Summer Outdoor Games, Ranked

9. Giant Jenga

Giant Jenga is better than the regular kind , for the same reason that life - sized chess leads to more cheering trash - lecture – defeat is , literally , more crushing . Obviously it ’s an outdoor secret plan because who want a 3 - pes towboat of wood tumbling down in their living room ? Note to DIY the great unwashed : it ’s wanton to make this game yourself with a few 2x4s . Not to non - DIY people : you could also just corrupt it .

8. Spikeball

Spikeball take the fun of trampoline basketball game and polish off the “ neck opening injuries ” part , leave you with an awful squad game that allows for some dramatic dives for the lump and surprising strategizing . Do n’t play with super - free-enterprise friends unless you ’re looking to get tackle .

7. Cornhole

Cornhole is the more popular translation of horseshoes in that it rewards a “ beneficial enough ” throw . It ’s one of the most laid back games in the universe , but beware anyone who knows what a " jumanji " is , as they will destroy you .

6. Ladder golf

If you ever screwed up a yo - yo magic really badly and got your hands tangled in string , you missed your luck to invent ladder golf . Legend has it that the biz originated from cowboys throwing live snakes at prickly wires , which really does n’t voice fun for anyone , snake or human .

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5. Croquet

What ’s more play than politely smacking a large hard ball while imagining you ’re the handsome scion of the most powerful industrialist in all of New England ? The game ( or similar variant ) dates back as early as the 1600s , and it show up : you must hold out a white Marco Polo and give golf claps , even after watching your supporter wail a ball straight into a tree diagram .

4. Lawn darts

Ok , actually , what ’s more fun than whiling away a round the bend even hurling ancient weapon system of war ? Although the pointy , unsafe kind of lawn darts have in reality been illegalise for decennium , you’re able to buy weighted credit card darts that do a pretty estimable imitation . Or , if you ’re really conversant with the “ dreary internet , ” try out the pre - ban kind .

3. Bocce

blistering take : people are n’t play enough bocce these Day . Sure , maybe you know that one cool bar that ’s taken up the cause , but this secret plan is too much leisurely fun to be broken out as seldom as it is . End of the day , it ’s the Old World - est way to do play with a drink in hired hand and a dadbod .

2. Badminton

Tennis , but with a volleyball net and a more manageable court size ? Sweet . Badminton is also one of the leisurely backyard games to localise up and play , and perhaps the most unreasoningly meet , what with those vicious stiletto heel .

1. Stump

Stump is perhaps the heavy lawn game of all time , in all probability because it ’s the one with the highest stakes . If you may do it , flipping a malleus in the air , catch it , and swinging it in one smooth motion to hammer a nail into a tree stump is downright beautiful . in advance practitioners have even been known to play the Flaming Stump , which is on the button what it sounds like . We ca n’t commend that one .