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You have a floor covered with lots of tennis balls, teams paired up and ready to go, yet the game Minesweepers, although tasteless, has paradoxically lost some of its flavour. What you need to play is Scuds and Patriots.

If you’re setting up from scratch, as in Minesweepers, you need to scatter as many tennis balls as possible over the floor—a large room or hall makes an ideal venue. Now team players up into twos and blindfold one player from each pair. In Scuds and Patriots two teams play at once. One blindfolded player, the ‘Scud’, starts from one side of the room and, as before, must try to get to the opposite side without stepping on tennis balls. They are aided in this navigation by the shouted directions of their teammate. The other team’s blindfolded player, the ‘Patriot’, is positioned on a side wall, halfway down the room. Once the ‘Scud’ has traversed a third or so of the way, the ‘Patriot’ is released. Their aim, again guided by their own partner and again avoiding stepping on balls, is to make contact with the ‘Scud’ and in doing so win the game. If the ‘Scud’ reaches the far wall that team wins.

If either player steps on a ball then they have to remain still for the count of five or, for more confusion, spin around on the spot five times. Non-playing spectators are free to provide any sound effects they think appropriate.