How To Play This Game?

Galah panjang is not as difficult as any other traditional games, but it can test the intelligence, efficiency and pace of each player.

• Before the game can begin, use the chalk to mark the game area. Click here to download the sample diagram you’ll need to draw.

• The objective of the “running” team is to get to the other end of the Galah Panjang court. Players will have to do this by avoiding and cleverly manouvering past the “tagging” team.

• Divide the players into 2 equal groups. For each group, appoint a team leader.

• Decide with the team leaders which team will be the runners and taggers. One way to do this is by playing Scissors, Paper & Stone!

• The “running” team will have to take their places in area 1, behind first the horizontal line (refer to the downloaded PDF).

• The “tagging” team will then take their respective places on the assigned lines. It’s usually a good idea to spread out the “tagging” team on the Galah Panjang court to increase the chances of capturing the opposing team!

• Start the game Players from the “tagging” team are not allowed to run away from the lines they have been assigned to. Meaning, players from the “running” team who are making their way to Area 5, can stop in any each area to ‘rest’ or ‘pause’ during the game.

• Each time a player from the “running” team makes it to Area 5, the team gets a point. However, should a “running” player get caught, the point then is awarded to the “tagging” team.

• To win, the players from the “running” team would have to come out with a strategy to get past the players from the “tagging” team. If one or many of the runners succeed to get into the same area, it would be easy to defeat the taggers and finally run back to area I.

• The game continues until one team obtains the highest points.

Lets Try!