Potential Games for the Olympics What I Invented

#1 Bungalow Ball

Overview

Bungalow Ball is a game between two teams of even players. Players line up either side of a single storey building, normally a bungalow. Sides take it in turns to throw the ball over the bungalow.

The Playing Area

Professional Bungalow Ball is played over the roof of a mid-seventies built bungalow, tiled in standard 1-foot black tiles. The ball is a Fisher Price Sea Life ball.

The Game

The starting side throw the ball over the bungalow roof. The receiving team must catch the ball without it bouncing. Failure to do so means that the thrower earns 5 points and can mock the masculinity of said receiver. If the thrower fails to throw the ball over the roof he loses 2 points and the opposing side must not only mock the thrower’s masculinity, but also call into question the thrower’s sexuality.

A point is scored for the number of times it bounces on the far side roof slope. Three points are scored for each time the ball bounces on the thrower’s own slope (assuming that it still goes over the ridge).

The game is played in sets of 21 points, best of 3. Alternatively the game may be halted by the wife because the baby has just been put in bed and if she is woken then you can sort her out.