What is in a Name? – Cornhole Versus Bean Bag

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by: Dave Roth
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Some people put a lot of stock in names. Others do not. When it comes to the Cornhole game there are a lot of die-hard fans who will not have it called anything else. The same is true with the bean bag game. However, there are a lot of people who insist that the Cornhole game and the bean bag game are actually the same thing – or at least so closely related that there is no point in arguing about it. The main difference for people who admit that there is one seems to be based on the fact that the standard Cornhole board is two feet by four feet and the standard bean bag board is two feet by three feet. They argue that this makes them different games. Some people point out, though, that a lot of Cornhole players actually use the smaller board because it is much more portable. By using the two foot by three foot board a Cornhole player can take the game on the road to a party or get-together. It will easily fit in the back of a pickup truck and it will also fit in the trunk of a larger car, or a car in which the back seats fold down. Since this is the case it is becoming much more popular with players of the Cornhole game.

Those who play the bean bag game still use the smaller boards as well, because they are considered to be the right size for that particular game. The bags for both of the games appear to be the same with the possible exception of the stuffing. The Cornhole bags were originally stuffed with dried corn and the bean bag toss bags were originally stuffed with dried beans. This is where the two games got their names. Now with advances in technology most of the bags are stuffed with plastic pellets, and this holds true for both games. This is done mostly because there are a lot of opportunities for dried corn and dried beans to biodegrade, but this does not happen to plastic pellets. Beans and corn can break down if they get wet and this is not good for the game or good for the players. These kinds of problems are why the players of these games try to use the plastic filler material now.

Another difference between the two games comes from the argument about where they were started. Some say that the game was started in Cleveland, Ohio, regardless of its name. Others say that it was started in Chicago, Illinois. There is also another school of thought that states that the Cornhole game began in Ohio and the bean bag game began in Illinois. Of course, some people do not agree. There have even been people who have said that the origin of the game comes from as far away as Germany. While this seems unlikely there appears to be no end to the arguments – both friendly and not so friendly – about the perceived differences between the bean bag toss and the Cornhole game.

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Dave Roth owns a site that sells cornhole products. In addition to cornhole bags, the site also features rules and building instructions.
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