Fun basement and backyard entertainment

[codewarrior]

For the basement, I recommend shuffleboard. Not the game you play on the deck of a cruise ship, but this here:

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When we got tired of playing pool at the Green Room in Durham, NC, we played this. It was built in between two support columns where they couldn't fit another table in. The pucks ride on a layer of fine sand or glass bead. Good times.