Bato-Lata (Filipino Kick the Can)
B
PLAYERS
4+
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Outdoor
MATERIALS
- An empty tin can
- Small stones (optional, to weight the can)
HOW TO PLAY
1
Place the tin can upright in an open area to serve as home base.
2
One player is chosen as the guard and stays near the can while everyone else scatters to hide.
3
The guard searches for hiding players, but if anyone sneaks up and kicks the can before being spotted, all hidden players are freed.
4
If the guard spots a hider first, they race each other to the can, and whoever reaches it first wins that exchange.
5
Tagged or outrun hiders wait near the can until someone manages to kick it and free everyone at once.
6
The game resets with a new guard once all hiders are found or the can has been kicked.