SO! We made up a variant of Hot Box. This wikipedia article describes the basic rules of Hot Box fairly well, if you're unfamiliar with the sport. We called it "3 Guys, One Box" or "Hot 3-way Action". (We also realized ladies might not want to play a game that had '3 guys' in the title, but we were short of better names. Feel free to suggest a different one.)
Here's how to play:
- Start with 2 folks on offense, 1 on defense. Play Hot Box.
- If the offense turns it over, whoever is responsible for the turn becomes the lone defender.
- Score is kept individually instead of by team.
- If you throw or catch a goal, you get 1 point.
- If you actively get the D (rather than the offense just throwing it away) then you get 3 points.
- Play until a fixed amount of points, or until you're tired.
We had lots of fun playing. We didn't really keep track of points, so I'm not sure how balanced the 3-points-per-D rule is. We also never set how many points you should play to. It might just be best if we played to 5 points and you only got 1 point for getting a solid D. Maybe we should try that next...
What do you think? Feel free to try it out & let me know if you have any other ideas for rules modifications.
2 comments:
We've played 3 on 2 goaltimate with similar rules. 3 on O, 2 on D. If the O turns it, the person who threw the disc and the intended receiver switch to D, and the D players switch to O. Every time the O scores, each of its players gets a point. You keep individual score.
It was fun!
I like it! I might try it out if we're short on folks for goalty.
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