The name of the game is officially cornhole. It is known by different names across the nation. Some of these names include the following: corn toss, bean bag toss, baggo. Whatever it is called, it is popular. The game has recently received national basketball through articles in the Wall Street Journal and other popular newspapers. The game is addicting. Just give a bag a toss and you will find out for yourself.
Cornhole is basketball replacing horseshoe at parties and events around the United States. You can find people playing almost anywhere in the midwest (block parties, backyards, tailgate parties, bars, college campuses). It is also catching steam across the rest of the US. What makes this game so much more fun and multigenerational then horseshoes? Cornhole is easier to play. All you need is two boards and 8 bags. The bags typically weigh between 14-16 oz. People of all ages can hold something that weighs a pound. You take the bag and pitch it (toss it) toward the boards that are set up 33 feet apart (from hole to hole). The one pound bags are a lot lighter then the heavy horseshoes.
Cornhole is also more portable. You can play it on almost any surface and any location. Most tailgate parties have a cornhole game set up as part of their activities.
Only time will tell if cornhole maintains its popularity. Although horseshoes have been around a long time, cornhole offers something new and exciting to people of all ages. if you have not tried the game, you should.
Rebecca owns and operates http://www.beccasports.com, a website dedicated to offering affordable, quality cornhole, corn toss, bean bag toss board and bag equipment.
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