Saturn's Rings
GAMES
Created by: Craig Kemper
How is your aim? Test your skills at tossing bean bags at a target drawn with chalk.
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Let's play!
Materials Needed
- chalk
- 6 bean bags (or other items for tossing), 3 of one color and 3 other the other
Where to play
- Outdoors, in an open area, with a surface that can be drawn on with chalk
Number of Players
- Two
- Four, with players playing in teams of two
Setup
- Players draw a “bullseye”, with three concentric circles
- In the outermost circle, write “10”
- In the middle circle, write “25”
- In the inner circle, write “50”
- Take 5 long steps away from the circle and draw a line. This will be the Throwing Line
Purpose
- Players attempt to earn as many points as possible over their three tosses, and the first to earn 300 points total wins!
Gameplay
- Players line up at the Throwing Line and choose their color of bean bag
- Players or teams alternate tossing one bean bag at the bullseye, such that
Player 1/Team 1 tosses one bean bag, then Player 2/Team 2 tosses one bean bag,
then back to Player 1/Team 1, until all six bean bags have been tossed - After all six bean bags have been tossed, players count up points using the
numbers marked on the bullseye- A bean bag in the outermost circle earns the player/team 10 points. A
bean bag in the middle circle earns 25 points. A bean bag in the inner
circle earns 50 points. - A bean bag outside of the bullseye earns no points
- Players add the points earned during this turn to their total points
- A bean bag in the outermost circle earns the player/team 10 points. A
- Players gather their bean bags and return to the Throwing Line
- Players continue taking turns tossing bean bags and counting their points until
one player/team reaches 300 points. This player/team wins!