disclosure: we were sent the item mentioned in exchange for an honest review
With the glorious weather we’ve been having, it’s been the perfect time to try out Mölkky Original from Tactic Games which we received recently. This wooden garden game is perfect for the family to play together, is aimed at players aged six years and over and can be played with two or more players.
Mölkky Original from Tactic Games comes with wooden pins which are numbered from 1-12, the Mölkky throwing skittle and an instruction leaflet.
We have a really uneven lawn which has made other little games we’ve had in the past, rather tricky to play at times. The Mölkky Original pins have a 5 cms diameter, making them very stable even on uneven surfaces like our garden! The numbers appear to have been stamped on to the surface of each pin and I can’t tell if the wood has been treated in any way so I wouldn’t recommend leaving this game outdoors in all weathers. But on a dry day, its a great game for the whole family to enjoy.
The pins are set up in the formation shown in the photograph above. You’ll need to mark a throwing line 3-4 metres away from this pin formation. We decided on a specific point on our lawn and decided that my son would throw first (as always!!).
There is an app you can download on either Google Play or App Store to keep track of scores. But I wanted to throw in a bit of maths to our game playing, so I nominated my son to add up and keep track of our scores as we played Mölkky Original from Tactic Games.
You throw the Mölkky throwing skittle underarm and you add up the numbers of each fallen pins after each round. Pins are not counted as fallen if they are leaning on another pin or on the Mölkky throwing little. We changed the rules slightly and instead of counting the number of fallen pins we counted the number on the pins instead to test my son’s maths ability. School at home, needs must! But it also gives us a couple of gameplay variations.
Once you’ve made a note of the score, the fallen pins are placed upright where they fell and play continues. After a throw, fallen pins are put upright at the place where they fell.
If you’re counting the number of pins knocked over, then the winner is the first player to reach exactly 50 points. As we’ve been counting the actual number on the pins, we’ve named the winner the person with the most points after a certain number of throws.
We’ve enjoyed playing Mölkky Original from Tactic Games and it’s a game that will come in very useful in the months ahead I’m sure. When gameplay has finished the pins all fit back nicely in the box which has a carry handle too. So you could also take this game with you on a day out or on holiday, as and when that’s possible again.
You can purchase Mölkky Original from Tactic Games from various stockists including Phillips Toys.
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In the garden with my niece and nephew!
What a great looking game! I’d love to play this which my hubby and daughter and also my neice and nephew when they can come and visit.
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With my family in the park
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This would be perfect to play with the children in their grandparents garden
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This would be fun to play with the grandchildren in their garden once we’re out of lockdown
on the field opposite of our house with my 3 children
With my family in the garden – my daughter would love to try
Hopefully before the end of the Summer with my grand daughter in the garden
In our garden and with my little boy
I’d play it in the back garden with my children.
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I would play in the garden with my nephew and niece.
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I would give it my son who has a garden and play it with my grandchildren
We live on the beach and this looks easy enough to pick up and walk across the road with. Hours of fun!
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Garden with wife, sister in law and nephew
I’d play this in the garden with my two children and my partner xx
We’ll be playing it in the garden with the children – it would be great outside with the 2m rule coming into effect from Monday!
Perfect for our garden to practise the kids maths skills.
In the garden with my kids!
In my back garden with my grandson
my Mum has a massive garden so I would play it there with the kids
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I’m sure the kids would have great fun playing with this in our garden.
hopefully at my parents with the children
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Would play in the garden with my two grandchildren who im sure would get many hours of fun with this game
I’d love to play this with my daughter and granddaughter, either in their garden or ours.
My son Max -love trying new games with him
We’d love to play this with the kids and even loan it to the neighbours’ kids too xx
I will play with this in my garden, it will be great fun with my grandchildren once they can come around again
I would play this in the garden with my nephews when I get to see them
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Id love to play in the garden with thw whole family!!!
in our back garden with my grandsons . . . when all this is over
Would love to play the game in the garden with my children and hubby. Good hearty family fun! What could be better?
Guessing it will be in the garden with the boys and the lead piping!!!
in the garden with my son and daughter
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I’d love to play with my son and hubby in our garden love the idea of getting my son to add up to help him with his maths
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I would play it in the garden with my cousins
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We’d love to play in the garden as a family, and with extended family when we can
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Probably in the garden with N. Although once camping is back on we’d take it with us.
I’ve seen 2 sets of people playing this on the beach before and wondered what it was. Looks like a really interesting game.
I would love to play this in the garden with my family.
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I would play this with my partner and Son at our caravan.
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in the garden with friends and family
I will be enjoying playing in my garden with my children
I’d enjoy playing it in my garden with my nephew
we have a patch of grass behind our garage which is faily flt and long enough for us to have a decent distance between the trower and the skittles. I’d play with Piper and Daisy
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We would play with the little ones in the garden!
This looks so much fun!
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In our garden with my husband and daughter
My 7 year old son would love this. Probably best to play it in the garden!
In the garden with my kids
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I would play this in the garden with family and friends at our first after lockdown party
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I’ll give this to my nephew and niece to play in their garden.
In my garden with my children
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Kids would love this
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this will be great for the whole family to play
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I would play this game in the garden with my children
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This looks great, i’d play in the garden with the children
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Would love to play with my daughter and extended family in the garden!
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l would play this with my grandson bertie
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in the garden with my 3 youngest children
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In the garden with my two daughters
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In the Garden and with my cousin.
I would play it in my garden with my son, thanks.
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I’d love to play this with my niece and nephew when we are allowed.
I would play this with my class at school
I would play in the garden with my niece
Would be great to play with my little one in the garden.
In the garden with my daughter
My kids would love this, especially my 3 year old who loves numbers at the moment
I would play this in my garden with my godchildren – and yes, they will be doing the adding up.
With my niece and nephew
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In the garden with family but it’s also something that we could take to the beach
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Playing in the garden with my sons
I would play with my Granddaughter on the campsite near my caravan
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I’d take it to school and use it in the Learning base where I work with additional support needs pupils.
In our garden with my 2 sons and husband
What a fab game to enjoy with our boys in the garden but also to take on our camping adventures & picnics in the park
This will be perfect to play in the garden with both my kiddies.
I’d play this game in the back garden with my family – it looks lots of fun 🙂
I’m hoping that my nephew will be able to come and stay as he usually does in the summer holidays. This would be great to tempt him away from his screens.
In my mum’s garden with my nephews and nieces
in my garden, with my partner………… until my family can come and visit, they would love this
i think this would be great fun to play in the garden with my daughters
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In the Park with my family and sister-in-law who has a learning disability & likes playing games like this.
We’d play this in the garden with our 3 children.
I’d enjoy playing this with my family in the garden
I’d play this with my morris side, at our friend’s annual camping weekend fundraiser for the North West Air Ambulance.
looks like this would be fun in the garden or at the local park with my sons
I would play in my garden with all my friends after I finish being shielded.
With my nieces and nephews
I would love to play on the patio with my daughter Ava
I’d play with my family they would all enjoy this
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I’d play this in my back garden with my husband and two sons
We would play in granny’s garden with our daughter and granddaughter
This looks loads of fun! I’d play with my husband and our 17 & 5 (very soon to be 6) year old sons in the garden.
I’d play this with my brother, in the garden. We’re both really competitive, so I think it would be a fun game to play together!
In the garden with my nephews