I just came here after reading the shining

The shining brought me here. Seriously I can see why this game didn’t stick...my back aches just watching.

the shining?

I learned about roque from reading The Shining by Stephen King.

Come and take your medicine!

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Jack Torrance is one of the greatest players of all time

I came after reading The Shining.

In the early 50's my grandfather and I watched people playing Roque as we walked from his home to the Natural History Museum near the Los Angeles Coliseum. If I remember correctly there were 2 Roque courts, a couple of lawn bowling courts, the rose garden, then the museum. The museum and rose garden are still there. The California Science museum complex has taken over the Roque and Bowling spaces.

I’m here after seeing “roque” in a scrabble game. Nice play!

You'll take your medicine, young pup!

Same... found myself here while reading

John Steinbeck's

I arrived here after seeing a mention of roque in a Spalding booklet on Indian clubs from 1911. There is a reference to Charles Jacobus, the "Father of Roque" who won the Olympic championship in St Louis in 1904.

Yeah I can tell right away why this died out in Double-Cheesy-Stuffed-Crust America. I can’t imagine bending over that much over and over to play that game. Especially when croquet lets you just use a longer-handled mallet and use your foot to hold the striking ball.

Likewise, The Shinning Book brought me here.

What was Stephen King thinking? That tiny mallet isn't very scary 😂 a fire ax makes so much more sense. But I think it's wonderful Stephen is keeping this tradition alive

The Shining lol

If it was an Olympic sport at one time, then the official rules are written down somewhere.

I’m here from the Puppet History 1904 Olympic Games episode.