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Let's play on the grass.

A collection of grass-loved games from around the world.

Lawn Games

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Outdoor ground games loved on lawns around the world.

Illustration of a rider in a white cap sitting on a horse of three green triangles on grass, holding a red cap high in one hand, with a white headband and a red headband lying on the grass in front

Kibasen (Cavalry Battle) Rules: How to Play Japan's Chicken Fight Game & Stay Safe

Kibasen (cavalry battle) rules with diagrams: building a 4-person horse, rider tips, cap-grab and one-on-one formats, safety, and vs chicken fight.

Japan · 8–200 players
Illustration of a thick wooden pole with a red flag on top, standing in the center of a white dashed circle on grass, with a green band and a white band on either side

Bo-taoshi Rules: Japan's Pole-Toppling Game, Positions & Safety

Bo-taoshi rules with diagrams: attack and defense roles, how a match is won, the National Defense Academy's 150-a-side rules, and safety tips.

Japan · 10–300 players
Illustration of an orange cylindrical goal with a horizontal slot in the front and a green flying disc sailing toward it

KanJam Rules: Scoring, Distance & Going Over 21

KanJam (Kan Jam) rules with diagrams: 50 ft between goals, Dinger 1, Deuce 2, Dunk 3, the instant win, exactly 21 and what happens if you go over.

United States · 4 players

Web Games

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Drop by here when the rain rolls in.

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Shibanba

Program the lawn mower to cut the whole field. A puzzle about minimizing turns.

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The Sheepdog Theorem

Dog and sheep claim paddocks in turn; whoever lands exactly on the target flock size wins. Play either side.

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3 Cats

Find three cats hidden on an 8×8 board by throwing food and reading meow hints.

Grass Guide

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Lawn grasses from around the world, and how to grow them.

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Creeping bentgrass

The only practical turf that can be mown down to a few millimetres, which is why it carpets golf greens. Unmatched in density and finish — at the price of daily mowing, watering and disease control. Not a home lawn grass.

Agrostis stolonifera
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Fine fescue (red fescue)

Needle-fine blades and the best shade tolerance of the cool-season grasses. It gets by on little fertiliser or water, but does not take traffic — best under trees and in spots nobody walks on.

Festuca rubra
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Kentucky bluegrass

Known for its deep blue-green colour and for creeping rhizomes that let it repair its own damage. Very cold-hardy, but unhappy in hot humid summers — in Japan it suits cooler regions.

Poa pratensis