Kingpin
Many thanks to Margaret Fraser for posting this game to the Guide Mailing List!
Materials: Six bowling pins, or other easily knocked
over objects, four balls - large and soft are best (or more if you have lots of
girls).
Number of players: as many as want to play.
Divide the girls into two even teams. Divide the playing space in half, with a clearly defined center line. Set the pins up at opposite ends of the playing area in a triangle, with two pins forward and one pin back. Each team gets two balls. On the word "go" the teams try to knock down the opposing team's pins over, while protecting their own. They are not allowed to cross the center line or stand directly in front of their own pins (although this tends to lead to them tripping over the pin, thus knocking it over). If they knock their own pin over, it counts. Game ends when one team's pins are all down.
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