Clothespin robbery

Clothespin robbery

Type:	active game
Number of players:	about 8 or more
Location:	everywhere
Equipment:	clothespins
Duration:	arbitrary
Preparation:	none

The clothespin robbery is an active game for groups of any size.

Equipment

• a few clothespins for each participant

Procedure

Each player gets the same amount of participants, that he puts on this clothes.

Once the game is started, all players try to rob the clothespins of the other players. They have to be fixes on your own clothes right after being robbed, so they can be robbed by another player. After some time, the player with most clothespins wins the game. Of course, you may not use force to avoid being robbed. The only way to avoid being robbed is to move faster than the robber or try to counterattack.

Variations

• Players that lost all their clothespins have to leave the game immediately
• You can also play it the other way round: everybody tries to get rid of his clothespins by putting them on other player's clothes

Similar games

• dragon's tail tag is quite similar