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Queimada

Team BuildingPicnic
Q
PLAYERS
8+, two teams
DIFFICULTY
SETTING
Outdoor
MATERIALS
MEASUREMENTS

A rectangular court divided into a main zone and a smaller prison zone at each end.

HOW TO PLAY
1

Divide into two teams, each occupying the main zone on their own half of the court.

2

Throw the ball across the dividing line, trying to hit an opposing player below the shoulders.

3

A player who is hit moves to the small prison zone behind the opposing team's side rather than being fully eliminated.

4

A player sent to prison can still catch stray balls and throw them back at opponents from that zone to try to work their way free.

5

Catching a thrown ball cleanly out of the air sends the thrower to prison instead of the catcher.

6

The team that sends every opposing player to prison first wins the round.