Definitions of Games by Supa Swap.

Not everybody knows what different types of games are, so here this week at Suap Swap I will give you a brief guide and history of them.

1. Arcade style. Arcade style games are simulated games played in a room commonly known as an "arcade" where you pay and play a short game like Space Invaders and PacMan.

These were most common in the 80s but you can not beat going into a dark arcade, putting a coin in a slot and play one of these basic but classic games, better atmosphere than playing alone at home.

2. Card, Logic and Board Games. Card Games are common games like Solitaire and Poker and nowadays these are simulated on computers, where the computer is the opponent.

Logic games are like Master Mind, these are designed for brain training and stimulating, and now come in a wide range like handheld PSP with Brain Training.

Board Games are by no means boring!, the classics like Monopoly and Cluedo are great to get the whole family together on a Sunday afternoon and enjoy a good Board game. Computer versions are not the same for me.

3. Graphical adventures. These are very basic 80s style computer games with very basic graphics, they are called point and click adventures, as all you do is point the mouse and click to open another box or screen, very popular in the late 80s.

4. Simulation. Simulation games were a completely different way of playing a game, most popular in arcades, these fun games were shaped like a car or a bike and your controls felt real, even down to the seatbelt and gear stick, allowing you to feel like your inside the game. Nowadays you have things like Wii, where these simulate the body movements.

5. Role Playing. These are games usually played in a group, where one or more act out a part in a pretend manner, the others have to guess what you are trying to get across, these games were most popular before computers found their way into our homes.

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Well summer is now here and what better way to spend the school holidays but outdoors in the garden. Here Supa swap have a great game to play, invite your friends around and enjoy the holidays.

Greased Watermelon Football

Things you will need: Pool,  Whole Watermelon (or 3) Jar of Petroleum Jelly, group of friends.

Object Of The Game

The object of this game is to get the watermelon to the opposite team's end wall.

Grease up a large watermelon with lots of petroleum jelly, making sure it is completely covered, divide your friends into 2 equal groups, each team lines up each end of the pool and this is their "goal" almost like a football pitch. When everybody is in position get the referee to place the watermelon in the centre of the pool, when he blows the whistle each team must try to get the "greased" watermelon to the opposite side and touch the wall, remember the watermelon can NOT leave the water at any point.

Players can push and touch other players but must not choke wrestle or strike other players, if the melon is lifted out the water this is a foul and that team goes back to their wall, when a team gets the melon to the other side a point is scored and the team with the most points wins.

This game can go on for hours and remember that the melon gets more slippery the longer it is used.

This is a very energetic game guarenteed to keep them ocupied for hours with just the cost of a couple of melons, and remember they can eat it afterwards. This game can also be played in the sea.

Topten board games what we here at the Supa Swap office rate the best.

10. Jambo, This is a trading game played with cards and the aim is to make the most money from selling fruit, teas and food to other traders in the game.

9. Dvonn, This is a challenging stacking game, with very simple rules. It is played with 3 red 23 white and 23 black pieces. The pieces must remain touching the red pieces but the winner is to get as many pieces of their colour stacked on top at any one time.

8. Dixit, This is a simple picture game made up of 36 big picture cards for up to 6 players, each have to mime out what they see until someone guesses and wins the card; the one with the most cards are the winner.

7. Monopoly, One of the most classic games where you move round a board with a dice and collect and buy streets and houses famous in london. Other versions are now on the markes of most famous cities around the World.

6. Candy Land, This takes children on a magical fantasy journey of imaginative characters, this has been going for more than 50 years.

5. Life, This is a family favourite and nearly 40 years old, spin the wheel of fate to become a millionaire or just a poor country boy  having to work for a living and take all LIFE has to offer. Go down that route and your destiny is to retire a happy and much loved person, that is the real winner of this game.

4. Scrabble, This classic brain teaser has to be one of the simplest but best games on the market, dig in and pick out letters to form words and gain points.

3. Trivia Pursuit, This is the hardest general knowledge game of all time, answer the questions and win the game, great to stimulate even the oldest brains.

2. Operation, This is designed for 1 player and the aim is to take plastic body bones out of a body shaped board before the alarm sounds, will you make a good doctor?

1. Cluedo, This is a great game designed up to six players. Play through this murder mystery game where even the murderer does not know who they are until near the end. This can go on for hours and even one has been made to send invitations through the post to invite your oppositions in this suspense game, make this a whole night game, definitely has to be the best in Supa Swap game ranking.