POG years (1990)

Dimension POG :

42.80 mm or 1.6850 inches in diameter.

5.91 mm or 0.235 inches thick.

The benchmark game for playgrounds in the 90s!

After marbles, pogs arrived on the playground in the mid-90s. Greatly appreciated by children for its collectability, pog was an instant hit. The aim of the game is simple: turn over your opponent's pogs to win them.

To play pogs, you need :

A minimum of two players.

Pogs.

A kini (plastic or metal puck).

How to play pogs :

Pogs are cardboard or plastic pucks. There were the "authentic" pogs available for purchase in supermarkets or tobacconists, but also other collectible pogs that were offered by food brands (brands of potato chips or cereals, for example).

A minimum of two players is required to start a game of pog. Children must wager the same number of pogs, and therefore play at least one pog each. The pogs are then collected in a single pile, face down (side shown facing the floor).

The children decide who goes first. To topple the pile of pogs, the player uses a kini. The kini is a puck, usually plastic, the same size as a pog but thicker.

The first pogger throws the kini onto the pile. If any pogs turn over, they're his. The remaining (unturned) pogs are stacked again, and it's the other player's turn to try to turn them over. The children continue to play until all the pogs have been turned over. Whoever wins the most pogs wins the game.