Ping-Pong!

Today's build is a ping-pong table!

 I used a 1x1 round plate as the ball

Zach and Reagan battle it out while spectators Josh and Maggie look on.

 In this picture, you can see that I added some length onto the table so that the net would be in the middle. a 4x7 plate doesn't exist, only a 4x6 or 4x8, so I stuck a 4x1 on the end and attached it with a 2x2 plate.

 Now, these are unusual pieces. I'm not sure what to call them or what set they are from. We found them in the collection of LEGO pieces Dad had when he was a kid. We had no idea what they were, so we called them ping-pong paddles. Eventually, we built a ping-pong table to go with them.

Zach wins!

 Here, I show the table top, legs and net. The legs are just two 1x4 bricks stacked.

 And, one final picture.

I'm not sure how you could make ping-pong paddles without these weird pieces. If anyone has an idea for them, let me know. A ping-pong table would be great for a LEGO house's game room! Even if you don't have paddles.
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We had been visiting a new church and one Sunday night in the youth room the kids were playing an unusual variation of ping-pong.
The ping-pong table had no net. There were around 11-12 players. You do a rotation, everyone gets a number and you go around taking turns hitting the ball. So when it's your turn, you run up and hit the ball to the person who comes after you.
 When someone hits the ball to you, it has to roll across the table and fall onto the floor. After it bounces off the floor, you hit it back onto the table and the person after you waits for it to fall on the floor and hits it back on to the table.
If you miss or mess up somehow, you lose a life. Everyone gets three lives.
Another confusing element is that you don't just hit it back and forth, it can go across the table any which way. All the players end up running around the table in circles trying to get to the ball.
You play until there is only one player left standing.
All in all, a very interesting multi-player variation on ping-pong.