Wanna buy a duck?

Youtube is my most used resource for new songs and games.

I recently found a game on Ultimate Camp Resource's Youtube channel called Wanna Buy a Duck.

I have only played this game with the older Brownies so far but they absolutely love it and played it three times in a row before I finally stopped them!

Clipart credit: Girl Guide Canada

The best way to learn to play is definitely by watching UCR's Youtube video, but below i've typed a short script as an example of how to play.

I have to admit that I expected the Brownies to find this difficult to learn, but it turned out that after the first "Wanna buy a duck?", they were completely onboard with the game and were coming up with creative lines to introduce.

The game is played in a line or a circle, and involves messages being passed back and forth between the players. Example below. The first player must always begin the game by asking, "Wanna buy a duck?", but all other lines are completely improvised. I have indicated these by underlining them.

Play begins with the first and second players.

First person: Wanna buy a duck?
Second person: A what?
First person: A duck.
Second person: Does it quack?
First person: Of course it quacks, it's a duck.

Then the second person asks the third person a question. 

Second person: Wanna buy a guitar?
Third person: A what?
Second person: A what?
First person: A duck.
Second person: A guitar.
Third person: Does it play?
Second person: Does it quack?
First person: Of course it quacks, it's a duck.
Second person: Of course it plays, it's a guitar.

When we played, for whatever reason the first Brownie in the line adopted a British accent when stating, "Of course it quacks, it's a duck". Every other girl continued with this when saying ONLY that line, which was absolutely hilarious because they didn't even realise they were doing it!

My favorite sale pitches from when the Brownies played were:

• "Wanna buy a gazebo?" (then had to explain to the next girl in line what a gazebo was so that she could ask a question)
• "Wanna buy a stick?" and the reply of "Is it sticky?"

So what do you think? Will you give this game a try with your units?

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Have you learnt any new games lately?