Game: Shove Ha'penny

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trioker — 2008-11-06T11:22:31+00:00

Thread: Re: This game looks interesting but...

boltongeordie — 2008-06-05T23:00:05+00:00

pHr0sT wrote:
How about 5?I am sure we can sort something out. PM Me.

Thread: Re: This game looks interesting but...

pHr0sT — 2008-06-05T21:11:32+00:00

boltongeordie wrote:
I have, lots. Want one? Want 3 so you can actually play?
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How about 5?

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mrswooey — 2008-03-26T12:46:10+00:00

Switchback a 1970's ball bearing version of the game

Thread: Re: This game looks interesting but...

boltongeordie — 2007-09-04T11:21:37+00:00

I have, lots. Want one? Want 3 so you can actually play?
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Thread: Re: This game looks interesting but...

coolpapa — 2007-09-02T02:08:09+00:00

Then god bless you.

Thread: This game looks interesting but...

davebo — 2007-09-01T23:11:17+00:00

I haven't got a ha' penny.

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KSensei — 2007-06-18T05:21:18+00:00

Giving the game a go--even though we are unclear on the rules...

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KSensei — 2007-06-18T05:20:35+00:00

The Half Pennies that come with the board.

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KSensei — 2007-06-18T05:19:32+00:00

Bar Room Shove Ha'penny board.

Thread: Re: My New Shove Ha'penny Board

boltongeordie — 2007-06-16T16:34:38+00:00

Good review. I am all for keeping the old pub games alive - I love finding a bar billiards table in a pub.

I didn't realise the game was in here and it is shameful that there are only 3 images loaded and no pictures of ha'pennies. Have rectified the second part now.
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boltongeordie — 2007-06-16T15:57:38+00:00

Ha'pennies

Thread: My New Shove Ha'penny Board

garypoole — 2007-06-16T00:26:14+00:00

I just purchased a new John Jaques & Son Shove Ha'penny board, I bought the entry level one with inlaid bed lines, and thought I'd share a few comments.

I won't go into the rules to much as they have been covered elsewhere, but basically you have 5 halfpenny that you 'shove' down the board in the hope of them stopping within one of the nine beds. The first player to score three in each bed wins.

Now I come from a county where traditional pub games take place, we have skittles (often referred to as Northamptonshire Skittles), bar billiards, darts, cribbage, dominoes and pool. I visited my local games store in the hope of searching for other traditional pub games and walked away with my new shove ha'penny board. (Which I believe is still played around the Dorset area) After all not everyone has the space for skittle table!

Now I know from the other traditional games that although simple to learn there is often alot to master. Scoring high on a dartboard is tough at first, but eventually with practise you improve. So this was how I approached learning this game. I opened the nice box and was instantly greeted with the smell of polish. Hmmmmm nice. (Or wierd..... whatever). I read the 2 pages of rules, which seened to cover most things, and had a practice. The halfpenny's supplied were all genuine from early ERII period, and were in different degrees of condition. Some shiny some err not! and the actual board was a good quality.
Now i dont know all local customs regarding this game and found that some coins stuck more than others, also one side (tails) seemed better than the other. So I decided to clean the coins and polish the board. I never really thought about this tho', and happily sprayed the funiture polish onto the veneered mahogony surface. I must point out to anyone who decides to do similar- it will make your coins shoot down the board really easy, however, DON'T spray the sides of the board where you chalk the scores. Chalk dont stick to polish.

The actual games is fun and trying to cannon coins of each other to try to score is quite an art (the beds aren't much larger than the coins). Wether there is long term enjoyment to be had in todays world - who knows - its been around in one form or another since old king Henry VIII, so I imagine while the odd pub still has it or people like me who want to play something traditional it will live on. I personally would like to go to a pub still playing the game and see it played properly by experts, I will still drag out my board when I can 1. find an opponenent and 2. get the polish of so I can score. But wether I would play it all night when there are so many other traditional and new games around, I'm not sure.

I'm pretty new to this sort of thing but thought i'd share a my initial introduction to the game as no one else has, if theres things i've missed or mistakes made "I apologise", but if you fancy a new/old game that requires a little skill and has a nice playing surface and components you could do far worse. Will it change your life and leave you thinking of nothing other than playing this game? I'd have to say no.

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Gruff Mckenzie — 2005-09-12T15:16:34+00:00

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Gruff Mckenzie — 2005-09-12T15:16:33+00:00

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garyjames — 2004-08-13T15:31:21+00:00

Typical modern Shove Ha'penny board.