Comments on: Playing red rover at VBS.

By: Lancer

Lancer — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:59:53 +0000

I’ve never seen anyone come anywhere close to injury in Red Rover. I did, however, receive my first stitches ever during a game of Steal the Bacon…it was on a college Christian group retreat, and we had four teams–Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors–and so there were, at minimum, 4 of us running into the circle at full speed at the same time. And then they started calling multiple numbers.

On the plus side, I didn’t lose the “bacon” for our team. Also on the plus side, I now have an epic picture on Facebook of myself standing with my hands raised and blood running down my face.

By: thoughtriver

thoughtriver — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:48:00 +0000

that badger in a bag game is comedy gold

By: Curtis Honeycutt

Curtis Honeycutt — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:06:33 +0000

No lie. I had a friend break her arm playing red rover, it got so intense.

By: Katdishionary Part 8 | Katdish.net

Katdishionary Part 8 | Katdish.net — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:59:30 +0000

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By: kls18

kls18 — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:15:16 +0000

at one of our church camps, we had one of those tarps with washing detergent all over it, so you could slip and slide….also included…LIVE MOUSE TRAPS. no joke, I refused to play. lol

By: Finny

Finny — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:57:36 +0000

Yet another moment on this site where I go "wow, we were not the only kids doing that!" I could trip over lint, but at this game, I was invincible, skinny spoolie arms and all. You'd avoid linking to the sweaty-handed kids, and the ones who would unlink out of sheer terror before any physical contact was made and after a few games, not even a whispered strategy exchange was needed; you knew what you had to do. Then, perhaps a nice bout of Slide Down the HUGE Metal Banister On the Side of the Building as a cool-down. Never a harsh word about any of this; as long as we were not starting fires or swearing or just being generally despicable, the reins were very loose. Neat memories this site bring back.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:31:00 +0000

I remeber once we played a good ‘ole game of tag. We got bored, so the VBS game guy yelled,
“Kids! Freeze Tag- last one standing gets an extra (bootleg) snack!” I started middle school that year with a broken leg. good times….

By: Littler

Littler — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:07:00 +0000

I’ve never heard of Buck Buck so I googled it and I love the pick that Wikipedia has http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_buck

By: For What It's Worth

For What It's Worth — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:18:00 +0000

I'm late to this, too; but just wanted to say that my daughter broke her arm playing Red Rover. She & her friend held on tight – a kid from the other team ran hard – my daughter & her friend didn't let go; next thing I know, the school is calling me to get there quick. My daughter required surgery & pins placed in her elbow. Bad memories! Needless to say, my kids don't play Red Rover anymore.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:00:00 +0000

Marni: Kind of late, but “Big Bunny” is a good church-friendly alternative to Big Booty. Some of my friends were on a Big Bunny kick a few years ago… all the fun without the awkwardness!