Giant Pick-up Sticks, again

The inimitable Chris Saeger writes: "Over the weekend we had a picnic for the ISPI Potomac Chapter. They wanted some kind of game to play so Becky and I thought we would try a version of giant pick-up sticks.

"We used twenty 1 inch x 10 ft. pvc pipe and colored tape on the ends. A little bendy but very light weight and they could fit in the car :-)

"We played teams, but we couldnt remember the rules about scoring so just had each one worth the same points. You only got to get one stick at a time. (this we called european union rules) Then a twelve year old who was playing, suggested that if you picked up a yellow stick you got to go for one more on that turn. (this was dubbed french rules) We played french rules."