What's the name of that "game" where you put your hand on a table and stab a knife...

[KidCharlemagne]

in between your fingers? It's called the Devil something, or beat the devil, I can't remember.

[Celyn]

Silly?

[Silentgoldfish]

We always called it that cool thing from Aliens.

[Silentgoldfish]

Ok, here we go: Five Finger Fillet

[Incubus]

"Polish Roulette"

[Lamia]

I thought it was mumblety-peg, but I just looked that term up and discovered that mumblety-peg is another knife game that involves flipping the knife so it lands with the blade stuck in the ground. How many stupid knife games are there?

[KneadToKnow]

Originally posted by Lamia
How many stupid knife games are there?

Tough to say. Most folks who are good at them don't have all their fingers.

[Scarlett67]

KneadToKnow, I just have to say that that was both sneaky and hilarious! You cracked me up.

[whistlepig]

Back in my younger and stupider days we used to call it "Courage". But I'll be racking my name to think of the other name that's somewhere between the dust, cobwebs and brain cells going, "Hey dude!"

We always played with left hand on the table, right fist cocked. If you felt a scratch, you could drill the other guy in the face as hard as you wanted. Kinda kept the game at a reasonable level.

(hijack)
Am I the only one who played the game of buying a round of the worst tasting shots you could think of, then, if anyone made a face, everyone else got to punch then in the chest?
(end hijack)

[occ]

I always heard it called "mumbledy-peg", as well. I've heard of that game where you pitch the knife into the ground, though I forget what it was called.

[DeadlyAccurate]

In a novel trilogy I read, one character was particularly good at mumblety-peg, and the description the author gave was the same as the OP described.