Quote Originally Posted by Alpha View Post
Spotlight means something else entirely in New Zealand, then. It's outdoor, night-time hide-and-go seek. You're 'caught' if you get spotted by the torch and your name called out. Once caught, you either go back 'home' and wait for the game to finish, or join the searching party.
We called that flashlight tag where I lived.

Anyway, the game that I probably played most when I was younger was tag. Up until 3-4th grade I played that with some people from my school just about every day. Later on it ended up being more organized sports like football, basketball, capture the flag, etc.

Otherwise, it was mainly board/card games. My grandpa was a game collector, so I've played so many different games. The game I probably played most was Sheepshead, though. My grandparents loved that game and taught it to me when I was ~4. It pretty much became a habit to play it every time I visited them, which was several times a week for a number of years, so we ended up playing a lot.

Besides that, it was the normal games like Chess, Cribbage, Risk, Backgammon, Stratego, etc.

As for Lite Brite, I had a hand-me-down one with all the holes already poked through, so it wasn't that much fun...