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SPUD is a popular children's game where players try to eliminate each other by catching, throwing and dodging a ball. As few as three may play, with no upper limit. To play, all that is required is a playground-sized ball and an open area to run.

To begin, each player is given a number from 1 to however many players there are. One player is determined to be 'it'. The other players form a circle around 'it.' It throws the ball straight up into the air. When the ball reaches the apex of flight, 'it' calls out the number of one of the other players. The owner of that number must catch the ball, either in flight or on the rebound.

As one player is rushing to retrieve the ball, the others scatter as fast as they can. When the ball is caught, the player that caught it shouts "STOP!"(some shout "SPUD!") The players running away must then stop, and the catcher throws the ball at any one of them.

If the catcher hits another player with the ball, the player who was hit receives a letter of the word "SPUD," S the first time they are hit, P the second, etc.

When a player receives all four letters of SPUD, they must sit out until a new game is started. The last player to sit wins.

In one variation of the game, the player catching the ball selects the player he or she wishes to hit and then is allowed to take four giant steps toward that person, while calling out the letter S-P-U-D.

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