knocky nine doors

A game that’s been around since the 1800s. You must knock on someone’s door, then run away, preferably to the next person’s door. The goal is to do nine doors without stopping or getting caught. To make it harder, on the first door, knock once. On the second, knock twice. On the third, knock thrice, all the way until the ninth, when you knock nine times.

There is also a variation on this game called “Rocky Nine Doors”. The house needs to have a cabbage patch for this to work. You need to throw a rock on the roof then hide in the cabbages. The thrills you get from seeing the victim go out and shout while you are hiding in the cabbages right next to them are amazing.