Knights, Horses, Cavaliers
Pairs must quickly form the correct pose when the leader calls out 'Knights', 'Horses' or 'Cavaliers'. Slowest or wrong pair is out.
- Players
- 10–60
- Ages
- 8+
- Time
- 15 min
- Prep
- None
- Equipment
- None
How to play
Organise the group into pairs, preferably according to gender. Once everyone is paired up and spread out, the leader calls out knights, horses or cavaliers, and each pair must form the correct pose immediately. The slowest pair to pose, or a pair that forms the wrong pose, is out. The leader continues to call knights, horses or cavaliers until there is one pair left.
• 'Knights' means one partner gets down on one knee and the other partner sits on their exposed knee.
• 'Horses' means one partner gets down on all fours and the other partner sits on their back.
• 'Cavaliers' means one partner picks the other partner up in the style of a groom carrying the bride over the threshold.
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