Hangman

I have been attending a Communication Group for the last 3 weeks, with a participant who is trying to regain her speech following a stroke. It has been really interesting watching the Speech Therapist working with people. She encourages people to try crosswords and to play scrabble as a way of playing with words again. We also played a game of Hangman.... the old fashioned game were you try and spell out a word....the drawing of a hanging stick figure is used to keep score. We were wondering if this game is still played by children today?
The husband of a lady in the group, also explained how his wife ...who is working really hard on her speech....had been talking in her sleep. It must be so frustrating to lose your speech. And it can be a long road back to making yourself heard again.