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Ddakji is a traditional South Korean game played with folded paper tiles which are also called Ddakji. It is an excellent game to play with family or friends. Making the game pieces can also help children work on fine motor skills.

Made a little more well known in the UK because of the Netflix Show - Squid Games

Resources

Coloured Square Origami Paper or A4 cut to Squares

Instructions

Follow the instructions in the attached file to make the playing tiles.

To play Korean Ddakji, choose a throwing player. Many people suggest a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors to choose a throwing player, but this is up to you. The other player places his Ddakji tile on the table or the floor. The throwing player tries to throw his tile so that it makes the other player's tile flip over. If he is successful, he gets to keep the tile. Therefore, it would be a good idea to fold several tiles before you begin playing.

Throwing Ddakji looks simple, but getting the angle and force necessary to flip the other player's tile takes practice. If you are playing the game with very young children, stress that it's OK if they are unable to flip the tile immediately.

You may want to make tiles using several different sizes of paper to see what is easiest for you to flip. It's also helpful to try to aim for the fullest or puffiest part of the disk when you're trying to flip it.

A video demonstration of children playing the ddakji Korean game can be found on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRoeCdhdLZ0

Video in Korean making the Ddakji - Perhaps get the cubs to follow along, even though he's speaking Korean!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TRZWfCb3CQ

Tags

• Korean
• origami
• paper
• Traditional game

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