OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

• identify the history of parlour games.
• explain the benefits of playing parlour games.
• enumerate parlour games.
• Trip to Jerusalem
• Longest Line
• Bring Me
• Statue Dance
• Paper Dance
• Pabitin
• Pukpok Palayok
• Tomato Dance
• Egg Relay
• Pop the Balloon
A parlour or parlor game is a group game played indoors using
speech (from French Parler). They were often played in
a parlour. These games were extremely popular among the
upper and middle classes in the United Kingdom and in
the United States during the Victorian era.
The Victorian age is sometimes considered the
"Golden Age" of the parlour game. During the 19th
century, the upper and middle classes had more
leisure time than people of previous generations.
This led to the creation of a variety of parlour
games to allow these gentlemen and ladies to
amuse themselves at small parties. 
Boxed parlour games were very popular from around
1920 until into the 1960s, especially around Christmas.
Parlour games competed for attention with the mass
media, particularly radio, movies, and television.
Though decreased in popularity, parlour games continue
to be played. Some remain nearly identical to their
Victorian ancestors; others have been transformed
into board games.
Many parlour games
involve logic or word-play.
Others are more physical
games, but not to the extent of
a sport or exercise. Some also
involve dramatic skill, such as
in charades. Most do not
require any equipment beyond
what would be available in a
typical parlour.
• Parlour games are usually competitive, but
cumulative scores are not usually kept. The length
and ending time of the game is typically not set;
play continues until the players decide to end the
game.
 MODIFIED GAMES
• Modified Games Defined Resemble the sport on which they are based, but adapted
to suit the players’ age, size, ability, skill and experience.
•  Mid-point between free games and common sports games
• The idea with modified games is to highlight the games as such, creating a better
participation among those involved regardless of their abilities while promoting
gender equality.
• Generally, modified games are governed by a set of initial rules, but as the game
progresses different changes can be made according to the overall picture.
• These changes can be made, as long as the essence of the standard sport remains
the same.
• Since they are modified, these kinds of games are not part of a formal sports
institution. Also, there is no formalization of modified games.