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Pick-up sticks

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Pick-up sticks

Pick-up sticks, pick-a-stick, jackstraws, jack straws, spillikins, spellicans, or fiddlesticks is a game of physical and mental skill in which a bundle of sticks, between 8 and 20 centimeters long, is dropped as a loose bunch onto a table top into a random pile. Each player, in turn, tries to remove a stick from the pile without disturbing any of the others. The object of the game is to pick up the most sticks or to score the most points based on the color of the sticks.

Tables

· Variants › Mikado › Mikado scoring
Mikado
Mikado
Name
Mikado
Traditional wood type
walnut
Coding
blue
Point value
20 pts
Number of sticks
1
Mandarin
Mandarin
Name
Mandarin
Traditional wood type
cherry
Coding
yellow/black, middle wide two narrow stripes on the ends
Point value
10 pts
Number of sticks
5
Bonzen (jp. bouzu)
Bonzen (jp. bouzu)
Name
Bonzen (jp. bouzu)
Traditional wood type
oak
Coding
orange, five stripes
Point value
5 pts
Number of sticks
5
Samurai
Samurai
Name
Samurai
Traditional wood type
beech
Coding
green, three stripes
Point value
3 pts
Number of sticks
15
Kuli (cn. guli) / Worker
Kuli (cn. guli) / Worker
Name
Kuli (cn. guli) / Worker
Traditional wood type
ash
Coding
red, two stripes
Point value
2 pts
Number of sticks
15
Name
Traditional wood type
Coding
Point value
Number of sticks
Mikado
walnut
blue
20 pts
1
Mandarin
cherry
yellow/black, middle wide two narrow stripes on the ends
10 pts
5
Bonzen (jp. bouzu)
oak
orange, five stripes
5 pts
5
Samurai
beech
green, three stripes
3 pts
15
Kuli (cn. guli) / Worker
ash
red, two stripes
2 pts
15
· Variants › Farm tools › Farm tools scoring
10
10
Point Value
10
Items
Two-man saw, Gun, Wrench, Ladder, Key-hole saw
5
5
Point Value
5
Items
Shovel, Rake, Sledge, Fork, T-Square, Paddle, Axe, Crutch, Sword
2
2
Point Value
2
Items
Cane, Arrow, Tamper, Baton, Hockey Stick, Pick
1
1
Point Value
1
Items
All other pieces
Point Value
Items
10
Two-man saw, Gun, Wrench, Ladder, Key-hole saw
5
Shovel, Rake, Sledge, Fork, T-Square, Paddle, Axe, Crutch, Sword
2
Cane, Arrow, Tamper, Baton, Hockey Stick, Pick
1
All other pieces
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