I love browsing through the "90's kids will remember..." and "things from your childhood" lists on Facebook and reveling in the nostalgia. Somehow, it seems like pretty much everyone had the same toys when they were growing up. Similarly, it seems like we all played the same games, too, and the games we played as kids were the best. Before Xbox and smartphones, we played together (usually outside) and got creative. Here are some of the awesome games that we all played as kids.

1. Frogger

This was mostly played with large groups at camps or at events, but we all played Frogger as kids. The rush of adrenaline when you're the frogger is unbelievable. Also, the more dramatic the deaths, the better.

2. Mafia

This is basically a more intense version of Frogger that we played when we got a little older.

3. Folded paper fortune teller

I was a pro at making these. I'm pretty sure I made them on a daily basis during class.

4. Mancala

I'm pretty sure every classroom in elementary school had at least four Mancala boards. I think we mostly liked playing with the pretty marbles.

5. Dots and boxes

To be honest, I don't remember how to play this game even a little bit. All I remember is that I loved it.

6. Sardines

This was so much more fun than just regular hide and seek, since you got to be in a group.

7. Red light/green light

On green light, you would run as fast as your little legs could take you. Then, when they called red light, you would try to stop as quickly as possible, usually resulting in stumbling and falling over, then having to start over.

8. Telephone

You heard the weirdest things during a standard game of telephone. The biggest struggle was getting out whatever you heard without laughing.

9. ZAP

Your friends would write ZAP and a time on the back of your hand, and a boy's name on your palm. If you looked at your hand before the time they wrote, you had to ask him out. We used to play this all the time, but we always peeked and never followed through with asking them out.

10. MASH

The more outrageous the results, the better. Typical results included driving a van, being a garbage man, and marrying that gross boy in your class.

11. Heads up, seven up

On any given rainy day inside, this was played at recess every single time. The intensity of listening to the people walk around and hoping they chose you was real.