![]() ![]() All of the knucklebones are then put down except one which you toss in the air while you attempt to pick up all the knucklebones on the ground as you try to catch the one in the air two. Players take it in turns to bounce a ball and pick up jacks whilst the ball is in the air and before it bounces again. ![]() You then flip your hand over and catch as many as you can in the palm of your hand. Jacks game rules are very straightforward. When you have collected all the jacks, throw them again and start picking the jacks up two at a time (twosies). Continue picking up the jacks one at a time. You then throw the ball into the air pick up one jack then catch the ball after it bounces one time. There are many variations of the game but we traditionally play it by tossing the five jacks in the air and catching as many as possible on the back of the hand. Rules for Playing Jacks The basic way to play the game of Jacks. Early knuckles, and indeed those that we found at Elizabeth Farm, are made from a piece of the lamb shank. It is an ancient game played for thousands of years. You may know knucklebones as plain knuckles or even Jacks. Their imaginations did take hold and they were able to guess a whole number of possibilities for the use of the bones but were far from guessing the actual game. I must admit that prior to this chance encounter I have never shown my kids this game so they were unfamiliar with it and had no idea how they were used. On our recent trip to Elizabeth Farm in Sydney we came across a set of Knucklebones. ![]()
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