Something that rolls over.
Looking at other answers British Bulldogs tag game! I was the reason it was banned at my Primary schoolπΊ.
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British bulldogs for pussies.*
BB was a violent game we played at Vic Kick as a kid. It was banned at every school I went to.
Did it involve one person trying to run and avoid the catching team, who tries to tackle them, or the runner trying to forcefully break through a line?
Also, love the name Vic Kick. I assume that's a precursor to the Auskick I did for a bit as a kid?
Depends on the numbers but usually there'd be 25% in the middle and 75% trying to run from one side to the other. Everyone taken down gets added to the middle.
It might've been aus kick, I never got into AFL. I remember going a few times and being amazed that kids I went to school with knew all this footy stuff cos their families did.
Was fun though
Oh for sure, it was 10yo demolition derby.
Red Rover, Red Rover:
Let Zagorath Come Over!
1960s, Hamilton, ON, Canada
And what, in your version of the game, would I do next?
Restrain (tackle) you, then you'd join our side. If you made it through, you'd return to your side. Last man standing would "win".
Not sure if we ever actually completed a game, it usually ended in tears or fights or quits.
I went to school in suburban Brisbane late '90s early '00s. Everyone would line up, except one person, who would stand in the middle as red rover. Red rover would call over someone else, whose goal is to make it to the other side untagged. If tagged, they join the red rover team, making two people the next runner has to avoid. Repeat until nobody is left to run.
But I ask the question because I'm aware of another fairly distinct version of the game.
I ended primary school in 88. British bulldogs, crocodile 'golden river' and hot Potato tennis ball tag were all Things
I grew up in northeast US. For us the game was two lines standing opposite with arms linked and someone shouts βred rover, red rover send overβ then that person tries to bust through the linked arms. If they donβt bust through they get added to your line. I donβt remember what happens if they do bust through. Itβs been too many years.
Thanks for sharing! Yeah, it was hearing an American/British historian explain this version of red rover that got me wondering about it, since that's different from what I knew.
This is the game I remember from primary school in the 80's on the Gold Coast. Then the family moved to WA and I don't think the game existed here. I haven't thought about this game in over 40 years!
I havenβt thought about this game in over 40 years!
Yeah same (ok, not quite 40 years, but 20 for sure), until a YouTube video about folklore (of all things!) had the presenter talk about what "red rover" was for them, and it was very different from what I knew.
- A game of tag where people on one side of the field have to run to the other side without being tagged by the person in the middle.
- telecommunications software for the old Motorola 68000 based Macintosh computer
I went to school in a few towns, but I only recall playing this in Armidale, NSW.
Everyone runs across the field together, while one person tries to tag as many people as they can. If you're tagged then you are also a tagger in the next round. Repeat until one person is left, who starts the next game.
We were actually banned from playing this because we preferred to tackle instead of tagging. Nobody got seriously hurt, but the teachers thought it was only a matter of time.
I snapped my collarbone playing the tackle version.
Ouch! I hope it recovered ok!
One of my shoulders is still at a different angle to the other.
Yeah it could get rough. The problem was mainly one kid who wanted to spear tackle everyone.
Roughly what time period was this?
Being banned for tackling is interesting. I suspect that fact is the reason it was tag by the time I got to school.
Early 90's. It started out as tag, but we thought tackling would be more fun.
All over...
It wasn't tag at our school. Completely restrain or prevent from moving. The Calcio Storico version of British Bulldog. Everything else described is the same.