Have you heard of traditional five stones ? Singaporeans are more familiar in playing with pyramid-shaped cloth bags that are filled with sand, bean or rice. Besides being known as 5 Stones, it is also called Jackstones, Tally, Knucklebones and Batu Seremban. 5 Stones game in Chinese is 抓石子, which literally translates to grabbing stones. Five stones is a game played by 2 or more players using small stones (or rocks) in ancient time.

Back in the kampung days, it is almost every child’s favourite game.  It is often played by two or more players using five small beanbags referred to as “stones”. It’s a great game to build concentration and dexterity.

How to play: The person who does so with the least number of attempts wins. If a player drops a stone, he forfeits his turn. When his opponent drops a stone, the player can pick up at the step he didn’t complete, starting from the beginning of that step.