DUCALE The French Game: "5 METAL JACKS"

Play the famous game "5 METAL JACKS", one of the oldest and still popular board games.

A little history: Jacks was played with small sheep bones.

Composition to play 5 METAL JACKS:

• 5 METAL JACKS (including 1 red)
• 1 player or more

The rules of the 5 METAL JACKS game:

• You can only touch the METAL JACKS when the red jack is in the air. The red jack must NEVER fall to the ground.
• Throw the 4 metal jacks on the ground
• Pick up the red jack
• Throw the red jack in the air and, before it falls back down, pick up 1 metal jack from the ground, then catch the red jack while keeping the metal jack in your hand.
• Continue by picking up all the jacks.

Several variations of the game of JACKS are possible, be creative ;)