Location: Outdoors

# of Players:  4 players+

Age: All

Equipment: any soft ball that won't hurt when it hits someone

Every player is assigned a number from 1 to the number of total players.

Players form a close circle with one player in the center who has the ball. The player in the center throws the ball straight up as high as s/he can and yells out a number.

Everyone scatters except the player whose number was called. S/He catches or picks up the ball. As soon as s/he has the ball, s/he yells "SPUD" and everyone must freeze.

The new player with the ball can then take up to 3 giant steps towards any player s/he wants. S/He then throws the ball at the targetted player.  The players can move all parts of her/his body to dodge the throw - EXCEPT her/his feet. If the player is hit, s/he gets S otherwise the thrower gets S.

Everyone gets back in a circle and whichever scout received a letter gets to throw the ball up for the next round.

When a scout reaches S-P-U-D, he is out of the game. Or, after a set time, the scout with the least letters is the winner.