Atlatl Games

Atlatl Skins or Atlatl Snakes Atlatl Skins (or Atlatl Snakes) is a simple, but fun atlatl game that can be played with several throwers. I admit that I made the name of this game up, but it is identical to the dartboard game called Snakes. I thought that Skins sounded better than Snakes; I admit a small fear of the slithering reptiles. If you insist on calling it Atlatl Snakes, then there isn’t much I can do   More...

Atlatl Cricket Atlatl Cricket is a variation of a dart board game. It has nothing to do with wickets and English accents or trying to hit some pin by bouncing a ball at a player with a flat bat (what the heck are they trying to do anyway?) The object of this multi-player game is to hit the numbers on the target three times each… in consecutive order. Start out by making a target with 5   More...

Moving Targets While throwing darts at a stationary target can be a lot of fun, it rarely compares to a moving target. It is not difficult to set up a basic moving target and with a little imagination, you can make it as elaborate as you want. When throwing darts at a target in motion, it is necessary that the entire area around the target is safe for the throwers and for the equipment. Unless   More...

Ladder Scramble Ladder Scramble is a sequence game that can be played by any number of throwers and can also be adapted into a team game. The layout of the target can be as simple as four (or more) circles drawn vertically in a column on a piece of cardboard. As with most games, with a little imagination you can come up with something more elaborate. Each participant needs only one dart. The object of the game   More...

Atlatl Tic Tac Toe Everyone knows the basic concept of tic tac toe. Using atlatls to play this game is a lot of fun and it doesn't take much innovation to make it into a multiple thrower game. Singles: Make a target with the classic nine squares. (I recommend closing the outer squares by placing a line around the outside so that it will be easier to score... just make sure all the squares are of equal size).   More...

Atlatl Concentration This old 'memory' game should be played from a close distance. 10 meters and closer is good. The simplest version is for two people, but with adaptation it can be expanded into a multi-thrower game. For two: Each thrower has two darts. This is played with 10 cardboard 'cards' (approximately 8-inches by 10-inches). Number the cards so that there are two 1s; two 2s; two 3s; two 4s and two 5s. Picture cards can be   More...