AugJam's Favorite Games

DUCK, DUCK, DUCK- ANIMAL!!!
-This game is strikingly similar to another popular childhood game, but is completely DIFFERENT!

Rules:
1. All players sit in a circle, and one person is "It"
2. The person who is "it" goes around and taps each person on the head and says "Duck" (They can do this for as long as they would like-- or at least as long as they can survive the evil looks from the "ducks")
3. When the person who is "It" figures out who they would like to chase them, they tap that person on the head and call out a random animal.
4. The chosen person has to chase the "it" person around the outside circle while making the noise of the animal they were called by the "it" person.
5. The "it" person has to sit down in the chosen person's place before being tagged by the chosen person.
6. If the "it" person is tagged, they remain "it". If they reach the chosen person's place without being tagged, the chosen person becomes "it".
7. The cycle repeats until all are completely exhausted or all possible animals that Noah took on the Ark have been imitated.

 

 

PAPER AIRPLANE FIGHT!!!
-This game requires people, paper, and some tables and chairs or some other obstacle to serve as a "wall"

Rules:
1. Two teams are formed, given paper and time to make as many paper airplanes as possible.
2. A barrier of tables, chairs on tops of tables, tables on top of chairs, or something is set up in the middle of the indoor "airfield".
3. Each team then lines up on either side of the field and rules are established.
4. Some good rules include: -Do not aim for an opponent's face. -Do not aim for an opponent's head. -Do not aim for an opponent. -You must be sitting in a chair before you can throw a plane, otherwise a penalty plane will be added to the final score. -There is a time limit of 5 or more minutes.
5. The winning team is the one with the fewest planes on their side of the barrier after time runs out. You then reset and go again until both sides are worn out!!!

WATER BALLOON VOLLEYBALL/DODGEBALL
-This game requires many, many industrial strength water balloons.

-Prior to the game, you fill all the balloons with water and tie them off and store them in large containers of water.
-Next, you organize teams and set down the rules.
-Then, you begin the game and change the rules as you go along. If it doesn't work out, start playing another game and change the rules to that in midstream.
-Eventually, if you change the game and the rules enough times, the participants will get mad and an all out water balloon fight will erupt.
-Note: Get cheap balloons, otherwise the expensive ones don't break properly and hurt when you get hit...

 

 

SARDINES!!!

-This cool game is a lot of fun if you have an empty building or other space.
-The game is sort of like reverse hide and seek.
-One person starts out by hiding somewhere. The rest of the players stay in a confined area and then count to whatever number the hidden player can bargain for. (30, 40, and 50 are popular numbers to count "up to"-- or "down from" if you're from the southern hemisphere...)
-After the count is completed, the mob goes out and searches for the hidden player.
-When someone finds the hidden player, they don't announce it to the world or expose the hiding place, they HIDE WITH THE PLAYER!
-NOTE: Sometimes you may find the person but someone else may be around. If they are your friend, have them hide too... If they are not your friend, lure them away to somewhere else and then go back and hide with the original hider when the coast is clear.
-The last person to find the hidden players is the new hider!
-This game is especially fun in darker conditions b/c the element of surprise comes into play!

SARDINES- THE ESPIONAGE VERSION!!!

-This game is played by the "Sardines" rules above, but also includes a lot of deceit and sneakiness.
-The fun aspect of sardines- espionage is to mislead people by hiding different places and trying to reverse the game.
-The game is won when somehow, through some miracle, all participants finally end up in the same place!