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Rodgeball is a game that was invented by Bradley C. Dunker, originally for boy scout troop event. The BSA organization, was Troop 100, a boy scout troop in Geneseo Illinois. The boys regularly played outdoor games like Kick the can, and capture the flag, but when bad weather would take over during the winter, the troop needed an indoor game that would burn energy, and not destroy the building.

The boys played a lot of traditional games, like steal the bacon as well as other common team party games. In 2012, there was an incident that damaged one of the indoor facilities the boys used during the winter months. This incident caused the wheels to turn, and the game design engine to kick on, and Rodgeball was conceived from Dodgeball, war, and the television show Bozo’s big Circus.

Rodgeball is a game played with Ball Pit balls (approximately the size of a billiard ball). The number of balls used would be equal to 3 x the number of participates in a game. The game requires a minimum of 3 players on both sides of the court and therefore 9 balls per team is the minimum balls per game, or 18 balls. The field of play consists of 2 courts, approximately equal in size. The standard court is exactly 14’ 6” x 42”, and divided in the middle with 2 large 8 feet long 4 foot wide tables creating 2 sides of the court. Each team defends a bucket, traditionally using a child’s bedroom Trash can with preferably Marvel Super Heroes Logos on each cans side. The can is called the bucket, and almost any bucket will do, but small metal trash cans work best. A hulu hoop is set around the can encircling the can with a 3 foot loop. The loop is the first and primary scoring method.

Each team has an assigned shield maiden (which is the person given a shield to defend themselves, their teammates, and their bucket. Traditionally the shield is a Captain America Red and white Shield.  The shield maiden is allowed to block any shot and defend themselves from balls thrown at them or their teammates.

The object of the game is to score a prescribed number of points before the opposing team scores the same number of points.

There are several ways to score points. First shooting a bucket, I.E. placing a ball in your opponents bucket counts for 3 points.

Getting a ball to stop in the hoop is worth 1 point.

If you are struck with a ball from the waste down, you are out, and must leave the court immediately. You are not allowed to catch any ball throw at you. If you are struck directly, you are out. If the ball ricochets off the floor, ceiling, walls or table divider, the ball is dead, and no player removal counts. If a ball strikes a ball in the hands of a defender, and then strikes a player, the ball is dead as if it hit the ground.

A ball thrown on purpose above the waste, will be cause for immediate removal from the game, as if you were struck by a ball.

Special rules.

The game begins with the same colored balls, traditionally Red or Blue inside each teams bucket. The bucket starts turned lid down covering all the Rodgeball balls up. When the referee calls out, “Begin”, the bucket is turned over, so the balls fall out, the bucket is turned back over, and left in the middle of the hoop. All balls must be removed from the loop, before the Hammer falls. The hammer fall is the referee dropping their arm like a gavel, proclaiming the start of the game with a thud, and a “GO”. At that time, all Rodgeball balls must be out of the loop, or they will automatically be scored points for the opposing team. No ball can be touched inside the loop, nor the bucket once the game begins. Moving the loop or the bucket while the game is running ends the game, and the opposing team WINs the round automatically, so DO NOT TOUCH THE LOOP or the BUCKET.

If all teammates from one side of the game are removed from the game due to being struck by the opposing team legally with a ball, and all balls from the opposing team are thrown in good faith, and no other balls are left to be thrown, all player from the “Dead” team come back to life and the game continues, and they obviously have the advantage, in that all teammates are back “alive” and they have all the balls in the game at that moment.

Traditional games go to 10 points.

A best of 3 series is a standard Match of Rodgeball.