Tags: Activity, Game.
Hammerschlagen (the Striking Hammer or Hammer-Striking) is a brand of the German game Nagelspielen (the Nail Game or Playing With Nails). Nagelspielen reportedly dates to the first Oktoberfest in 1810. Shortly after opening in 1966 the first instance of Nagelspielen in the United States was reportedly found at the Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter in Stillwater MN.