Growing up with just my dad and siblings didn't give us much freedom as other kids but one thing I can remember very clearly was my dad giving us the freedom to do whatever we liked inside the house and I'm still surprised how we got to understand indoor games from our class mates and played them inside the house.
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My Indoor Favourites
Until dad started to allow my siblings and I go out to play, my favourite games were "Police catch thief" and "Biro game". I don't know if these games are known but they were very popular game during my childhood.
Police catch thief is a paper game where we random pick wrapped names and who becomes the thief gets to catch the thief among the others... I remember looking at every participants of the game as suspects so I could catch the thief anytime I picked the police paper ๐ it was never easy but it was so much fun.
Biro game was introduced to us at home by my brother then, we make our biro fight and the first pen to hit the other pen to fall off the table or the play board, wins. I was never a pro at that game or maybe my brother was just so good with it, he would always win.
We played so many other indoor games but these are the ones that still sticks to my mind whenever I'm asked what my favourite was back then.
My Outdoor favourites
We later got the opportunity to go outside although on the watch on some elders in our neighbourhood, I remember how happy we were to paly with our neighbour's children. My favourite games at that period were "Ludo game" and "Suwe (Hopscotch)". I wasn't a pro in them like I am now but there were times I made lots of wins with my little knowledge of the games... It was so much fun.
My star game ๐ฅฐ
The Ludo game is a two to four people game and I always preferred the four people game until I got older... Don't ask me why. Ludo game is more fun to me when every participants counts faster and make the right moves for the fun of it during the game, I had so much fun back then with it. I still play it now but it was more fun back then because I played it as a child mostly with older people ๐
Suwe game also called "Hopscotch" is my most fun outdoor childhood game. The game is all about participants hoping on one or both legs around drawn lines trying to get to an end without touching the lines or falling off. I was a pro on this game ๐ฅฐ even though I sustain a few injuries before I became good in it.
There are so many other fun childhood games I played that still sticks to my brain up till now because of how fun they were back then. I did play the skipping rope game, hide and seek, running under the rain, ten ten, fire on the mountain and so many others.
Writing this post make me miss those days so much, wish I could play those games without drawing attention from people that I'm being childish ๐ they were fun games really.
Well, I don't think I was able to point out one favourite game in this post, and that's because I had too many favourites. Maybe you could just say my favourite was the one I was a pro at... Be the judge.
Thanks for reading!!!
Chai that biro game is another experience o.. my pen dy spoil well well for that one. Then I will go look for a misplaced biro to steal again cus I don't buy. ๐ฅด๐ฅด
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So you were one of the biro thieves ๐ I can't say I wasn't one of them too ๐
See this my partner in crime sha. ๐ ๐
I thought you will not talk true before. We for fight now now. ๐๐
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I nor fit lie for that one o
That's so good of you! ๐
Those were the days, when we were kids and we used to have very little worries..
I remember the biro game, we used to play it a lot in class and damn I was just an average player, I wasn't a pro and sometimes won with luck .
Police and thief รณmo, that game must have been played by every child, ๐๐...we go just dey run around dey do pow pow, then if your fellow thief comman touch you, you'll be released from the cell ..
Childhood memories are beautiful ones, I'm glad you could relive them in this post
As in ehn
Writing this post was so much fun for me, I kept smiling ๐
E be like say I wan play that Suwe again, you go join me? ๐๐คช๐
Of course, I'd love to..but you'd have to put me through the procedures again o
Lol if you're still up on the offer I'll join you on that game o
No problem ๐
For the record, the biro game was my hit point...i remember I was skilled using this Lucky racer pen cos of its kinda concrete cover.๐
Lol you know this thing bro..the lucky biro could allow you do that bicycle kick ๐๐
You're a legend
Yes..wasnt it that one which could make it seem as if it flew over the other or something..?๐
Yeah...it is that one...
รmo, you no dey sleep??
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No time to check time boss.
Sure bro...๐
I remember doing biro fights back then, on my desk in our classroom. I took my dad's fountain pen to school one time, and because of the weight, I was just winning every other person๐
We even used to hold a makeshift tournament. Although there were no prices involved, just the knowledge that you were the alpha when it came to biro fights.
And believe me, it was an awesome feeling back then.
Thank you for sharing this with us.
๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ I always argued with those who tried to play with fountain pen... That's cheating ๐ so you were one of them huh?
It's so much fun going back in time to our childhood days ๐
You see that biro game?
It was all fun too but I just wonder who invented such game tho!
Playing to the point of scattering our biros was never a big deal so long as we were catching cruise ๐
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As in ehn... It was so much fun
Yea๐
Omo during those times biros do break anyhow ๐
I'm telling you๐
This post is so nostalgic, making me remember so much from my childhood especially that game, police catch thiefโฆ I was always in charge of the game๐ I was the one recording scores and I will always picking police but I will never catch the thief. Just like you, my parents didnโt let us out of the house so I always played with my siblings, I have 5 of them so it was never boring.
Wow 5 siblings? That would be so much fun, mine was just three and we had fun too ๐
I have never heard of "police catch thief" ๐ but I guess it would be an interesting game. I have always played the biro game, most times by myself and it was fun having to see which pen would win and lose. Now, I knew the English name for Suwe game. Lol
Thank you๐
Hahaha it hasn't been long I also got to know the English word for "Suwe" too ๐
I played biro game so much, I cannot forget that game at all..I was an expert, your pen must fall and stop working...It is a must
๐ Fall and stop working... That's the game's end ๐คช๐คฃ
Yes, I recall playing Police and Thief with my brother and some of my cousins whenever we went to my uncle's house for Christmas celebrations. It's typically enjoyable. Childhood memories ๐
I'm glad you can testify to that ๐
Sincerely I enjoyed reading through our post. Indeed your childhood memory is sooooo beautiful.
still trying to wrap my head around how you enjoyed playing police and thief cos my cousins were guys and playing this very game with them wasn't a fair deal at all.
Hahaha it was fair enough for me back then and was very fun ๐
Wow, I didn't know that girls even played police and thief. I played Ludo and suwe very well, girls loved suwe and hide&seek.
How come no one is mentioning skipping ropes, girls use to love it.
Hahaha I mentioned it in my post but didn't write on it ๐ I played that too but not as much as the others
Hahaha. So you also played suwe lol. I wanted to add it but I changed my mind ๐
That game is just something else. And what about the police an thief. Memories that never fails ๐
As in ehn... It was the first game that came to mind when I started to write the post, I just had to write others first ๐
Games played at childhood were really fun
Indeed ๐
I even often play suwe, I don't know the exact name, for sure this game is very fun, we use broken ceramics as a tool that is thrown before we jump from one box to another ๐ฅฐ
That's really cool and sounds so much fun
well done brr...lovely childhood
Thanks
If Suwe is not there what else would.
I do remember the biro game but it was my brothers that usually play it.
You brought back lots of memories dear.
Thanks for sharing
Hahaha Suwe was the best ๐
It's great to go back in memory
So it is safe to say that you were get inside pikin partially๐ - No offence, pls.
That biro game ehn, I was a pro-max player..defeating anybody anyhow in our so called chaMpionships in school..๐๐
๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ Get inside pikin... Nor be lie o
Pro-max abi? Lazy student of Nigeria ๐คช๐คช
Nah, I wasn't a lazy student o...atleast playing biro requires concentration, dedicstion and analytical skills..๐
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Did you just gave out the benefits of playing biro game? You're so weird ๐คช๐
Of course,....I should writr a book on it soon. ๐
I played the Biro game also but not much, you really had fun then.
Yeah, it was so much fun
Hahaha I can't wait ๐