Talk:Red Rover

message: Question: this is "a game played primarily by children" in which area(s) of the world? --Ianb 22:59, 23 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Question

message: ...from twenty years ago now (in Worcestershire, England), the chant we used was: Red Rover, Red Rover, We-e call (Someone) over! I must say, I've never heard of the compass-point thing, though. From what I've read, the game is fairly common in Britain, so the exclusively American possible explanations given at the end of the article are ones I take with a pinch of salt. Also, re the comment about technology - people have been saying, "Oh, children today don't play traditional games any more" for several hundred years at least now! Loganberry 04:04, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  As I remember it... 

message: I remember hearing at one time that some schools in my area were banning this game cause of the "danger" it posed and kids supposedly hurting themselves.
Da Kenster 01:49, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think 7 states already do but I could be wrong. EytanMelech (talk) 20:24, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Banning 

message: Really? I've never heard of this: though there are a number of variations of BB, I've never come across Red Rover being called by that name. Another one for the "citation required" pile, I think! 81.153.111.37 (talk) 01:43, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "also known as ... British Bulldog" 

message: It may be common to call over the smaller children first, as they will be unlikely to break the line, but that leaves you with a problem, as you will be left with larger children, and when they are called over, they will will break through the weak spots. A better strategy is to call over the stronger children early in the hopes of catching them while you can. Also, in a game supervised by adults, clotheslining would often be considered a foul.--RLent (talk) 16:02, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Strategy 

message: If somebody can not produce citations for the "information" about the possible origins of this game, I am going to remove all but the first sentence describing that the origins are unknown. This type of theoretical nonsense does not belong in an encyclopedia. An infinite number of possible origins can be conceived of and described here, and that does not make any of them valid for inclusion. --69.112.198.201 (talk) 01:22, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the unsourced speculation from the article, as there were no objections or clarifications. Diff. --67.165.58.233 (talk) 17:34, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of origins "information". 

message: I never heard of Red Rover as it is described in the Wiki.  Whenever I heard it mentioned in school, it was always "Bend over, Red Rover" and just saying Red Rover wasn't allowed at all.  Because of this, I later thought that Red Rover was some kind of boy/girl party game like Spin the Bottle.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.40.137.123 (talk) 01:36, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bend over, Red Rover? 

message: I've being bold and removing the sentence starting "Individuals, such as,", and the one after, since the first doesn't make any sense, and the second is repetitive and redundant. —DavidConrad (talk) 07:13, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Individuals, such as, 

message: I think it should be made clear that the rover can choose any link to try to break.  Especially with young children this leads to running and suddenly zagging to try to catch a pair unware.211.225.34.136 (talk) 08:17, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where to break 

message: A version of this game or a similar game is played in Belarus.  I believe it is called Czarina.211.225.34.136 (talk) 08:18, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Belarus