One of the best things about the bean bag toss - which some people call the Cornhole game - is that almost anyone can play it. From very young children to those who are elderly or have chronic medical conditions or disabilities, people can enjoy the game because the rules are simple and the physical activity level isn't strenuous. Unlike Frisbee or some of the other games that a lot of people play on their lawns and in their backyards during nice weather, the bean bag toss is much more relaxed. There's no running or jumping, and the danger of falling and getting injured is basically non-existent. The bean bags that are tossed are not heavy, either, and they are thrown gently and under-hand, so even accidentally hitting someone with one wouldn't be very likely to be harmful. To play the game, you stand in one spot a specific distance from the board, and you toss the bags toward a hole in that board.
If the bags go in the hole, or if they stay sitting on the board after they hit it, you get points. Bags that don't hit the board, stay on it, or go through the hole don't get points. The first person to reach twenty-one points wins the game. If you're playing in teams the rules are sometimes adjusted a bit, and if you're playing the bean bag toss just for fun with friends and family you can play it however you like. Some people play the bean bag toss is tournaments, though, and those people must adhere to very strict rules about the size of the bean bag toss board, the weight of the bean bags, and other considerations. If they don't, they will be disqualified, and if they practice the bean bag toss with equipment that isn't regulation, it can make it very hard for them to do well in a tournament.