Poison Pole
Indoor Individual Outdoor Physical
- Players: 10 – 20
- Duration: 10 - 30 min
- Free to play
- Age: 4+
How to play
You have a pole (a broom will suffice) and you place the pole on a stool. Everyone needs to gather around the pole and hold hands. The aim is to try and get OTHER people to knock the pole off the stool. You do that by pulling people around you and trying to have them hit the pole. If a person knocks the pole off the stool, they are out. If two people let go of each other, they both are out unless one was about to hit the pole and panicked by letting go, then that person is out.
What you'll need
- Pole
- Stool
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