Some simple peg and marble games.

[rafairchild2]

I am wrapping up my 125 toy donation project and needed to do some 'toys' for the older kids.  I wanted something that could be played alone or with someone else.  So here we go!

I made two variations, the first is drilled for pegs, and the second is drilled for marbles.  You can play 3 games on these boards. And yes, I use my scroll saw to cut the straight lines. 

What I am displaying right now is "Fox and Hens".  The goal is for the fox (black peg/big marble) to take 8 hens off the board to win.  For the hens, they have to corner the fox. Fox can move in any direction and jump hens to take them off the board.  Hens can only move forward or sideways, no jumping. Play alone or with another person.

The 2nd game is a take-off of the old triangle peg game.  Fill all the holes with pegs (or marbles for my variant) except for the center hole, then jump pieces to remove them.  The goal is to only have one piece left.  Very challenging.  

3rd, I noticed you can play tick-tack-toe.  You can even try to play 2 T-T-T games at once! 

Larger games 3/4" Walnut finished in Old Masters Gel.  Triangles are made with 3/4" ash, unfinished. Edges are routered so they are smooth on both sides.

I also did a couple of laser-burned baseball dice/pegs games out of 3/4" mahogany. I cut the shape of the game on my scrollsaw.

Edited September 14 by rafairchild2

[daveww1]

nice work