘houses’ on the squares. After completing the entire course of the grid, the player stands with their back towards the rectangle and they throw the stone over their head. The square where the stone rests is declared to be their ‘house.’ They write their names which mean they own that number and they can hop in those boxes with both their feet.” Whereas, the others have to skip that box and make long jumps to hop to the next one. Now, for this player the game is played from the other end so the player starts from number 8 till the number 1. The player, who captures maximum number of houses, wins