Simple games for commercial breaks

[rhythmsoundmotion]

I figure someone here must play some game during commercial breaks.
Some ideas I would like to try
-A few rounds of Jenga
-A few rounds of Checkers

Some things I tried
-Fidget spinner is okay
-Reading articles can work
-Reading a book fails, I get to distracted

 

[GreatestHonor]

A Yu-gi-Oh tournament or two. (Just kidding)

A couple turns of chess could work well depending on the length of the commercials

 

[Richards]

Roshambo? (Take your pick: either the rock-paper-scissors version or the South Park variant.)

Johnathan

 

[rhythmsoundmotion]

A collaborative character generation game would be cool.
I don’t know if there is a game like that would be simple enough for commercial breaks.

 

[Dioltach]

My wife and I usually play the game of "what demographic is watching this programme, at this time of day, according to the commercials?"

 

[MarkB]

It's been a long time since I sat through a commercial break. Even back in the day, before I cut the cord and went full streaming, I'd record programmes rather than watching them live so I could skip the ads.

Seems like a good time to do some browsing on the ol' smartphone. Catch up on your social media of choice, listen to a few minutes of a podcast, maybe browse these very forums.

 

[Mistwell]

I can usually start and finish a complete game of Marvel Snap during a commercial break.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

There’s an old, simple dice game called “Mason”. The name is derived from building characters via dice rolls. It can be played solitaire or against others.

HOW TO PLAY:
1) Roll 6d6.
2) Tally the number of rolls of 4-6, setting aside any d6 results of 1-3. You get 1 point for every die that rolled over 4.
3) Reroll only those die that rolled over 4, repeating the method of Step 2.
4) Keep repeating Steps 2 & 3 until no die roll is over 4, then total your points.
5) Higher point totals are better.

PLAY EXAMPLE:
Roll #1 Die results: 2, 5, 6, 4, 1, 3; Total points: 3
Roll #2 Die results: 6, 5, 6; Total points: 6
Roll #3 Die results: 1, 1, 4; Total points: 7
Roll #4 Die results: 4; Total points: 8
Roll #5 Die results: 5; Total points: 9
Roll #6 Die results: 4; Total points: 10
Roll #7 Die results: 2; Total points: 10. GAME OVER

 

[Zardnaar]

1. Bathroom timed sprint/crawl
2. Making coffee speed run.
3. How fast you can finish a can of beer so your next can lasts to next ad break.
4. Avoiding the cat near ad break survivor challenge.
5. Fetch depending on who the cats sitting on.

Speed runs basically

 

[Bohandas]

I mostly play videogames during the entire show, whether or not it's a commercial