Zombie Tag: Zombies on Their Knees Take You Down vs Stay on Your Feet
Mat mode
3:00
Tell the roomGrab a standing player and take them to the floor. Keep your balance and stay on your feet.
Reference video
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Notes (this phone)
Variation (from source): With younger kids, play it as plain tag first, with no takedowns.
ZOMBIE
POSITION
On your knees. Everyone else is standing.
OBJECTIVE
Grab a standing player and take them to the floor.
CONSTRAINTS
You can't stand up. Crawl at zombie speed. Anyone you take down becomes a zombie too. No jumping over other players. They say it works as a guard game too. Ours, not the source's: pull them down to the mat. No lifting, slamming or throwing.
WIN CONDITION
Take a standing player down: any part of their body other than the soles of their feet touches the floor. Leaning on the wall to stay up also counts as down.
STANDING PLAYERS
POSITION
Standing on the mat.
OBJECTIVE
Keep your balance and stay on your feet.
CONSTRAINTS
No holding the wall to stay up. No jumping over other players.
WIN CONDITION
Be the last one standing.
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Problem
On your knees.
Setup
On your knees. Everyone else is standing. Standing on the mat.
Score
Take a standing player down: any part of their body other than the soles of their feet touches the floor. Leaning on the wall to stay up also counts as down. Be the last one standing.
Rules
- You can't stand up.
- Crawl at zombie speed.
- Anyone you take down becomes a zombie too.
- No jumping over other players.
- They say it works as a guard game too.
- Ours, not the source's: pull them down to the mat.
- No lifting, slamming or throwing.
- No holding the wall to stay up.
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Zombie Tag: Zombies on Their Knees Take You Down vs Stay on Your Feet
Foundations
ZOMBIE
Position
On your knees. Everyone else is standing.
Win condition
Take a standing player down: any part of their body other than the soles of their feet touches the floor. Leaning on the wall to stay up also counts as down.
Constraints
You can't stand up. Crawl at zombie speed. Anyone you take down becomes a zombie too. No jumping over other players. They say it works as a guard game too. Ours, not the source's: pull them down to the mat. No lifting, slamming or throwing.
STANDING PLAYERS
Position
Standing on the mat.
Win condition
Be the last one standing.
Constraints
No holding the wall to stay up. No jumping over other players.