Peasant Game at Joplin Renaissance Faire 2008

The name of this game escapes me, but the peasants of Joplin seemed to enjoy it. It's played on a level field about ten paces long, with wooden blocks set upright at one end. The player stands at the other end, with six short wooden dowels in hand. The object seems to be to knock over the blocks by throwing the dowels at them (probably with points awarded for each block laid prone). In this clip, three blocks have been stacked into an upright column with the player trying to knock over the entire stack. He doesn't quite make it -- and takes his frustration out on the final block! For more RenFaire pics, slideshows and videos, visit ryleh.org at your convenience.

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• joplin
• renaissance
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