Outdoor & pub games
Ants in the Pants
Brohm-Parker-Spiele, 1969
Ants in the Pants is a skill game published by Brohm-Parker-Spiele in 1969. It is played with 2 to 4 players, from age 4 and in about 10 minutes.
- players
- 2–4
- minutes
- 10
- years
- 4+
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The box
- Publishers
- Brohm-Parker-Spiele, Hasbro, MB Spellen, Milton Bradley, Schaper
- Designer
- Marvin Glass
- Year of release
- 1969
- Also known as
- Ants in the Can · Ants in the SquarePants · Een broek vol mieren · Heuschreck Hüpf in die Hose
About the game
Ants in the Pants is a game designed by Marvin Glass and Associates, who sold the rights to William H. Schaper, and was originally produced in 1969 by Schaper's company Schaper Toys. In 1986 it was purchased by Hasbro, which still manufactures and markets the game.
The name refers to an idiomatic expression in English which asserts that nervous, fidgety people must have "ants in their pants." The English word "antsy" (meaning nervous) also derives from this metaphor.More from Brohm-Parker-Spiele
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