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   ocr: Games foral laugh at thelocal Deadly darts An earlier version, called Puff and Dart, involved using a blowpipe to fire a dart at the target. Sadly, in 1844 a player at a London pub forgot the most important rule-blow, don't suck. He swallowed the dart and died several days later. As well as the main games played today there are others which are only popular in particular regions-such as. Aunt Sally in Oxfordshire, or Bat and Trap in Kent - or even individual pubs, ranging from the obscure to the downright eccentric. There are games like Dwile Flonking, involving two teams a pole and a beer-soa ...