Becoming Houdini: Body Contortion Mechanics

Paul Boos

(pmboos)

Spain
Falls Church
Virginia

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Besides being a famous magician, Harry Houdini was also a famous contortionist - it is actually how he did a lot of his acts. Well, there are a number of games that require you to do some contortions as well. This list is about those...

Add teh game and how it leads one to do body (or at least part of your body) to do contortions.

Enjoy and try not to get a sore back playing any of these...

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Posted Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:17 am

1. Board Game: Twister [Average Rating:4.62 Overall Rank:7711]

Paul Boos

(pmboos)

Spain
Falls Church
Virginia

Here's the most famous contortion game. Contort your body better than anyone else and you won't fall down...

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Posted Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:12 am

2. Board Game: Swivel [Average Rating:7.14 Unranked]

Paul Boos

(pmboos)

Spain
Falls Church
Virginia

Here's another - I used to have this until I sold it. A thrift find... A little bit more focused on hip motion...

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Posted Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:15 am

3. Board Game: Tuba-Ruba [Average Rating:5.06 Unranked]

Paul Boos

(pmboos)

Spain
Falls Church
Virginia

Twist and turn your body to get the marble through the tube. This was actually the inspiration for the list...

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Posted Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:16 am

4. Board Game: Ring Around the Nosy [Average Rating:6.40 Unranked]

Paul Boos

(pmboos)

Spain
Falls Church
Virginia

OK, this goofy elefant game gets you moving your head and neck in weird contortions.

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Posted Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:17 am

David Seddon

(Admiral Fisher)

United Kingdom
Congleton
Cheshire

Is this the same as Elefun?

Posted Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:50 am
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Paul Boos

(pmboos)

Spain
Falls Church
Virginia

Elefun is more of a catch butterflies blown up by the nose of an elephant. Cute kids dexterity game, but I can't imagine it causing too many contortions...

Posted Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:19 am
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5. Board Game: Guesstures [Average Rating:5.95 Overall Rank:2619]

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(matthew.marquand)

United States
Columbus
Ohio

I don't like to remember this but as painful as it is...I once played a game of Guesstures (that's not the memory silly) where my father-in-law acted out 'nude' or 'naked' or some such word. I can still see him acting like a stripper. The horror!

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Posted Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:11 am

Paul Boos

(pmboos)

Spain
Falls Church
Virginia

I've played this and I guess some things you have to act out can cause contortions, but in general most scenarios have you trying to portray something quite ordinary.

Posted Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:21 am
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Raven Johnson

(Rayvn7)

United States
Schaumburg
Illinois

Um, Guesstures is charades, it had nothing to do with contortionism...

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6. Board Game: Dancing Eggs [Average Rating:6.61 Overall Rank:959]

Get up, get up, get up, get down, fall over.

(boltongeordie)

United Kingdom
Bolton
Lancashire

Ever tried running round a table with an egg between your knees, another between your cheek and shoulder and one in each elbow?

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Posted Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:33 am

Paul Boos

(pmboos)

Spain
Falls Church
Virginia

Yikes! I can only imagine...

Posted Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:21 am
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7. Board Game: Funny Bones [Average Rating:4.87 Overall Rank:7029]

Clark D. Rodeffer

(CDRodeffer)

United States
Ann Arbor
Michigan

A game played by pairs, you hold cards between one part of your body and another part of your partner's body.

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Posted Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:25 pm

8. Board Game: Totally Twister [Average Rating:4.00 Unranked]

Clark D. Rodeffer

(CDRodeffer)

United States
Ann Arbor
Michigan

Cube with colored switch pads on the faces, you hold the cube between two players and then pass it around as others try to do the same. There are, if I recall, three different games that increase in speed and count the number of passes at different levels of difficulty. It's not as easy to play as it may sound, and there's a lot of bumping and jostling for position.

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Posted Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:28 pm

9. Board Game: Kragmortha [Average Rating:5.87 Overall Rank:3283]

Marc B.

(fsumarc)

United States
Palm Bay
Florida

In Kragmortha, when you have a punishing spell cast on you, you often have to hold parts of your body in odd positions to hold cards. arms, legs, head, hands, etc.

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Posted Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:37 pm

10. Board Game: Chicken Limbo [Average Rating:3.40 Unranked]

Raven Johnson

(Rayvn7)

United States
Schaumburg
Illinois

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