Portable, easy to learn, and with a format that promotes easy conversation, all ages enjoy cornhole as a way to play during longer summer days. Similar to horseshoes, except using wooden boxes called platforms and bags of corn instead of horseshoes and metal stakes, players take turns pitching their bags to score three points in a hole, or one point on a platform until an individual or team reaches a score of 21. This laid-back lawn game has a long history, going back to the 1883 game “Parlor Quoits,” and serious players compete at a national level in the American Cornhole League, founded in 2015. But don’t let its roots distract from this game’s greatest asset as a light-hearted way to bring people together.
Originally published in Bend Lifestyle
