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There was a game that appeared in a few episodes of **Nichijou** (not familiar
with the original manga) where there was a bunch of circular (wooden?) discs
stacked and a small hammer was used to try to strike one out, and I assume the
object is to do so without toppling the stack.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7UIci.jpg)

Was this a made up game for the series or is it a real game? What is it
called?


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What is the game where you strike a stack of discs to knock one out?


The game is called [Daruma
Otoshien.wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daruma_doll#Children.27s_games)
([だるま落としja.wikipedia](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%A0%E3%82%8B%E3%81%BE#.E3.81.A0.E3.82.8B.E3.81.BE.E8.90.BD.E3.81.A8.E3.81.97))

Let me quote Japanese Wikipedia, since the text on English Wikipedia might be
inaccurate at the time of writing of this post.

>
> 弾丸の先端に形状が似ただるまの下に、薄い円柱を数段重ね、それを横から1段ずつ木槌で叩いて抜き、倒れないようにうまく一番上のだるまを落とすという玩具・遊びである。胴を素早くたたくのがコツである。

Rough translation (I'd appreciate it if someone can edit it with a better
translation):

> (Skipped text) Under the daruma head are several thin cylinder pieces
> stacked on top of each other. The game involves hitting the thin cylinder
> pieces from the side with a mallet one by one, bringing down the daruma head
> without the rest toppling over. The trick is to hit the body quickly.

Image retrieved from Wikipedia at
[File:Darumaotoshi.JPG](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Darumaotoshi.JPG)

![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eBbOC.jpg)


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