Red Rover

For other uses, see Red Rover (disambiguation).

Youths playing the game

Red Rover (also known as the king's run and forcing the city gates) is a team game played primarily by children on playgrounds, requiring 10+ players.[1]

The game has changed over several decades, evolving from a regular "running across" game, with one single catcher in the center of the playground, to a combat game[2] with two opposing teams. The change basically consisted of merging pre-existing rules from other games with those of the original Red Rover.

  1. ^ "Red Rover: A Traditional Favorite Outdoor Game". About.com. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  2. ^ Amalie Schönlank, Eduard Angerstein: Kampfspiele. In: Lehrplan für den Turnunterricht in Mädchenschulen. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung (Rudolf Stricker), Berlin 1894, p. 20.