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Ring Game

Gioco degli anelli

5 female pages

EXECUTION TIME: 45 sec.

Competitive game between the District that landed on the tile and the drawn opposing District.

  • The first to step onto the pool will be the challenging District, which must have its pages perform the game; when finished, it will be the turn of the challenged District, which must have its pages perform the game.
  • The game is performed by two throwing pages 4 meters away from the 2 target pages; the throwers must throw 20 rings (10 each), trying to thread them onto the heads of the two target companions positioned on the pole.
  • If one of the target pages on the pole falls into the pool, they do not lose the value of the rings captured until then and can be replaced by the reserve page (1 for each team).
  • The rings cannot be touched with the hands by the target pages in an attempt to help thread them, under penalty of annulment of the ring itself.
  • During the game, the target pages and the throwers cannot move from their assigned position.
  • In the case that only one target page remains on the pole, both throwers can throw rings at them, provided they remain in their throwing position.
  • It is strictly forbidden to jump over the pool (i.e., jumping from the pole without passing through the appropriate stairs or through the inside of the pool itself), under penalty of disqualification of the target page and therefore the annulment of all rings captured by them.
  • If the target page touches the pole with their hands and stays on, they will be disqualified and the rings taken so far will be annulled.
  • If the target page touches the pole with their hands and falls, the rings taken so far will be counted.
  • The rings will be counted by the Judge when the target page touches the ground.
  • The District that has threaded the most rings wins; in case of a tie, the challenged District wins.
  • If the challenging District wins the competition, it earns the points obtained with the die; if it loses the competition, it moves back to the dice-rolling tile.
  • Hands can be rested on the knees.

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