Bell and Some Hessian: A New and Unsafe Game for 2
Hi everybody, sorry there haven’t been many new posts this year. I have a newborn son, which is not a game, but is a challenge all its own, and one I quite like.
However, I simply HAD to post this video. I’m not allowed to tell you too much about it, because it’s sort of secret, but suffice it to say this is a game that was submitted to a popular reality TV show as a potential challenge. Whether or not it will appear on the show will remain a mystery. Here’s the game:
Bell and Some Hessian: One player, the Chaser, is blindfolded. The other player, the Runner, has 2 bells: 1 bell is large and heavy and the clapper has been wrapped in knots and hessian (muslin). The other bell is attached to the Runner and makes noise when he runs. The Chaser is trying to tag the runner before the runner can untie and ring the heavy bell. The Chaser has only the sound of the bell attached to the Runner to guide his motions. If the Runner rings the heavy bell before the Chaser tags him, he wins. Play this with your friends!
In this demo version, the small bell is a simple hotel tap-bell and the heavy bell is from the U.S.S. Baffins, the navy battleship my paternal grandfather was stationed on during WWII. When the war ended, he took the bell with him and it hung in the kitchen of his house on 8311 Buckingham Drive. He rang it when it was time for dinner and you could hear it all over the neighborhood. I took ownership of the Baffins Bell when Papa John died and I used it for this silly game!
The video is taken on a cell phone. The Chaser is Greg. You can see me protecting him from running out of the game zone. The Runner is James Ryan. Video by Mike Boothby. Who wants to form a league?
