Rock Paper Scissors Tournament (Cheerleaders)
Lose and you become the winner's biggest fan. The final is deafening.
10–300 players · about 10 minutes · Medium energy · Small room, Big room, Gym, Outdoors
What you need
- Nothing
Setup
Everyone finds a partner.
How to play
- Partners play rock, paper, scissors (best of one, or best of three).
- The loser becomes the winner's cheerleader, follows them around, and chants their name.
- Winners find another winner and play again. Their cheerleaders come with them.
- The crowds behind each player keep growing until there are just two left with the whole room screaming for them.
How to win
The last player standing is champion.
Leader tips
- Works with any number, from 10 to 300. It's a great opener for big events.
Ways to change it up
Evolution
Everyone starts as an "egg" (squatting). Win and you evolve to chicken (flapping), then dinosaur, then human. You can only play people at your same level.
Tie it to your lesson
Like the crowd behind each player, we have "a great cloud of witnesses" cheering us on as we run our race.