Similar to British Bulldogs and other invasion games, this is a tag game where one person is a tagger and attempts to tag as many people as possible when they cross the playing area. In Great Wall, those who are tagged line up in the middle of the pitch and start to form a wall (the Great Wall).
Use a relatively wide space like a tennis court or larger and define a baseline either side of the space, behind which everybody is safe.
One player is the ‘tagger’ while everybody else stands on or behind the baseline on one side of court.
When the tagger shouts “Great Wall”, everybody has to run and try to reach the baseline on the other side without being caught by the tagger.
Anybody caught stands in the middle and starts to form a wall with anybody else who has been tagged. Players do this by standing next to each other hands and feet spread, holding or touching the hands of the players on their left and right.
Remaining players have to reach the other side without being tagged AND without touching the wall. They can navigate around it and under it (through legs or under arms). Players creating the wall have to be passive and not make any movements to try and touch players who are still running.
If and when players complete a wall that fully spans the court – side to side. Decide whether to start a new wall a few feet behind the first… or to add players to the existing wall to make it more compact and harder for runners to go between standing players.
Continue until all are captured or there is a last person running. Replay with somebody else as the tagger.
Feel free to use any phrase to start players running. The use of “Great Wall” is not obligatory 🙂
