Setup: Two teams of 4-7 players. Four gates of 2 different colours. Rules: Teams score by carrying through a gate. They can score in ANY gate, but not the same gate consecutively. Variations: Pass through a gate (to a team-mate) to score. Red team can score in the red gates only, blue team in the blue gates. Run as two 4v4 or 4v3 games side-by-side. Occasionally swap teams or individual players.
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