15) Red Rover

Supplies:
* none

How to Play:
Split the group into two teams. Have each team stand in a line, 25-30 feet apart, while facing each other. Tell each team to link hands. At all times, they should try not to let go. One team begins by choosing a person from the other team, and shouting together, "Red Rover Red Rover, send__________ right over!" At that time, the person they call must run towards them, and attempt to push through the hands of any two people on the team. If the person succeeds, he/she may go back to his/her group. If not, he/she becomes a part of this team. Each team takes turns calling someone over, trying to build their own team. When one team is down to one person, the game can begin again. Since the teams continuously change members, there is no true winning team.

This is a New Game, a game created to ensure that everyone participates and that no individual can be a loser. Ideally in new games, there are no winning teams either.

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