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Bad egg
Bad egg is a children’s playground ball game played in the one with the ball, stand with their legs apart. The
Great Britain and other countries. player with the ball then attempts to roll it under the legs
One player is chosen as the ’bad egg’ and turns their of one of the other players. If successful, that player be-
back to the other players. ’Bad Egg’ then asks the others comes ’Bad Egg’. If unsuccessful, the player who retrieved
to each name something from a particular group (for ex- the ball becomes ’Bad Egg’.
ample, each player is to name a colour, or a sports team, As with most informal games, the detailed rules vary
etc). Once each player has answered, the ’Bad Egg’ throws with Location. For example, in one variation the ball re-
a tennis ball over their shoulder, and shouts out one of triever may take an agreed number of steps towards their
the answers that had been given by the other players. All chosen target.
players, except Bad Egg, run in different directions and
the person whose answer was shouted out has to run af-
ter the ball, and calls ’stop’ when they retrieve it.
External links
On hearing ’stop’ all players, including the one who • Estonian analysis of the game
went after the ball, remain stationary. All players, except
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Categories:
• Children's games
• Ball games
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