The 2p Game
Many thanks to Lucy Roberts for posting this game to the Guide Mailing List!
Equipment: 2p coin (or dollar, quarter, pfennig, or any other coin you have at hand)
Rules: the girls can only move by jumping with feet together. "IT" moves by taking large paces. Any player moving outside the boundary is out. Once a player has moved, she must stand still. She cannot move feet etc. The girls scatter in the playing space - you need a defined space, that is not too large (or the game goes on for ever!). The girl who is "IT" holds a coin & stands in the middle.
"IT" tosses the coin. If it is "heads" then the players move 2 jumps (see above) in any direction. If it is "tails" then "IT" moves one pace in any direction. The aim of the game is for "IT" to "tag" another player by touching any part of them with their hand. To "tag" another player, "IT" can reach out in any direction etc, but ONE foot must remain in its original place. Players can of course try to move their body out of reach, but BOTH feet must stay in their original place! (Resourceful older girls soon figure out that they should go for the feet when trying to tag as they cannot move & also how to make their reach longer by lying down etc!)
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