Slug Bug, Punch Buggy, Punch Beetle
So here are the semi-official rules to the game. These are from wikipedia, where several other links are available to other variations of the game.
The Punch Buggy game is highly unstandardized, with each group of players adopting their own guidelines. The following set of rules should not be considered comprehensive, since each rule will have as many variables as there are people who play the game:
• Spotting a pink convertible Beetle earns bonus punches (usually one more, in addition to the regular one).
• When calling out lime-green colored Beetles, participants may (or in some cases, must) yell "punch buggy Doublemint!" (similarly, the call for yellow Beetles is "Juicy Fruit"). These names refer to types of chewing gum of the same color, respectively.
• When calling out old-style Beetles, the spotter may opt to repeatedly yell "Slug bug, slug bug!" while punching continuously, until another participant calls the correct color.
• A Beetle pulled over by a police officer or involved in a wreck earns bonus punches. A car part that is clearly identifiable as part of a Beetle earns bonus punches.
• A VW Bus (known as a double punch buggy or double punch beetle) earns the caller two punches.
• Car dealerships are generally considered off limits, although in some areas it is acceptable if a vehicle is spotted with a registration (such as when someone has clearly already purchased the vehicle).
• All Beetles in a car hauler (an open-air trailer truck transporting Beetles) are in play.
• If there happens to be a Cadillac within sight at the same time as the "slugging", the person getting hit may call "Slap back Cadillac!". This can only be done by the person originally being hit, since it is a slap back.
• If a player cheats (for example, calling a Beetle someone else has already played), opponents get three punches and call out "Three for cheating!"
• In some areas it is custom to call "false punch buggy (or Beetle)" if the color is called wrong or if someone has already used that color in the game. "False punch buggy" allows for five punches from the victim to the assailant that called the falsehood.
• Upon a new car ride, all previously used colors come back into play.
• Drivers of a Beetle are usually exempt from the game.
As with most regional, nostalgic, and highly varied games, each group of players tend to claim their own rules as being superior. As one long-time player said:
"As I've mentioned... I've been playing Punch Buggy for at least thirty-four years. That makes me somewhat of an expert on the subject, at least in my opinion." In regards to rule variations for the Punch Buggy game, even if smaller points differ by region and players, the general premise upon which the game is built remains the same.
The Punch Buggy game is highly unstandardized, with each group of players adopting their own guidelines. The following set of rules should not be considered comprehensive, since each rule will have as many variables as there are people who play the game:
• Spotting a pink convertible Beetle earns bonus punches (usually one more, in addition to the regular one).
• When calling out lime-green colored Beetles, participants may (or in some cases, must) yell "punch buggy Doublemint!" (similarly, the call for yellow Beetles is "Juicy Fruit"). These names refer to types of chewing gum of the same color, respectively.
• When calling out old-style Beetles, the spotter may opt to repeatedly yell "Slug bug, slug bug!" while punching continuously, until another participant calls the correct color.
• A Beetle pulled over by a police officer or involved in a wreck earns bonus punches. A car part that is clearly identifiable as part of a Beetle earns bonus punches.
• A VW Bus (known as a double punch buggy or double punch beetle) earns the caller two punches.
• Car dealerships are generally considered off limits, although in some areas it is acceptable if a vehicle is spotted with a registration (such as when someone has clearly already purchased the vehicle).
• All Beetles in a car hauler (an open-air trailer truck transporting Beetles) are in play.
• If there happens to be a Cadillac within sight at the same time as the "slugging", the person getting hit may call "Slap back Cadillac!". This can only be done by the person originally being hit, since it is a slap back.
• If a player cheats (for example, calling a Beetle someone else has already played), opponents get three punches and call out "Three for cheating!"
• In some areas it is custom to call "false punch buggy (or Beetle)" if the color is called wrong or if someone has already used that color in the game. "False punch buggy" allows for five punches from the victim to the assailant that called the falsehood.
• Upon a new car ride, all previously used colors come back into play.
• Drivers of a Beetle are usually exempt from the game.
As with most regional, nostalgic, and highly varied games, each group of players tend to claim their own rules as being superior. As one long-time player said:
"As I've mentioned... I've been playing Punch Buggy for at least thirty-four years. That makes me somewhat of an expert on the subject, at least in my opinion." In regards to rule variations for the Punch Buggy game, even if smaller points differ by region and players, the general premise upon which the game is built remains the same.
posted by Derek Linder at 9:52 AM
2 Comments:
HAHA...Who would've thought there'd be rules to this game?!! All I've known is that it leads to bruises! :)
P.S. Drivers of Beetles ARE NOT exempt..in fact, they should be hit while they're driving! :)
It is too bad that a car that has such good driving characteristics and appears to be so gentle should be the cause for so much violence. Maybe the rules should be changed to hug (i.e. "hug bug")someone instead of slamming them across the chops whenever a bug is near.
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