Hunt The
Source:
Games For The Playground, Home, School And Gymnasium
Category:
MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVE GAMES
_10 to 30 or more players._
_Playground; gymnasium._
The ground is marked off with two goals at opposite ends by parallel
lines drawn entirely across it. The space between the lines should
measure from thirty to fifty or more feet. One player is chosen for
hunter, who stands in the center. The other players are named in
groups from various animals; thus there will be several lions, several
tigers, etc. These groups are divided so that part stand in one goal
and part in the other, the number of players being equal in each goal
when the game opens.
The hunter, standing in the center, calls the name of any animal he
chooses, whereupon all of the players bearing that name must change
goals. The hunter tries to catch them while they are in his territory.
The first player caught must thereafter help the hunter in catching
the others. The second player caught changes places with the first,
the first one then being placed in a "cage" at one side of the
playground and is out of the game. The game ends when the hunter has
caught all of the animals.
There are several games very similar to this, but all of them
have distinctive points that make them quite different in
playing. In the present game the hunter has the advantage of
chasing players running from both directions, but there is a
comparatively small number of these, and he is placed at the
disadvantage of not usually knowing just which players bear the
names of certain animals.
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