Cornhole Worldwide

Cornhole is an ultra-social outdoor lawn game that involves 2 game boards with a large hole in them and 8 corn-filled throwing bags. The game consists of 4 players divided into two teams, with each team alternating throws to try and get the bags on the boards and into the hole until one of the teams reaches 21 points. In essence, Cornhole is a modern, portable variation of horseshoes. OH! YOU MEAN BAG TOSS? No. We donÍt mean bag toss. You might have heard someone calling it bags, corn toss, bean toss, corn bags etc. _ but letÍs be clear _ the name of the game is Cornhole. How do we know? Well, the first documented game of Cornhole was in Cincinnati, OH where we were founded and are still headquartered. THE MAN. THE MYTH. THE LEGEND. According to common lore, a variation of Cornhole originated several hundred years ago as a game where ancient civilizations would throw rocks into holes for fun. To be honest, thatÍs probably what every sport with a ball originated fromÆ' but thatÍs off topic. After the ancient people, the native Americans allegedly filled dried pigsÍ bladders with beans _ hence ñbeanî bags. Are these stories true? We have no idea. Anyway, skip forward a couple hundred years and we have the story of Matthias Kuepermann from Germany. According to a very reliable source (internet blogs) Kuepermann saw some boys throwing rocks at a hole in the ground _ sound slightly familiar? Kuepermann decided to help make the game easier to play by filling burlap bags with corn so they could throw into a square box he constructed instead of a hole in the ground. Although fun, corn prices rose dramatically around this time and virtually eliminated the game. Legend has it, though, that in the 1800s the Germans that immigrated to Cincinnati reintroduced the game as they were then able to afford corn again. Is this story true? Probably. Who knows?