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Ladder Toss

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Ladder toss is a lawn game in which players throw bolas, two balls joined by a length of string, at a free-standing ladder with three rungs. Each rung carries a different point value, commonly one, two and three points, and players or teams alternate throws from a set line, aiming to reach exactly 21 points without going over. A Pennsylvania postal worker named Robert G. Reid patented a ball and ladder game in 2002, after having played a version of it with his family for decades, and the game is reported to have begun appearing on campgrounds in the late 1990s. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Small Group (3-6 Players) 1
Source gives two players up to six players in teams of two; small-group is the nearest enum value.
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Dexterity Game 1
Game Type
Lawn game 1
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1. Wikipedia: Ladder Toss
  • Lead paragraph
    Ladder toss is a lawn game played by throwing bolas (two balls connected by a string) onto a ladder.
  • Rules section
    Ladder toss may be played with two people (one person per team) or up to six people (three teams of two people).
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