Cootie/ Cooties is one of the very popular kids games falling under indoor party games accommodating two to four players in its gameplay. It's played as a roll-and-move tabletop game in which players set on to build a three dimensional bug-like object known by the name of the game, with help from a collection of plastic body parts provided for the purpose.

This indoor party game was first created by William Schaper in 1948. When it was launched the next year, it took the market by storm and sold millions in its very first year. In 1973 Tyco Toys acquired the game; and in 1986 Hasbro subsidiary Milton Bradley acquired it again, giving it a whole new look.

Though many companies had published this kids game design with the same name, it was Schaper's design only that stood the test of time; and is as popular in the twenty first century as it was when it was published the first in the earlier half of the twentieth. It is listed in the Toy Industry Association's "Century of Toys List".

The players compete to build the 'bug' from the plastic parts as fast as possible so that they are able to build it before anyone else does. The plastic body parts comprise a beehive-like body, a head, antennae, eyes, a coiled proboscis, and six legs. The whole fun of the game is that these plastic parts are to be earned through the roll of a die depending on the number it shows on the table.

The body corresponds to 1, the head to 2, antennas to 3, eyes to 4, mouth to 5, and the legs to 6. The players must acquire the body first and the head next to it before they are permitted to acquire the remaining parts in any order they prefer. Acquiring a part also permits an additional throw of the die to acquire another part if the player can. The player who completes the assembly before everyone else is declared the winner of the game.

Cootie/ Cooties as one of the very popular kids games falling under indoor party games was given the honor of being listed in the Toy Industry Association's "Century of Toys List" in the year 2003, meaning that it has been recognized as one of the 100 most popular and most creative toys of the 20th century.

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