Four Square for sure. Kids used to get so fired up about that game, we had so much fun. But when the school staff saw how competitive kids were getting they didn't let us play it anymore. I'm still salty about it to this day.
@JustGoneNow I know how you feel!! Trust me on that. When I moved an hour away from my family for a job that I thought I would love. It became my nightmare. I began drinking constantly and then I had a huge mental illness break me. I wanted to die and I attempted suicide on many occasions. I was back and forth to the hospital for rehab. A psych doc finally diagnosed me. I was all alone. I had no one at that point but myself.
@TexChik That’s the only sport my Dad likes. We all could play and my brothers were on teams. He mostly thinks sports are a waste of time but he likes baseball and softball.
My favorite game was trying to hit the bullseye with a hatchet in an oak target but I also liked swimming races, horse riding and taking turns shooting coyotes.
@JustGoneNow It’s a game combining elements of the games "It" and Hide and seek. One player is "on", or "It", and they must capture the other players by 'spying' them rather than by tagging. A player is chosen as "It" and a landmark such as a tree or lampost is chosen as the base. Players who are not "It" run and hide, while "It" counts to a certain number, usually 40. “It" looks for the other players, while the players try to get to base without being seen. If a player gets to base without being seen, they shout "forty forty I'm free" and are then safe, waiting at base for the remainder of the game. In order to catch someone, "It" must see the person, run back, touch the base and say "forty forty I see [name]". If the "seen" player is behind or in an object, it must be specified; e.g. "forty forty I see [name] behind that tree" while pointing at it. Players that are caught by the "It" return to base. The first person that was caught is "It" for the next game.