A game of skill and chance and a "High Wall" favourite.What was required was a Crossfire game and a handful of insects. There were variations of the game such as inter-species tournaments of woodlice v's beetles, earwigs v's wingless flies or the more common and straighforward "last man standing".
Crossfire was a game where metal balls were fired from red plastic guns mounted at each end of an enclosed arena.
The gathered insects would be relased in the middle of the board and the carnage would begin.
Woodlice (or slaters to give them their official High Wall title) were the best competitors due to their soft bodies and lack of speed.
The last surviving slater would be ceremoniously released to chants of "Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan" like in the 70's classic movie "Rollerball".
Hey it was the 70's. PETA hadn't been invented yet.
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Christ I had forgotten all about crossfire! No doubt it is banned today for being politicly incorrect. As for the Slaters just do the woodlice rock!
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