Traditional Maltese Games Category

Playing Bocci in Malta

The popular game of Bocci is played all over the Maltese islands, and the pastime is closely related to the French game of Petanque, English Bowls and the Italian Bocce. Variations of Bocci are played all over Europe and it’s believed that the sport has its origins in the Roman period. Migrants from southern Europe [...]

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Malta Football

Football is one of Malta’s most popular sports, both for spectators and players. The sport has a national governing body, The Malta Football Association (MFA) – founded in 1900, which organises the Maltese national teams (men’s and women’s), the Maltese Football League (men’s and women’s) and the Youth teams and leagues. Based right in the [...]

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Il-Passju

The game of il-Passju was popular in bygone times here in Malta, along with other games such as ballun stop and bocci. In the past, village roads were mainly traffic free and children used to play games outside instead of playing indoors on Wii and Playstation. Like elsewhere in the world, children devised a number [...]

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Monopoly Malta

Monopoly is a board game created by Parker Brothers back in 1935. It’s estimated that over seven hundred and fifty million people have played this most popular game. Following its success worldwide, Gamebox Ltd decided to create Monopoly Malta. The Malta Monopoly Game is in Maltese language and includes localities that were chosen by a [...]

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008