# Games that school hasn't blocked **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 13, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546 "2025-03-13T21:20:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![brex100determ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e99b99/32.png) [@brex100determ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brex100determ)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/21 "2025-03-14T15:39:52Z")
I don’t have homework ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/22 "2025-03-14T16:11:59Z")
What happened to paper football? And what was the name of the game that required three pennies? Neither one is subject to blocks. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/23 "2025-03-15T00:21:43Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And what was the name of the game that required three pennies? We called it soccer, iirc. Hadn’t thought about that one in forever. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/24 "2025-03-15T00:35:33Z")
Thanks. Both [that game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_football) and [paper football](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_football) are unaffected by internet blocks. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/25 "2025-03-15T00:40:11Z")
You’re assuming they have a computer at home, and not just the one the school gave them ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/26 "2025-03-15T00:40:55Z")
Or a phone, or a console, or something else, yes, I am assuming that. They are free to correct me if I am mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/27 "2025-03-15T00:49:38Z")
I played a lot of Hearts in high school. The teachers didn’t ban playing cards. For some reason we had a lot of free time at the end of classes. I got most of my education outside of school. Including learning how to write my own games. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/28 "2025-03-15T01:07:57Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > You’re assuming they have a computer at home, and not just the one the school gave them If they don’t have any sort of computer at home, how are they posting here if: > [@brex100determ](#): > > my school blocked straight dope message board ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/29 "2025-03-15T01:12:00Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > If they don’t have any sort of computer at home, how are they posting here if: You can see the envelope next to the time stamp on their post. It was emailed in. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/30 "2025-03-15T01:12:53Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > It was emailed in. Not the OP, unless it doesn’t show up there. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/31 "2025-03-15T01:13:56Z")
Simply install Scorched Earth from floppy disk on one of the school computers while the teacher isn’t looking, then play that with your friends at break. Worked like a charm in my day. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/32 "2025-03-15T01:14:45Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Not the OP, unless it doesn’t show up there I was guessing it hadn’t been blocked yet. Idk. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/33 "2025-03-15T01:16:07Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > Worked like a charm in my day. Floppy disks actually existed in your day (and mine). These days, even flash drives are mostly obsolete. Almost nothing is on hard media anymore. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/34 "2025-03-15T01:16:59Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > Simply install Scorched Earth from floppy disk on one of the school computers while the teacher isn’t looking, then play that with your friends at break. > > Worked like a charm in my day. That could work. But, I think you would need a thumb drive. I’m not sure where the OP would find a floppy disk, or a computer with a floppy drive. I feel fantastically old now. ETA Blast! Ninja’d! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/35 "2025-03-15T01:20:22Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > I feel fantastically old now. Want old? The OP can go find some issues of [_COMPUTE!'s Gazette_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compute!%27s_Gazette) and type in the [program listings](https://nebusresearch.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/computes-gazette_program-listing.jpg) from the end of the magazine into their Commodore 64. There were plenty of games. Ain’t no way to block that. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/36 "2025-03-15T01:27:47Z")
I still have my Commodore 64. I no longer have any of the early computer books that were just pages of Basic to type in. Heck, I still have my Dad’s North Star Horizon. It is roughly as old as I am. It was the first computer I ever played games on. Dad had a copy of Adventure. We beat it together after much hard work. Get off my lawn! Now, if you’ll excuse me I need to have my prostate examined and look into a reverse mortgage. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/37 "2025-03-15T02:19:55Z")
I made a game that fits entirely within the URL. I call it Squirrelley Square. Press spacebar to jump. No site needed, so it can’t be blocked. Just paste this text directly into your URL bar: `data:text/html;base64,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` ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/38 "2025-03-15T02:23:30Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > I played a lot of Hearts in high school. The teachers didn’t ban playing cards. We played craps in the boys’ room at high school. No idea if the teachers would have banned dice, but they probably would have if they had known. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/39 "2025-03-15T02:36:43Z")
Seems like gambling (or gambling-adjacent) games might be a bit more problematic. Hearts at least requires a little strategy. I guess dice games can be useful to teach statistics. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546/40 "2025-03-15T03:04:18Z")
I doodled. I got pretty good at drawing. I also took elaborate multi-colored notes of the lectures in high school. That was sort of a game, too. At any rate, it helped me get through the school day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-school-hasnt-blocked/1015546.md?page=3)