The game of milk caps possibly originated in Maui, Hawaii, during the 1920s or 1930s, or possibly with origins in Menko, a Japanese card game very similar to milk caps, which has been in existence since the 17th century, during the Edo period. They were converted into paper format ( menko) during the Meiji period. History Men'uchi from the Edo period were made from clay. The name originates from Pog, a brand of juice made from passionfruit, orange, and guava the use of the juice's caps to play the game preceded the game's commercialization. The game is also known as Pogs, under which name it was sold commercially in the 1990s. Players make a stack of these caps, and take turns to drop a heavier 'slammer' object onto it, causing the caps to be disrupted.Įach player keeps any face-up caps and is to restack the face-down caps, repeating the process until none land face-down, at which point the player who collected the most caps wins the game of milk caps. Milk caps is a children's game played with flat circular cardboard milk caps.
