A game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball

Usage examples of knucklebones.

Sunbright Steelshanks, barbarian, grabbed his much-smaller companion Knucklebones, part-elven thief, by one arm, and hurled her a dozen feet to plow into powdery snow.

Though hard to see against snow and winter-white sky, Sunbright was wrapped like a mummy in white folds so tight that Knucklebones could see knobs marking his belt buckle, back scabbard, and the iron rings of his moosehide boots.

He would have blacked out already had not Knucklebones let in fresh air with her knife.

Yet Knucklebones was raddled with scars from years of fighting, and could ignore pain and distress to keep herself alive in a fight.

Thinking furiously, Knucklebones tried to time the erratic flailing of the lurker, but found no pattern.

The creature reacted to the unnatural touch with new energy, humping high and slamming the earth, then rolling to toss Knucklebones off.

The lurker had enough intelligence to track Knucklebones as a threat, so it curled itself almost double and sprang to arch away.

Exhausted by her mad dashes, Knucklebones dropped, unable to close for fear of being sheared herself.

And of his adventures to hell and to the future, where he met Knucklebones, then returned.

And Knucklebones, herself cast to the winds, went with him, knowing she might be executed too.

At every step Sunbright strode faster, until Knucklebones trotted to keep up.

Spring turned to summer, until Knucklebones stripped to leathers by day, though she was never very warm.

Nodding at the table, Knucklebones jerked awake at the sudden silence.

Again Knucklebones sighed, but wrapped her skinny, scarred arms around his head.

Even with Knucklebones his answers grew short, until they passed days without speaking.