I’m trying to find rules for this game, to be described below.
A friend I have lost touch with had a boxed set for this, but I can find no information about it on-line. The game appeared to have been made and marketed by college kids. Well made but not really “professional”. It was a pre-internet viral thing on college campuses, apparently. Maybe late 80’s early 90’s.
Howie was from the mid west (Ohio), so it may have been local to there. It would not be hard at all to duplicate from odd bits, which is pretty obviously how the game started out.
From memory, the game equipment was:
-Game board: A simple square, maybe 12-18" on a side with a 3-6" diameter circle in the middle.
-Cork: A wine cork with an attached “leash” of shoe lace, maybe 18-24" long.
-Dice: Typical 6 sided as used in craps or Yahtzee. More than two…maybe 4-6, can’t recall.
-Dice cup: A beer cozy, the kind made of semi-rigid foam. (important, see below)
PLAY: (lots of holes in my memory here)
By some means a “roller” and a “puller” are selected. (may not be the right terms)
These roles move amongst the players during the game…not sure how.
The cork is placed in the circle on the board, and the “puller” holds the leash.
The “roller” uses the cup and rolls the dice.
If a 1 or a 6 (??) appears, then the roller tries to trap the cork under the dice cup, while the puller tries to prevent this by jerking the leash (think Lucy and Charlie Brown kicking the football…I think this is where the name of the game comes from).
Points are awarded the roller if the cork is successfully trapped, or to the puller if the cork escapes. Penalties are awarded if the roller tries to trap the cork (cup touches board) if there is no 6 or 1 thrown. Similarly if the puller jerks he cork out of the circle when no 1 or 6 is rolled, the puller is penalized.
I can’t recall if the penalty was loss of points, or just ending that players turn. I do recall that everyone got to play both roles at some point, and face various opponents.
I recall that the rules suggested a drinking version of the game.
Are there any dopers familiar with this came that can correct errors and/or fill in the gaps in the above description? I recall it being quite fun, and while I could certainly improvise some rules, I’d prefer to get it “right”.