Look! Solitaire Olive Dish Boston

Remember Hi-Q? We were addicted to that challenging red-peg solitaire game when we were growing up. Here's a more social version that dinner guests can play while waiting for everyone else to show up...

Created by Barnaby Barford & André Klauser, the solitaire olive dish is ceramic and even includes places to put jumped olives and pits. Luckily this time you don't need to worry if you lose the pegs.

Comes with playing instructions, available at Thorsten van Elten.

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Comments (9)

MMMmmmm and of course those that do show up late will have no clue all the olives have been handled by those playing. it's win/win!!! but interesting idea nonetheless

That's Chinese checkers, not solitaire.

Oh my god -- in my desk drawer I have a bag with the red pieces to that game -- but no idea where the board is (but know I didn't toss it.

Too funny!

The idea seems amusing, but isn't it a bit sad to be eating olives alone? I mean, solitaire, as it's name implies, is a loner game isn't it? And when you serve olives normally you have friends invited.... Unless they're supposed to watch you play.
This reminds me, in less absurd, of a toilet-paper dispenser I saw once in one of those useless gadget catalogs : it had a magnetic dice game on top of it, so you could play and throw the dice without them falling. But since you need to be two for playing dice, you'd better have really good friends ...

I'm really loving the kitsch today.

It's not Chinese checkers! It's the exact game the post references, Hi-Q. Sheesh. And I love it!

You *can* play this game with friends - just alternate turns. But ewww, because you don't eat the olive you touch - you eat the olive that's jumped, so you had better hope that the last fingers that touched your olive got washed...

why not just be intelligent and use toothpicks? Eureka!