Have some time before firing up the barbeque on Victoria Day? Show off your hosting skills, not to mention your tossing skills, by challenging your friends to a friendly game of that most Maritime of past-times—washer toss! The game is simple enough for any guest to try and there are no complicated rules to distract casual players. Don't have a washer toss set? They're pretty simple to make yourself. Or pick up a set at a local home hardware store.
How to play washer toss
Place the boxes 30 feet apart. One player from each team stands by one box and throws toward the other. The aim is to get the washers into the pipe placed in the centre of the box. Once both players at one end of the court have thrown three washers each, the score is tallied. Only one team can score in a round.
Scoring:
Inside the pipe: 5 points
Inside the box, but not the pipe: 3 points
On the top edge of the box: 2 points
Within one foot of the box (includes leaning against the box or underneath it): 1 point
Tally the score for each round. Since only one team can score per round, start with the highest scoring washer and score that. If the next closest washer is also from that team, its score gets added in. If the next closest washer is from the other team, it is not scored and the round ends.
With four players, play to 21 points.