My favorite game

Rings, or ringboard, is an old English pub dexterity game. The game consists of a series of 13 hooks arranged on a board, at which are thrown 6 rubber rings. First to a pre-set number (a nice round number between 50 and 500) wins. 

I've made about 4 of these boards now, and I really love this game. Unfortunately the rings have very few suppliers, but can be ordered from Masters Traditional Games in the UK. The board below I made for my dad last year, and since it was hard to wrap I just put a little bow on it.

A quick score board

"Daddy, who's winning?" I am. Well, usually I am, but when the kids are just barely too small to understand math, how do you really know? So I whipped up this quick 4 player bilingual counting board so they can always keep score on the rings board in the backyard.

Coffee table build, part II: the top

Oy, has it really been this long? Sorry folks, the holidays take their toll when everyone has birthdays too. So, surface planing the top:

Arranging boards:

All the clamps:

Next up: the apron!