Khamsa Hjira
Also known as Five Stones, خمسة حجرة
A one-player or competitive jacks-style game using five pebbles, balancing throwing and catching.
How to play
Collect five smooth pebbles.
Scatter all five on the ground.
Toss one pebble into the air; while it is airborne, pick up one pebble from the ground with the same hand, then catch the tossed pebble before it lands.
Continue: toss, collect one, catch.
Once all four ground pebbles are collected one-by-one, scatter them again and now collect them two-at-a-time per toss.
Then three and one, then all four at once.
If you drop the tossed pebble or fail the catch, your turn ends and the next player starts.
Players keep track of the stage they reached; first to complete all four stages wins.
Keep it fair
Each player must clearly call which stage they are on before their turn begins, if they claim a higher stage than they have reached, they forfeit that turn and revert to the last agreed stage.
