Unusual, potential game pieces

[nuclearnerd]

I love speculating about future games, and surprisingly I haven't found an old thread talking about game pieces in particular. So I thought we'd talk about what would make a good game piece so that we might be able to identify the beginnings of a future game.

IMO, a good game piece:

• is durable
• is cheap and abundant
• is relatively light
• won't cause injury
• is fun to toss around, and looks good on camera
• hasn't been used before (though we can let this slide if the game uses an old piece in a way that requires new designs)
• is reasonably consistent between manufacturing batches (edit, as suggested)

Thinking about what fits those criteria, and hasn't yet been used I've come up with a few candidates:

• football or nerf footballs (oblig.)
• badminton birdies
• cheese wheels (or perhaps a rubber tire)
• batons or javelins (perhaps from pvc pipe)
• Ringette rings
• Bean Bags
• Bowling Pins (hollow)
• Ball on Ropes (dog toy)
• Flutterboards
• Great big or heavy pieces that can't be lifted, only pushed (perhaps tethered to the field)
• the beach ball I had as a kid that had a weight to one side so it flew crazily (can't find anything similar online though)

What do you think? Have I missed any good candidates? Are there other criteria for what makes a good gamepiece? Do any of these spark some ideas for game rules?