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Duck, Duck, Grey Duck

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PLAYERS
6+
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Both
MATERIALS
HOW TO PLAY
1

Players sit in a circle facing inward while one player, chosen as it, walks around the outside of the circle.

2

As the walker taps or points to each seated player's head, they call out a color and the word 'duck,' such as 'blue duck' or 'green duck,' for most players.

3

When the walker finally calls out 'grey duck' on a player, that tapped player jumps up and chases the walker around the circle.

4

The walker tries to make it all the way around and sit down in the newly empty spot before being tagged by the chaser.

5

If the walker sits down safely, the chaser becomes the new walker for the next round; if the chaser tags the walker first, the original walker must go again.

6

The game continues with a new walker circling and calling out colors each round for as long as the group wants to keep playing.