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How To Play Run-Outs

How To Play Run-outs. Experts in playground games show us how to play the game Run-outs. This will keep children of all ages fit and healthy. An exciting and dynamic game that whiles away the time in the playground. Enlarge

How To Play Run-Outs

How To Play Run-outs. Experts in playground games show us how to play the game Run-outs. This will keep children of all ages fit and healthy. An exciting and dynamic game that whiles away the time in the playground.

Step 1: You will need

  • 2 equal sized teams
  • somewhere to use as 'Home' like a bench
  • an open space

Step 2: Pick teams

Two team captains take turns to choose one player each to join their team.

Step 3: Hide and seek

One team are the seekers and the others have to hide. The seekers close their eyes and count to 30 while the other team runs away and hides in different places.

Step 4: Guard home

Once they have finished counting, the seekers have to find where the other team are hiding and tag them. They leave at least 2 players on 'home' to keep guard.

Step 5: Run home

The hiding team must try to run 'home' without getting caught by the seekers. Once there are three of them back 'home', they have won.
If a player gets tagged by a seeker before they reach 'home' safe, they are out of the game. If the seekers tag most of the players on the other team so that three of them will not reach 'home', the seekers win the game.