Earlier today, sub­sti­tute pointed to Mondo Cro­quet, which is a game that seems to be played every sum­mer, just up the street.  Look­ing at the web­site, the Port­land Cacoph­ony Soci­ety has a pretty big hand in it.  It is basi­cally nor­mal cro­quet, only played with bowl­ing balls, and with an extra phase at the end in which you are a zom­bie, plus spe­cial rules for things like break­ing your ball.

Object
The object of the game is to get your ball through all the hoops in the proper order, hit the flags, become a zom­bie, and knock out all your opponents.

Equip­ment
Bowl­ing ball, sledge­ham­mer, bent rebar for the hoops, straight rebar for the flag poles.

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Becom­ing A Zom­bie
Once you have com­pleted the course by strik­ing the start­ing flag post, you become a zom­bie. Remove your ball from the play­ing field and sit out one turn. When you come back, place your ball touch­ing the flag post. This is the last time you may touch rebar. As a Zom­bie, rebar is like anti­mat­ter — if you touch it or go through a hoop, you die! There­fore, do not hit your ball back through the hoops. Each turn you get one and only one hit, regard­less of the result. Any ball you hit dies, even if it is also a Zom­bie. You only die if another Zom­bie hits you when it's not your turn or if you hit rebar or go through a hoop. If a non-Zombie hits you, the non-Zombie is dead. When it is your turn, other Zom­bies can­not kill you but they can still kill other balls and Zom­bies. Thus if your Zom­bie hits another Zom­bie and the other Zom­bie then hits another ball, that ball is dead too, even if it was also a Zom­bie. The balls do not “die” until they stop rolling.

Split Balls
If your ball splits into mul­ti­ple pieces, you must fin­ish the game with the largest piece. There is an optional rule where the ball can be replaced if the per­son buys every­one beer.

Next sum­mer, I am so there!

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Tagged as: croquet, mondocroquet, zombie