Has anybody seen or played the Cornhole Toss?

Apparently this game is all the rage right now. I found a little info online, but wanted to see if anyone has had firsthand experience with either making or buying the boards and bags...

Any help would be appreciated :-)

SunFleur
*wanting to have her boards ready for tailgating season!*

I got my cornhole tossed out of a couple of places in my younger days, but I don't think that's what you're talkin' about ;->

Bubba

Hmm. The florists in my town don't seem to have those signs. :-/ !

SunFleur

I've played...it seems to be huge in Indiana righht now. The construction can't be that bad....it's a board with a hole in it. The bags feel as if they have real beans inside...probably a smallish bean, like the size of a black bean.

Of all the things you'd never thought you'd see on an AQ board:

I got my cornhole tossed

I don't know how I could make that funnier.

- Yuk

I've played...it seems to be huge in Indiana righht now.

Funny, I've never heard of it. But maybe I'm too out of the Indiana loop by being so close to Chicago. :)

TG

I had never heard of it until I moved to Kentucky. I can't go anywhere without someone wanting to play. I've played quite a few times now, it's fun. I first learned of it at a friend's family reunion, during which four guys ran outside yelling, "We're going corn-holing!" So...I had questions.

Here's the answers:
There are two boards 27 feet apart with a hole in each board. The players take turns tossing small bean bags at each board trying to reach 21 points before the other person/team does.

A bag landing on the board = 1 point
A bag going in the hole = 3 points

If someone from the other team lands their bags on the board, you subtract that number of points from your points earned in the round to see how many points you get to keep, unless they land more bags than you do, in that case, they subtract the total of your points from that turn from their points. It's a lot easier to play than it is to type.
Anyway, it's good for 2 or 4 players.

- SHNV

Most excellent - SHNV. Thank you for the explanation. :-)

SunFleur

OH! We just call that bean bags.

TG

I actually just found a website for the "American Cornhole Association" !!! (Way!) Their website is: http://www.playcornhole.org/

There are tournaments and rules, hats and shirts and everything! Holey cornhole! Now maybe I need to make a cornhole stamp!

SunFleur
*goes off to find the PZ Cut*

I've played...it seems to be huge in Indiana righht now. The construction can't be that bad....it's a board with a hole in it. The bags feel as if they have real beans inside...probably a smallish bean, like the size of a black bean.

I actually think they're filled with corn kernels - hence "corn" hole.

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There are two boards 27 feet apart with a hole in each board. The players take turns tossing small bean bags at each board trying to reach 21 points before the other person/team does.

Sooo...like cheap Toss Across? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toss_Across

Not sure which is more shocking on that website, the fact that there IS a Wiki on Toss Across or that it includes a whole section on STRATEGY! It's TOSS ACROSS, not RISK!

Step 1: Throw beanbag
Step 2: Get hacked off when beanbag doesn't turn your way
Step 3: Invite little brother to play Toss At instead of Toss Across
Step 4: Get sent to room when little brother whines about beanbag welts upside his head

Strategy here? Possibly perfect bribery technique so little brother doesn't tattle on you, or have leverage to keep him from doing so ("I'll tell that you we're hogging the tv yesterday!")

I haven't yet played full-contact cornhole (Sprite & Highlander, put down those bags!) but I do play the original. It's really a blast, especially with a beer. Or six.

Local lore says it was invented here on the westside/bestside of Cincinnati.

Cheryl
Team Mad Dawg

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I haven't yet played full-contact cornhole (Sprite & Highlander, put down those bags!)

(lowers arsenal of beanbags) Awww...come on! I won't tell Mom you had beer if you let me throw just one...!

Ok... sad but true... we just started a cornhole league here at work. One of the guys here makes the boards and has volunteered three of his sets so that members of the league can play on the lunch hour twice a week.

I've talked to the guy that makes the boards and he says that a lot of hard work goes into a good set. The surface of the boards have to be sanded REALLY smooth -- so that you have the possibility of knocking other players bags off -- or worse, through the hole. He has also said there are only certain kinds of paint that you can use if you want to finish the board in... your team colors, for example.

Lordy! I think we witnessed a cornhole game when we went to hunt for Sleepy Hollow. The apparatus was pretty fancy there. Seems like it could get pretty exciting after several cases of beer and drunken relatives. We have full-contact euchre here, this must be the next novelty.

DH laughed all the way back to the car. He needed some TP ...

Okay... panting... I've been resisting so hard... panting... but I just can't take it anymore!

pulling shirt up over head and raising arms...

I AM CORNHOLIO!! I NEED TP FOR MY BUNGHOLE!!

Heheheheh... yeah... cool...

Uhh... for those of you who don't know what that was all about and don't know who Beavis and Butthead are...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Cornholio

yeah... huhuhuh... cool

Furthermore, I can't believe there isn't a Beavis & Butthead letterbox yet...

Here's a title ... Take me to your leader.

I'm so surprised at how many people are unfamiliar. I didn't realize it's still a "local" thing. We gave away 10 handmade sets at our company picnic last year. The bar where I used to work now has leagues and playoffs, etc. There are very few people left in Cincinnati who don't know what it is.

Enjoy - it can become addicting. =)

drexel girls

"four guys ran outside yelling, "We're going corn-holing!" So...I had questions."

LOL! and add a guffaw.

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Now maybe I need to make a cornhole stamp!

OOOH! Sounds like a postal ring: Let's go Cornholing!

Ohh. Full-contact euchre sounds like fun :-)

The Mi Patriot and I are hosting a Euchre Tournament next weekend - interested?
That gives me another idea for a LB!

SunFleur

Oh - Spot marks the X - maybe I should e-mail him - I want to paint my boards with the UM logo, of course...but I'm not sure the best way to go about doing that....

I've got plans, but maybe if I bring a deck of cards to the next event, my silent suffering spouse will join me!

I used to play full-contact co-ed mud volleyball as a teen, but that other game y'all are playing? We just call that bean bag tossing. Where the heck is the hole in corn anyhow?

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Ohh. Full-contact euchre sounds like fun :-)

In high school on band trips we would play euchre and winner would give losers what we called "frogs" where we would lick our first and second fingers and slap the inside forearm to create what usually became a welt if you were bad at it, lol.

Then I went to college and learned to play drinking euchre. Good times and the pain didn't happen until the next morning!

Actually, now that I think about it, that was the last time I played euchre.

moonduck

In high school on band trips we would play euchre

Euchre....sounds like Indiana to me!!!!!

Stumbled across this during an entirely different search this morning. I don't think I would have ever written quite the same phrasing as this author...:

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