The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

Submarines and Battleships

Get as many people as you can to play. Depending on the amount
you get to play, one or two people are it. The rest of the people
are placed into groups of either battleships or submarines. They
line up on one side of the lawn. The people that are it stand in
the middle of the lawn and yell, "Submarines, go." All the people
that are submarines run across to the other side of the lawn. If
you get tagged by the people that are it, you have to sit down
right where you were tagged. You continue to play the game by
sending over the two groups, and you can even send them over
together. The people that get tagged can help the people that are
it by putting out their hands and trying to tag people as they run
by. The game ends when one person is left trying to run across
the lawn.

Where learned: MICHIGAN

Date learned: 00001970S