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What is pick up sticks?
What is pick up sticks?
These are pick-up sticks, it was a commonly played traditional game in Singapore.
It requires hand-eye coordination, analytical thinking and good focus.
You can find these games at some supermarkets, and old mama shops. This game is very popular within the older generation and our parents generation.
However it has rapidly declined in popularity in recent years.
How to play pick-up sticks
How to play pick-up sticks
A bundle of special pick-up-sticks is dropped onto the ground.
2. Each player takes turns to use one stick to pick up another stick in the pile for points. With the edges of the stick, one must try not to move other sticks while picking up the current stick.
3. If he moves or touches another stick, his turn is voided and the next player takes his turn.
4. If he can pick up the stick, he gets a second turn to pick another stick.
5. The game ends when there are no more sticks left. The player with the most number of sticks picked up wins.
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