“My name’s Maverick. Named after my pappy. He’s the one who said, ‘Hell has no fury like a man who loses with four of a kind.'” Thus mused the famous riverboat legend, Bret Maverick. To ensure you’re not the sad sap that loses with a four of a kind, we’ve put together this illustrated guide […] This article was originally published on The Art of Manliness.| Games & Tricks Archives | The Art of Manliness
An essential part of being an awesome uncle is having a repertoire of tricks and jokes that will amaze your nieces and nephews, and crack them up. So from time to time we’ll be offering you current and future uncles out there a tutorial on some gags that’ll have them thinking you’re the coolest dude in the world. Check out all […] This article was originally published on The Art of Manliness.| Games & Tricks Archives | The Art of Manliness
Puzzles may seem like fairly pedestrian pastimes — fun ways to while away a rainy afternoon. And while they certainly do make for satisfying diversions, my guest would say they’re also more than that, and can teach us plenty about life as well. His name is A.J. Jacobs, and he’s the author of The Puzzler: […] This article was originally published on The Art of Manliness.| Games & Tricks Archives | The Art of Manliness
The batter tightens his grip around the bat and stares down the pitcher with a flinty look. The pitcher winds up and hurls the ball with all his might. WOOSH PLOP! As the golf-ball-sized ball lands in the catcher’s mitt, the struck-out batter dejectedly walks away from the plate, leaving his broomstick-width bat behind. Wait, […] This article was originally published on The Art of Manliness.| Games & Tricks Archives | The Art of Manliness
An essential part of being an awesome uncle is having a repertoire of tricks and jokes that will amaze your nieces and nephews, and crack them up. So from time to time we’ll be offering you current and future uncles out there a tutorial on some gags that’ll have them thinking you’re the coolest dude in the world. Check out all […] This article was originally published on The Art of Manliness.| Games & Tricks Archives | The Art of Manliness
Children of 3-7 age range needs a set of jokes all for themselves. Here's a list of 50 of the best, taking from both old classics and new favorites.| The Art of Manliness
Even though pen and paper games have been supplanted by phone toggling when it comes to passing the time, it’s still handy to keep a few of them handy.| The Art of Manliness
If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If, like us, you’re a fan of Rudyard Kipling’s manliest of poems — “If—” — you’ve probably read those lines many […]| The Art of Manliness
The desire to squirrel up in some seemingly magical hideout seems inherent in all of us, and it’s not something that changes when we get older.| The Art of Manliness