<P> Devil among the tailors is a form of table skittles . </P> <P> The game involves 9 small skittles arranged in a 3 x 3 square, usually within a shallow open - topped wooden box sitting on a table - top . The wooden ball (about the size of a golf ball) hangs from a string or chain attached to the top of a vertical wooden post rising from one corner of the box . The aim of the game is to knock down the skittles by swinging the ball in an arc round the post (rather than aiming directly at the skittles). </P> <P> In the picturesque name, the' devil' refers to the ball and the' tailors' are the skittles . </P> <P> Pitch penny (also called Penny seat, Penny slot, Tossing the penny and Penny in the hole) involves throwing coins across the room and into a hole carved in the seat of a wooden bench . </P>

Football pub or games room game for teams of two or four