Thanksgiving is a time to congregate round hearth and home to reconnect with friends and family over heaping plates of food. Should the communal conversation ever threaten to work against this affectionate bonding and turn too tense, lighten the mood by injecting some Thanksgiving-themed humor. Below you’ll find a cornucopia of can’t-miss jokes that will […]| The Art of Manliness
I am not going to teach you any tricks. I am going to explain to you how the game is played, and explain why you can’t win.| The Art of Manliness
“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
Can put your head through a piece of paper? Even with a full-size piece of printer paper, this can seem impossible. Doing it with just a strip a paper seems doubly so. Challenging other people to stick their head through a piece of paper makes for a fun gag, because its achievement initially seems hopeless, […]| The Art of Manliness
If you’re looking for a way to entertain kids without resorting to setting them in front of a screen, nothing does the job like a good old-fashioned paper fortune teller. Fortune tellers keep kids engaged for a substantial stretch of time, and they really get a hoot out of them. Making one is a great […]| The Art of Manliness
If your family has been experiencing wintertime doldrums, we present over 30 ideas for whiling away these long, dark nights.| The Art of Manliness
Learn how to play cribbage and the history of this manly game.| The Art of Manliness
Here's my suggestion: play some good old fashioned paper football.It's simple, it's fun, and it's a great time of innocent competition (and it's not a video game!). All you need is a flat surface like a tabletop and a piece of paper. Ready? Let's play.| The Art of Manliness
The following will serve as a basic introduction to the game of rugby, from the history of the game to its objectives and main rules, and will also have some tips on where you can find opportunities to play yourself.| The Art of Manliness
Breaking the rack sets up the beginning of the game, and if done correctly, can offer a significant advantage to the player who gets to break.| The Art of Manliness
Learn how to play mumbley peg, a classic game with pocket knives.| The Art of Manliness
How to bet on horse races at the Kentucky Derby, Vegas, or any other horse race.| 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
