Seksek/Çizgi Oyunu - Line Game

Seksek - Hopscotch

The game is played by two children on the pattern below:

The player shuffles the stone over the squares, named for their numbers. As in the drawing, squares 1, 2, 3 and 4 are the also the same as 7, 8, 9 and 10. After each course, the player tosses his stone on the next square and begins the game. If he tosses his stone on the wrong square, steps on a line or “stutters” (fails to move the stone to the next square with a single hit), then he is “stuck,” and loses his turn. Resuming the game, he asks the other, “semiz kaçlı” (How many semiz – lit. “fat”). The other child says “birli çiftli semiz,” (single double fat) and the player hops through the entire course on one foot. Then he asks “iç mi dış mı?” (the inside or the outside?). If the other player says “inside,” the first player enters the first square and tosses the stone to the fifth square. Then he closes his eyes and goes to the fifth square. After he picks up the stone, he opens his eyes and tosses it back to the first square, closes his eyes, goes back to the first square, picks up the stone, and finishes the game. If the other player says “outside,” then the player tosses his stone past squares 5 and 6, and continues as if the other had said “inside.” This last