# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2155
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43085 "2016-05-01T18:42:04Z")
Celebrities who changed their name after becoming famous: 1. Cassius Clay \> Muhammed Ali 2. Roseanne Barr \> Roseanne Arnold \> Roseanne 3. Snoop Doggy Dogg \> Snoop Dogg \> Snoop Lion \> Snoop Dogg 4. Lew Alcindor \> Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 5. Sean Combs \> P. Diddy \> Diddy \> Puff Daddy \> Puffy \> Puff Pastry \> Puff, the Magic Diddy 6. Prince \> Artist formerly known as Prince 7. Patty Duke \> Patty Duke Astin \> Patty Duke 8. Cat Stevens \> Yusuf Islam 9. Byrds’ guitarist/vocalist Jim “Wait, call me Roger instead” McGuinn 10. Courtney Cox \> Courtney Cox Arquette For some of the 11 years they were married. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43086 "2016-05-01T18:44:29Z")
celebrities who changed their name after becoming famous: 1. Cassius Clay \> Muhammed Ali 2. Roseanne Barr \> Roseanne Arnold \> Roseanne 3. Snoop Doggy Dogg \> Snoop Dogg \> Snoop Lion \> Snoop Dogg 4. Lew Alcindor \> Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 5. Sean Combs \> P. Diddy \> Diddy \> Puff Daddy \> Puffy \> Puff Pastry \> Puff, the Magic Diddy 6. Prince \> Artist formerly known as Prince 7. Patty Duke \> Patty Duke Astin \> Patty Duke 8. Cat Stevens \> Yusuf Islam 9. Byrds’ guitarist/vocalist Jim “Wait, call me Roger instead” McGuinn 10. Courtney Cox \> Courtney Cox Arquette 11. John Mellencamp, who went back to his real name, after gaining fame as John Cougar ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43087 "2016-05-01T19:14:35Z")
celebrities who changed their name after becoming famous: 1. Cassius Clay \> Muhammed Ali 2. Roseanne Barr \> Roseanne Arnold \> Roseanne 3. Snoop Doggy Dogg \> Snoop Dogg \> Snoop Lion \> Snoop Dogg 4. Lew Alcindor \> Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 5. Sean Combs \> P. Diddy \> Diddy \> Puff Daddy \> Puffy \> Puff Pastry \> Puff, the Magic Diddy 6. Prince \> Artist formerly known as Prince 7. Patty Duke \> Patty Duke Astin \> Patty Duke 8. Cat Stevens \> Yusuf Islam 9. Byrds’ guitarist/vocalist Jim “Wait, call me Roger instead” McGuinn 10. Courtney Cox \> Courtney Cox Arquette 11. John Mellencamp, who went back to his real name, after gaining fame as John Cougar 12. Kaley Cuoco -\> Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting -\> Kaley Cuoco ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43088 "2016-05-01T19:31:46Z")
celebrities who changed their name after becoming famous: 1. Cassius Clay \> Muhammed Ali 2. Roseanne Barr \> Roseanne Arnold \> Roseanne 3. Snoop Doggy Dogg \> Snoop Dogg \> Snoop Lion \> Snoop Dogg 4. Lew Alcindor \> Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 5. Sean Combs \> P. Diddy \> Diddy \> Puff Daddy \> Puffy \> Puff Pastry \> Puff, the Magic Diddy 6. Prince \> Artist formerly known as Prince 7. Patty Duke \> Patty Duke Astin \> Patty Duke 8. Cat Stevens \> Yusuf Islam 9. Byrds’ guitarist/vocalist Jim “Wait, call me Roger instead” McGuinn 10. Courtney Cox \> Courtney Cox Arquette 11. John Mellencamp, who went back to his real name, after gaining fame as John Cougar 12. Kaley Cuoco -\> Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting -\> Kaley Cuoco 13. Bruce Jenner \> Caitlyn Jenner Outdoor games you played as a kid. 1. Hide and seek. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43089 "2016-05-01T19:58:34Z")
Outdoor games you played as a kid. 1. Hide and seek. 2. Cops and Robbers ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43090 "2016-05-01T20:56:05Z")
Outdoor games you played as a kid. 1. Hide and seek. 2. Cops and Robbers 3. TV tag ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43091 "2016-05-01T21:00:56Z")
Outdoor games you played as a kid. 1. Hide and seek. 2. Cops and Robbers 3. TV tag 4. Stuck In The Mud ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43092 "2016-05-01T21:03:05Z")
Outdoor games you played as a kid. 1. Hide and seek. 2. Cops and Robbers 3. TV tag 4. Stuck In The Mud 5. Deadman ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43093 "2016-05-01T21:08:51Z")
Outdoor games you played as a kid. 1. Hide and seek - One kid counts to 10 (typically) while everyone else hides. As people are uncovered they join the hunt for the other hidden kids. Last one hidden wins. 2. Cops and Robbers 3. TV tag 4. Stuck In The Mud 5. Deadman 6. British Bulldog - An equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. One side would run toward the other side. If you were tackled, you joined the competition, so that eventually there would be only one kid not tackled, and he shall be named the winner. OP here. Could I ask the rest of you to edit the post and give a brief explanation of the game you chose? I have no idea what 3, 4, and 5 are. Even 2 is a bit of a head scratcher. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43094 "2016-05-01T21:25:33Z")
1. Hide and seek - One kid counts to 10 (typically) while everyone else hides. As people are uncovered they join the hunt for the other hidden kids. Last one hidden wins. 2. Cops and Robbers 3. TV tag 4. Stuck In The Mud - game of tag where the tagged kids are ‘stuck’ and stand in place with their legs spread wide. Other kids who haven’t been tagged can crawl through their legs to ‘unstick’ them. 5. Deadman 6. British Bulldog - An equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. One side would run toward the other side. If you were tackled, you joined the competition, so that eventually there would be only one kid not tackled, and he shall be named the winner. added description to #4 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43095 "2016-05-01T21:29:34Z")
Outdoor games you played as a kid. 1. Hide and seek - One kid counts to 10 (typically) while everyone else hides. As people are uncovered they join the hunt for the other hidden kids. Last one hidden wins. 2. Cops and Robbers 3. TV tag 4. Stuck In The Mud 5. Deadman 6. British Bulldog - An equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. One side would run toward the other side. If you were tackled, you joined the competition, so that eventually there would be only one kid not tackled, and he shall be named the winner. 7. Red Rover - Like the previous game, an equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. Each line of kids would link arms. Then one line would yell out “Red Rover, Red Rover, send Johnny on over” (picking out a kid from the opposite line). And Johnny would have to run across the field and try to tackle his way through the line. If the line held, Johnny had to switch sides and join the line. If Johnny broke through the line, then Johnny and the two kids he broke through all went back and joined Johnny’s original line. Play until one line disappears. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43096 "2016-05-01T21:46:58Z")
Outdoor games you played as a kid. 1. Hide and seek - One kid counts to 10 (typically) while everyone else hides. As people are uncovered they join the hunt for the other hidden kids. Last one hidden wins. 2. Cops and Robbers 3. TV tag 4. Stuck In The Mud - game of tag where the tagged kids are ‘stuck’ and stand in place with their legs spread wide. Other kids who haven’t been tagged can crawl through their legs to ‘unstick’ them. 5. Deadman 6. British Bulldog - An equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. One side would run toward the other side. If you were tackled, you joined the competition, so that eventually there would be only one kid not tackled, and he shall be named the winner. 7. Red Rover - Like the previous game, an equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. Each line of kids would link arms. Then one line would yell out “Red Rover, Red Rover, send Johnny on over” (picking out a kid from the opposite line). And Johnny would have to run across the field and try to tackle his way through the line. If the line held, Johnny had to switch sides and join the line. If Johnny broke through the line, then Johnny and the two kids he broke through all went back and joined Johnny’s original line. Play until one line disappears. OP here. Could I ask the rest of you to edit the post and give a brief explanation of the game you chose? I have no idea what 3, 4, and 5 are. Even 2 is a bit of a head scratcher. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43097 "2016-05-01T21:56:28Z")
Outdoor games you played as a kid. 1. Hide and seek - One kid counts to 10 (typically) while everyone else hides. As people are uncovered they join the hunt for the other hidden kids. Last one hidden wins. 2. Cops and Robbers 3. TV tag 4. Stuck In The Mud - game of tag where the tagged kids are ‘stuck’ and stand in place with their legs spread wide. Other kids who haven’t been tagged can crawl through their legs to ‘unstick’ them. 5. Deadman 6. British Bulldog - An equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. One side would run toward the other side. If you were tackled, you joined the competition, so that eventually there would be only one kid not tackled, and he shall be named the winner. 7. Red Rover - Like the previous game, an equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. Each line of kids would link arms. Then one line would yell out “Red Rover, Red Rover, send Johnny on over” (picking out a kid from the opposite line). And Johnny would have to run across the field and try to tackle his way through the line. If the line held, Johnny had to switch sides and join the line. If Johnny broke through the line, then Johnny and the two kids he broke through all went back and joined Johnny’s original line. Play until one line disappears. 8. Mother May I - one player is Mother. The others ask “Mother may I take a step?” and Mother says yes, the number of steps and what kind (baby steps, frog leaps, giant steps, etc.) Whoever gets to Mother first wins, and is Mother for the next round. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43098 "2016-05-02T11:33:32Z")
Outdoor games you played as a kid. 1. Hide and seek - One kid counts to 10 (typically) while everyone else hides. As people are uncovered they join the hunt for the other hidden kids. Last one hidden wins. 2. Cops and Robbers 3. TV tag 4. Stuck In The Mud - game of tag where the tagged kids are ‘stuck’ and stand in place with their legs spread wide. Other kids who haven’t been tagged can crawl through their legs to ‘unstick’ them. 5. Deadman 6. British Bulldog - An equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. One side would run toward the other side. If you were tackled, you joined the competition, so that eventually there would be only one kid not tackled, and he shall be named the winner. 7. Red Rover - Like the previous game, an equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. Each line of kids would link arms. Then one line would yell out “Red Rover, Red Rover, send Johnny on over” (picking out a kid from the opposite line). And Johnny would have to run across the field and try to tackle his way through the line. If the line held, Johnny had to switch sides and join the line. If Johnny broke through the line, then Johnny and the two kids he broke through all went back and joined Johnny’s original line. Play until one line disappears. 8. Mother May I - one player is Mother. The others ask “Mother may I take a step?” and Mother says yes, the number of steps and what kind (baby steps, frog leaps, giant steps, etc.) Whoever gets to Mother first wins, and is Mother for the next round. 9.Red Light, Green Light - as with Mother May I? one person stands at one end of the play area and everyone else at the other. “It” says “Green Light” with his/her back to the others, and counts out loud to an arbitrary number usually 10 to start. The others have to move towards “It”, but when “It” finishes counting and hollers “Red Light” every one must freeze. Each subsequent “green light” count down is one number less than the previous. If when “It” turns around after saying “red light”, anyone caught moving is out. First player to tag “It” without having been caught moving wins. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43099 "2016-05-02T12:46:52Z")
Outdoor games you played as a kid. 1. Hide and seek - One kid counts to 10 (typically) while everyone else hides. As people are uncovered they join the hunt for the other hidden kids. Last one hidden wins. 2. Cops and Robbers 3. TV tag - One kid is “It” and chases others. When he tags another kid, that kid has to say the name of a TV show. There’s no real “winner” and the game ends when the kids get bored. It was very popular in my neighborhood. 4. Stuck In The Mud - game of tag where the tagged kids are ‘stuck’ and stand in place with their legs spread wide. Other kids who haven’t been tagged can crawl through their legs to ‘unstick’ them. 5. Deadman 6. British Bulldog - An equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. One side would run toward the other side. If you were tackled, you joined the competition, so that eventually there would be only one kid not tackled, and he shall be named the winner. 7. Red Rover - Like the previous game, an equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. Each line of kids would link arms. Then one line would yell out “Red Rover, Red Rover, send Johnny on over” (picking out a kid from the opposite line). And Johnny would have to run across the field and try to tackle his way through the line. If the line held, Johnny had to switch sides and join the line. If Johnny broke through the line, then Johnny and the two kids he broke through all went back and joined Johnny’s original line. Play until one line disappears. 8. Mother May I - one player is Mother. The others ask “Mother may I take a step?” and Mother says yes, the number of steps and what kind (baby steps, frog leaps, giant steps, etc.) Whoever gets to Mother first wins, and is Mother for the next round. 9.Red Light, Green Light - as with Mother May I? one person stands at one end of the play area and everyone else at the other. “It” says “Green Light” with his/her back to the others, and counts out loud to an arbitrary number usually 10 to start. The others have to move towards “It”, but when “It” finishes counting and hollers “Red Light” every one must freeze. Each subsequent “green light” count down is one number less than the previous. If when “It” turns around after saying “red light”, anyone caught moving is out. First player to tag “It” without having been caught moving wins. Edited to describe #3. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43100 "2016-05-02T13:14:42Z")
Outdoor games you played as a kid. 1. Hide and seek - One kid counts to 10 (typically) while everyone else hides. As people are uncovered they join the hunt for the other hidden kids. Last one hidden wins. 2. Cops and Robbers 3. TV tag - One kid is “It” and chases others. When he tags another kid, that kid has to say the name of a TV show. There’s no real “winner” and the game ends when the kids get bored. It was very popular in my neighborhood. 4. Stuck In The Mud - game of tag where the tagged kids are ‘stuck’ and stand in place with their legs spread wide. Other kids who haven’t been tagged can crawl through their legs to ‘unstick’ them. 5. Deadman 6. British Bulldog - An equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. One side would run toward the other side. If you were tackled, you joined the competition, so that eventually there would be only one kid not tackled, and he shall be named the winner. 7. Red Rover - Like the previous game, an equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. Each line of kids would link arms. Then one line would yell out “Red Rover, Red Rover, send Johnny on over” (picking out a kid from the opposite line). And Johnny would have to run across the field and try to tackle his way through the line. If the line held, Johnny had to switch sides and join the line. If Johnny broke through the line, then Johnny and the two kids he broke through all went back and joined Johnny’s original line. Play until one line disappears. 8. Mother May I - one player is Mother. The others ask “Mother may I take a step?” and Mother says yes, the number of steps and what kind (baby steps, frog leaps, giant steps, etc.) Whoever gets to Mother first wins, and is Mother for the next round. 9.Red Light, Green Light - as with Mother May I? one person stands at one end of the play area and everyone else at the other. “It” says “Green Light” with his/her back to the others, and counts out loud to an arbitrary number usually 10 to start. The others have to move towards “It”, but when “It” finishes counting and hollers “Red Light” every one must freeze. Each subsequent “green light” count down is one number less than the previous. If when “It” turns around after saying “red light”, anyone caught moving is out. First player to tag “It” without having been caught moving wins. 9. Statues–One kid spins the other kid around then lets go. The spinnee has to retain the position they land in. The spinner then taps each kid and they have to do a song and dance, then return to the original position. The spinner declares one kid the winner, and they become the new spinner. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43101 "2016-05-02T14:18:53Z")
Outdoor games you played as a kid. 1. Hide and seek - One kid counts to 10 (typically) while everyone else hides. As people are uncovered they join the hunt for the other hidden kids. Last one hidden wins. 2. Cops and Robbers 3. TV tag - One kid is “It” and chases others. When he tags another kid, that kid has to say the name of a TV show. There’s no real “winner” and the game ends when the kids get bored. It was very popular in my neighborhood. 4. Stuck In The Mud - game of tag where the tagged kids are ‘stuck’ and stand in place with their legs spread wide. Other kids who haven’t been tagged can crawl through their legs to ‘unstick’ them. 5. Deadman 6. British Bulldog - An equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. One side would run toward the other side. If you were tackled, you joined the competition, so that eventually there would be only one kid not tackled, and he shall be named the winner. 7. Red Rover - Like the previous game, an equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. Each line of kids would link arms. Then one line would yell out “Red Rover, Red Rover, send Johnny on over” (picking out a kid from the opposite line). And Johnny would have to run across the field and try to tackle his way through the line. If the line held, Johnny had to switch sides and join the line. If Johnny broke through the line, then Johnny and the two kids he broke through all went back and joined Johnny’s original line. Play until one line disappears. 8. Mother May I - one player is Mother. The others ask “Mother may I take a step?” and Mother says yes, the number of steps and what kind (baby steps, frog leaps, giant steps, etc.) Whoever gets to Mother first wins, and is Mother for the next round. 9.Red Light, Green Light - as with Mother May I? one person stands at one end of the play area and everyone else at the other. “It” says “Green Light” with his/her back to the others, and counts out loud to an arbitrary number usually 10 to start. The others have to move towards “It”, but when “It” finishes counting and hollers “Red Light” every one must freeze. Each subsequent “green light” count down is one number less than the previous. If when “It” turns around after saying “red light”, anyone caught moving is out. First player to tag “It” without having been caught moving wins. 9. Statues–One kid spins the other kid around then lets go. The spinnee has to retain the position they land in. The spinner then taps each kid and they have to do a song and dance, then return to the original position. The spinner declares one kid the winner, and they become the new spinner. 10. Lawn Darts Now illegal due the number of injuries, but we never injured ourselves or any of the dogs standing nearby. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43102 "2016-05-02T14:35:39Z")
Outdoor games you played as a kid. 1. Hide and seek - One kid counts to 10 (typically) while everyone else hides. As people are uncovered they join the hunt for the other hidden kids. Last one hidden wins. 2. Cops and Robbers 3. TV tag - One kid is “It” and chases others. When he tags another kid, that kid has to say the name of a TV show. There’s no real “winner” and the game ends when the kids get bored. It was very popular in my neighborhood. 4. Stuck In The Mud - game of tag where the tagged kids are ‘stuck’ and stand in place with their legs spread wide. Other kids who haven’t been tagged can crawl through their legs to ‘unstick’ them. 5. Deadman 6. British Bulldog - An equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. One side would run toward the other side. If you were tackled, you joined the competition, so that eventually there would be only one kid not tackled, and he shall be named the winner. 7. Red Rover - Like the previous game, an equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. Each line of kids would link arms. Then one line would yell out “Red Rover, Red Rover, send Johnny on over” (picking out a kid from the opposite line). And Johnny would have to run across the field and try to tackle his way through the line. If the line held, Johnny had to switch sides and join the line. If Johnny broke through the line, then Johnny and the two kids he broke through all went back and joined Johnny’s original line. Play until one line disappears. 8. Mother May I - one player is Mother. The others ask “Mother may I take a step?” and Mother says yes, the number of steps and what kind (baby steps, frog leaps, giant steps, etc.) Whoever gets to Mother first wins, and is Mother for the next round. 9.Red Light, Green Light - as with Mother May I? one person stands at one end of the play area and everyone else at the other. “It” says “Green Light” with his/her back to the others, and counts out loud to an arbitrary number usually 10 to start. The others have to move towards “It”, but when “It” finishes counting and hollers “Red Light” every one must freeze. Each subsequent “green light” count down is one number less than the previous. If when “It” turns around after saying “red light”, anyone caught moving is out. First player to tag “It” without having been caught moving wins. 9. Statues–One kid spins the other kid around then lets go. The spinnee has to retain the position they land in. The spinner then taps each kid and they have to do a song and dance, then return to the original position. The spinner declares one kid the winner, and they become the new spinner. 10. Lawn Darts 11. Ghost in the Graveyard – One player would hide and after everyone else sings “One O’clock, two O’clock, three O’clock rock” all the way to “Midnight, hope we don’t see a ghost tonight,” they would go out and try to find the ghost who then pops out and tags someone else to be ghost. We also played “Wild moose” when one of the younger kids got scared because wild moose chase ghosts away. ---
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Outdoor games you played as a kid. 1. Hide and seek - One kid counts to 10 (typically) while everyone else hides. As people are uncovered they join the hunt for the other hidden kids. Last one hidden wins. 2. Cops and Robbers 3. TV tag - One kid is “It” and chases others. When he tags another kid, that kid has to say the name of a TV show. There’s no real “winner” and the game ends when the kids get bored. It was very popular in my neighborhood. 4. Stuck In The Mud - game of tag where the tagged kids are ‘stuck’ and stand in place with their legs spread wide. Other kids who haven’t been tagged can crawl through their legs to ‘unstick’ them. 5. Deadman 6. British Bulldog - An equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. One side would run toward the other side. If you were tackled, you joined the competition, so that eventually there would be only one kid not tackled, and he shall be named the winner. 7. Red Rover - Like the previous game, an equal number of kids would line up on opposite sides of the field. Each line of kids would link arms. Then one line would yell out “Red Rover, Red Rover, send Johnny on over” (picking out a kid from the opposite line). And Johnny would have to run across the field and try to tackle his way through the line. If the line held, Johnny had to switch sides and join the line. If Johnny broke through the line, then Johnny and the two kids he broke through all went back and joined Johnny’s original line. Play until one line disappears. 8. Mother May I - one player is Mother. The others ask “Mother may I take a step?” and Mother says yes, the number of steps and what kind (baby steps, frog leaps, giant steps, etc.) Whoever gets to Mother first wins, and is Mother for the next round. 9.Red Light, Green Light - as with Mother May I? one person stands at one end of the play area and everyone else at the other. “It” says “Green Light” with his/her back to the others, and counts out loud to an arbitrary number usually 10 to start. The others have to move towards “It”, but when “It” finishes counting and hollers “Red Light” every one must freeze. Each subsequent “green light” count down is one number less than the previous. If when “It” turns around after saying “red light”, anyone caught moving is out. First player to tag “It” without having been caught moving wins. 9. Statues–One kid spins the other kid around then lets go. The spinnee has to retain the position they land in. The spinner then taps each kid and they have to do a song and dance, then return to the original position. The spinner declares one kid the winner, and they become the new spinner. 10. Lawn Darts 11. Ghost in the Graveyard – One player would hide and after everyone else sings “One O’clock, two O’clock, three O’clock rock” all the way to “Midnight, hope we don’t see a ghost tonight,” they would go out and try to find the ghost who then pops out and tags someone else to be ghost. We also played “Wild moose” when one of the younger kids got scared because wild moose chase ghosts away. 12. Spotlight – a sprawling game of Hide and Seek, played at night over a few suburban blocks. “It” has to start at The Base and count to 60, and carries a Q-Beam flashlight. “It” does not have to tag the hiders, he just has to “spotlight” them (to shine them with the Q-Beam). Hiding in people’s backyards, sheds, under tarps, etc. was fair game. Getting back to The Base made one immune from getting spotlit, so there was incentive for hiders to stay on the move. ---
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