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The listing, Lot of 50 Collectible Pogs and 6 Slammers has ended.

This auction is for 50 collectible pogs and 6 slammers. 5 of the slammers are plastic and 1 of them is a thick metal slammer, which were banned from tournament play because of how powerful they are. The metal slammer is the skull in the top right of the second picture.

Gameplay

Rules may vary among players, but the game variants generally have common gameplay features. Each player has their own collection of pogs and one or more slammers. Before the game, players decide whether to play "for keeps", or not. "For keeps" implies that the players keep the POGs that they win during the game and forfeit those that have been won by other players. The game can then begin as follows:

The players each contribute an equal number of pogs to build a stack with the pieces face-down, which will be used during the game.
The players take turns throwing their slammer down onto the top of the stack, causing it to spring up and the pogs to scatter. Each player keeps any pogs that land face-up after their throw.
After each throw, the pogs which have landed face-down are then re-stacked for the next player.
When no pogs remain in the stack, the player with the most pogs is the 'winner'.

Questions & Comments

Pogs is a game that was popularized during the early 1990s by Josh Rittich. The game is played using discs which are also called "pogs". The name originates from POG, a brand of juice made from passionfruit, orange and guava; the use of the POG bottle caps to play the game pre-dated the game's commercialization. The game of pogs possibly originated in Hawaii (Maui, Hawaii) in the 1920s or 1930s, or possibly with origins in a game from much earlier: Menko, a Japanese card game very similar to pogs, has been in existence since the 17th century. Pogs returned to popularity when the World POG Federation and the Canada Games Company reintroduced them to the public in the 1990s.

Apr 1st, 2012 at 7:32:26 PM PDT by

Pog typically relies on two types of playing discs: pogs and slammers. Pogs are typically flat circular cardboard discs which are decorated with images on one or both sides. Traditional (or traditional-style) pogs are made of rougher cardboard, are printed with limited colors, and often have a staple in them (as they appeared when used as actual POG bottlecaps), while modern commercial pogs were stiffer, thicker and are often printed with colorful glossy imagery.

The other equipment that is used is a slammer: a heavier game piece often made of metal, rubber, or more commonly plastic which come in various thicknesses and weights, but are typically similar in diameter to pogs. Metal pogs are not allowed in some games because they are typically heavier than other materials, giving the player with the first turn an unfair advantage.

Apr 1st, 2012 at 7:33:21 PM PDT by

i still have a couple of my pogs. lol i sooooo remember collecting these i had all the skulls,ying yangs and the holigraphics background ones.

Apr 7th, 2012 at 7:51:50 PM PDT by

Lot of 50 Collectible Pogs and 6 Slammers is in the Collectibles | Other Collectibles category