Chopsticks Hand Game

Your school probably called it: Chopsticks · Finger Sticks · Bam Bam

Play the chopsticks hand game online, free — tap, split, and knock out both of their hands.

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How to play Chopsticks Hand Game

The rules, exactly as your gang played them.

  1. 1Each player starts with one finger raised on each hand.
  2. 2On your turn, tap one of your hands against one of your opponent's hands.
  3. 3The tapped hand adds your fingers to its own.
  4. 4Any hand that reaches five goes dead and is folded away.
  5. 5Instead of attacking, you can split your own fingers between your hands.
  6. 6Knock out both of your opponent's hands to win.

Where it came from

Chopsticks needed no ground, no chalk, and no noise — which is exactly why it survived every teacher who ever confiscated a ball. It lived in the two minutes between lessons, fingers flicking below the desk edge. The quietest kid on the bench usually had the fastest hands.

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