A game from the younger High Wall days, "Best Man Falls" was a homage to the war films and westerns of John Wayne and such shows as Combat with Vic Morrow.
The group would have to re-enact a death scene based on a violent mode of demise decided by one player. An example would be "shot by a bren gun whilst running", "Flaming arrow in the ear" or "hand grenade at the top of a hill"
The list was endless and only limited by the imagination of the players. Imagination was not in short supply with 70's bairns.
The group would have to re-enact a death scene based on a violent mode of demise decided by one player. An example would be "shot by a bren gun whilst running", "Flaming arrow in the ear" or "hand grenade at the top of a hill"
The list was endless and only limited by the imagination of the players. Imagination was not in short supply with 70's bairns.
The "best man" who was judged to have died in the most spectacular fashion then got to do the choosing and sound effects in the next round.
The game was best played on a slope such as found up Arthur Seat. this allowed maximum rolling to be achieved. The ulitmate venue was building sites where foundation trenches had been dug and, if you were really lucky, there was a big mound of builder's sand.
Sound effects were supplied by the players, drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr was a machine gun ect.
Examples can be found here
Better ones can be viewed here
The game was best played on a slope such as found up Arthur Seat. this allowed maximum rolling to be achieved. The ulitmate venue was building sites where foundation trenches had been dug and, if you were really lucky, there was a big mound of builder's sand.
Sound effects were supplied by the players, drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr was a machine gun ect.
Examples can be found here
Better ones can be viewed here
2 comments:
Now there's a game that I had really forgotten all about. But I will tell you something the name brought back a bundle of memories. Vic Morrow was our hero. Combat in the marshes was the saying of the day and old Vic knew how to kill the Krauts! They would have won the dead man falls competition.
I have to say absolutely brilliant. My favourite was a throwing knife to the guts....you could make it last for about 10 minutes and annoy the hell out of everybody before you croaked!!
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