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Top 24 Cornhole Boards :: Summer 2009

Jeremy — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:39:02 +0000

Every few months, I go through all of the pictures that are uploaded to the Cornhole Players Forum Gallery. I pick the best of the bunch over that time period to show off as highlights. The last 3 months of produced the most amazing collection of Cornhole boards we’ve ever seen in the 3 years since Cornhole Players was started. I started off with the goal of picking the top 10… that changed to 15… that changed to 20… and I ended up at 24.

So many amazing boards are posted to the Cornhole Players forum and gallery that I’m sure I’ve overlooked a few. That’s impossible to avoid. As it is, I went through over 250 pictures to get it down to my favorite 24. It’s hard to put any ranking on Cornhole boards. Some have amazing construction, but less than stellar graphics. Some are put together with duct tape and super glue, but have GREAT graphics. Then some are just my personal favorites, and as such, get to be included. I’ve pulled a random assortment of boards that are cool for a variety of reasons. All these boards can be found in the Cornhole Players Forum Photo Gallery. All boards were posted between June 1st and August 31st.

With all that said… here they are! ( in no particular order )
–Jeremy

24 of the Best Cornhole Boards :: Summer 2009

What do you think? Please leave a comment below! Also, if you feel like you deserve an honorable mention, or would like to link to the original forum thread for any of these boards, please leave it in the comments area.

Best Boards Gallery Page 1 | Best Boards Gallery Page 2

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Enter to Win a Ladder Golf Game!

Jeremy — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:18:28 +0000

Introduce yourself for a chance to win!

Ladder Golf is a nearly perfect outdoor game. It’s fun, it’s portable, it’s great for all ages, and it’s really addicting!

To help you add a new game to your collection for football season and tailgating, we’ve got a chance for you to win a Ladder Golf game from LadderGolf.com.

This one is easy! All you have to do is write a quick introduction in the Outdoor Game Players forum. That’s it!

The Ladder Golf™ brand tossing games are a great alternative to the traditional outdoor games. Ladder Golf™ can be played on grass, sand, concrete, carpet, indoors or outside. Ladder Golf™ is light weight and portable enough to bring to any tailgate party, barbeque, picnic, campground or day at the beach.

Click here for full contest information.

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Rollors : A Game of Skill and Chance

Jeremy — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:05:39 +0000

Rollors : A Game of Skill and Chance

It’s great when a new game comes along that is both unique and fun. Rollors is just that! Rollors is an all ages game that can be played with 2 to 6 players. Rollors is played with small rounded discs, that are rolled toward one of two cone shaped goals. The discs, or Rollors, are rolled vertically, in a bowling motion, and points are tallied by where a disc lands.

Rollors was developed by Air Force Major Matt Bulter, of Destin, FL. Major Butler dreamed up Rollors while he was an Air Battle Manager in Afghanistan. Now, he’s hiring vets to handcraft the wooden Rollors sets in their free time. He admits that using local services to meet his needs has been more expensive, but worth it. One of the hardwood maple sets takes about two hours to make, and sells for $85.

Matt is currently looking for additional game makers to produce the Rollors game as a way to help build popularity and spread the game to new areas. If you would be interested in making or distributing Rollors games, please contact Matt at 478-501-2003 or send an email to matt@rollors.net

Another way Matt’s been increasing the visibility of the game is by sponsoring Cornhole tournaments. His first official sponsorship is for the 3rd annual Windy City Tournament. Matt’s also open to sharing web links. If you’re interested, visit the Rollors website.

The biggest thing I’d like people to know is it’s patented unlike many of the other lawn games and w/ it’s high popularity I’ve got more demand vs product and need help making more (if that makes sense).

The Rollors games are extremely well crafted, and are a game that will last for many years. For more on the Rollors game, check out the Rollors website and the Rollors Game Review at Outdoor Game Reviews.

The Drink Holder / Score Keeper Contest

Jeremy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:15:24 +0000

Enter to win Cornhole bags!

CornholePlayers.net has several kinds of cornhole board building instructions, and they’ve got bag making instructions, but they’ve never been able to find good instructions for drink holders or score towers. Now is the time!

CornholePlayers.net has teamed up with Cornhole.com to give you 8 great reasons to put together some building specs or instructions. Cornhole.com has agreed to give away a set of Cornhole bags to 4 different winners.

Do you have a score keeper built in to your boards? Have you put together a great drink holder using pvc pipe? Whatever it is, this is a great time to share it and be entered to win Cornhole bags!

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Windy City Corhole Classic – October 3rd, 2009

Jeremy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:23:07 +0000

Windy City Corhole Classic – October 3rd, 2009

CornholePlayers.net is proud to help sponsor the 3rd Annual Windy City Cornhole Classic!

Whether you consider yourself a pro or a regular Joe, come out and test your skill. The tournament will be held at historic Arlington Park Racetrack in Arlington Heights, Illinois on October 3, 2009. Competitive and social players alike are invited to come out and play for a total of $4500 in prizes. While not tossing you can be sure to enjoy the music, food, drinks and vendors displaying and selling all of the latest cornhole products and accessories!

Bags, cornhole, tailgate toss, corn toss, no matter what you call it make sure you come out and join fellow Cornhole Players in the 3rd Annual Windy City Cornhole Classic presented by Adrenaline Sports Management and BestCornBags.com!

Visit www.chicagocornholeclassic.com for more information and to register for the tournament.

Questions? Call 847-829-4538 or email info@chicagocornholeclassic.com

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Bean Bag Buddy | Cornhole Board Cart

Jeremy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:03:28 +0000

Transporting your Cornhole boards, just got a lot easier! The Bean Bag Buddy is a great new way to haul around your big, heavy cornhole boards.

The Bean Bag Buddy is a 2 wheel cart, that is specially designed to haul cornhole boards. It has a wide wheel base, sturdy 7″ wheels, and a safety strap to keep your boards in place. The Bean Bag Buddy doesn’t just haul boards, though. It does a lot more! The Bean Bag Buddy has a handy pack for storing a full set of cornhole bags, there are 2 drink holders, and it has a score tower that attaches to the top of the cart! The Bean Bag Buddy is the perfect accessory for a big day of playing cornhole.

Make a Game, Win a Game!

Jeremy — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:27:11 +0000

We have a huge promotion running across the Cornhole Players, Washer Players, and Outdoor Game Players sites. The “Make a Game, Win a Game” promo is a perfect way for people to add a game or two to their outdoor game collection.

Getting registered to win is easy. First, make one of the games we feature on Outdoor Game Players ( agme). Second, post a picture of the game you made to our photo gallery. Third, post a link to your game pix in the official contest thread in the Outdoor Game Players Forum. That’s it!

At the end of July, we’ll pick three winners from everyone who enters. Winners may choose one of 5 games from our contest sponsor We Sell Cornhole. Choose from Plain Cornhole Boards, All Weather Cornhole Boards, Hillbilly Golf, Standard Washer Toss, or the NEW YardStax game.

Add a new game to your collection this Summer, and be entered for a chance to win a second game from We Sell Cornhole & the Outdoor Game Players Network!

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Making a Molkky Game

Jeremy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:14:54 +0000

An outdoor game that you can make yourself for under $10? That’s Mölkky! From the moment I learned about this game I’ve been excited to check it out. Even a sloppy, semi-capable carpenter like myself can chop up pieces of wood and number them. This is a game that almost anybody can make, and for a really great price.

First off… what is Mölkky?? I like to refer to Mölkky as “Yard Bowling.” Basically, Mölkky consists of tossing a short piece of wood ( the Mölkky ) toward 12 numbered pins ( the Skittles ). If you knock down one Skittle, you get as many points as the number on the pin. If you knock down several of the Skittles, you get 1 point per fallen Skittle. Games are played to exactly 50 points. Check here for more Rules and Building Info.

How to Make a Mölkky Game

First off, you’ll need to find wood. Mölkky is most commonly played with round, 2.5″ dimeter wood pieces. Good luck finding anything that size. After searching far and wide, I ended up finding 3″ beams intended as fence posts. For $5.90, the price was right.
The fence post I purchased was pretty raw and rough. I went over it with some really high grit sand paper to knock down the bigger sliver pieces. This took a little time, but made the finished pieces much higher quality. I used a palm sander, but a belt sander would have sped up the process.
Once you’re sanded, it’s time to chop your pieces. The common size for a Skittle is 6″ tall ( to the high point ). Since I used a wider piece of wood to begin with, I ended up making my Skittles taller. I cut a 12″ piece from my fence post, then cut that in half at a 45 degree angle. That gave me pieces that are roughly 7.25″ tall ( 4.5″ short side ). Pick a size and go with it! You could even mix it up and have the pieces be all sorts of sizes. The tossing stick ( Mölkky ) I cut to 9″. This left me with about a foot of leftover fence post. You could make an extra tossing stick with it – which would be kind of nice to have, really. ( maybe even have 2 sizes )
Next I took my cut pieces and prettied them up a bit. This wasn’t the best wood in the world, and most pieces have a split on them someplace, including the throwing stick. Since you handle the Mölkky a lot, I puttied the cracked spot with some water based wood putty. No promises that will stay in there forever, but the big crack would have bothered me.

For the Skittles, I wanted to soften the edges a little. I quickly hit all cut edges and the number face with 120 grit sandpaper. This dulls the edges, and makes the number face a little smoother for the numbers you’ll be adding.
Time to add the numbers. I gave everything a quick wipe down to remove the dust from sanding. Next, I drew numbers on the Skittles with a pencil. You could skip that part, but it cuts down any marker mistakes… I used a Sharpee for drawing the numbers. I wider marker would have worked better, but I went with what was handy.

We’re sanded, cut, sanded, and numbered. Next up is finishing the pieces. I used some old polyurethane floor finish I had around. Use whatever you want. Paint, stain, poly, or even leave them raw. I ended up putting on about 3 coats before I was happy with the finish. This rough wood took a few coats to get as smooth as I wanted. I hit it with 220 sandpaper between the 2nd and 3rd coat to knock down any raised edges.

That’s it! This game is REALLY easy to make. All it took was a $6 piece of fencing, sandpaper, a marker, and some finish. If you’ve got a saw around the house, you can make this game!

I mentioned earlier that I used 3″ wood instead of the standard 2.5″. Now that I’ve played the game, I think that’s the only way to go. The 3″ pieces can be hard to stand on grass – so 2.5″ would have been even harder. Also, the added size makes for bigger targets. To me that’s more fun!

If you can’t find any 3″ fence beam like I did, you can still use several things to make a Mölkky game. There are several types of landscaping timber that would be okay, you could rip down 4×4’s to work, or you could even use pieces of PVC pipe. I read about one guy who loves to play that way. Be creative. Mölkky is cheap to make and fun to play. Well worth checking out.

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Cornhole for the Troops Project

Jeremy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:09:35 +0000

Members of the CornholePlayers.net community have started a movement to send Cornhole boards and bags over to our men and women fighting in Iraq/Afghanistan!

With help from a group called Soldiers Angels, the community members are hoping to get a few sets of Cornhole boards sent to the troops.

To get things started, forum member Milky has volunteered to buy the material and build the first set of boards. Members of the site will come up with a design, make it, and ship it to North Carolina (Soldiers Angels will cover the overseas shipping costs). PayPal donations will help to cover the shipping costs to NC.

See the forum thread for full information.

The first set will be built & customized by Milky, and will be a REALLY nice set. We didn’t want to stop there, though. We’ve teamed up with iCornhole.com to send additional boards! For every $110 we’re able to raise, we will be able to send a set of painted boards, with bags, to the troops!

If you’d like to help, you can send donations through PayPal.
Donate via PayPal to: mmiehlke@comcast.net
PLEASE be sure to put “Cornhole For The Troops” in the message box.

Even if you can only give a bit, remember that every little bit helps! As we head toward the 4th of July, remember the troops, and help us send Cornhole Boards overseas!

Thanks!!

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It’s All Fun and Games

Jeremy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:38:27 +0000

The Times Herald ran an article today to feature the awesome cornhole board making skills of Mark Miehlke, better known as “Milky” in the Cornhole Players Forum.

The full story tells how Milky first learned of the game in preparation for a Jimmy Buffett show. It goes on to tell how Milky’s building and customization skills have turned his new hobby into a quickly growing small business!

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