500
- Players: 3 – 12
- Duration: 15 - 30 min
- Average cost: $3
How to play
One thrower faces a spread-out group of catchers and launches the ball high while calling a value: "200!" Whoever catches it cleanly earns those points; drop it and you lose the same amount. Mix it up with calls like "Dead or alive, 300" (catch on the full or after one bounce) or "Jackpot, 500." First catcher to reach exactly 500 points becomes the new thrower. Works with a football, frisbee, or tennis ball, and scales from a backyard trio to a whole camp field.
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