Horsengoggle - How To Play

How To Play

All the participants stand in a circle. Either one of the participants or someone outside of the group acts as the leader. The leader declares which participant acts as the starting point, and the leader declares which direction the counting will go. All of the participants hold out a fist. Then the leader says "One, two, three, horse n' goggle." (In some groups, the leader will count in German and say "Ein, zwei, drei, horse n' goggle.") As the leader counts, all of the participants pump their fists. When the leader says horse n' goggle, all of the participants throw out a number of fingers with their hand. The leader then adds up the total of all of the fingers. Once the sum has been determined, the leader begins counting participants, starting from the person earlier declared as the starting point, and then counts in the direction previously declared. The leader continues to count, moving around the group in a circle, until the sum has been reached. Whichever participant as the final one, that person is declared the winner.

If more than one person is desired (for example, two people to do the table clean up), then the person (or persons) who follows the winner are included.

If only a pair are playing, one player calls out "Odds" or "Evens," much in the same way that a player calls "Heads" or "Tails" in a coin flip. Once the numbers are added up, the winner is determined by noting whether the sum is odd or even. If the caller's prediction was correct, the caller is the winner. If not, the caller's opponent is the winner.