It’s a beautiful day at Camp Overboard, so let’s do something completely different. Yes, Overboard is normally Polygon’s board (and digital board) game show, but today we’re going outside and playing a game using our entire body. Welcome to the first official Camp Overboard Kan Jam tournament!
For those who’ve never experienced the quintessential modern lawn game Kan Jam, think of it as frisbee golf with a generous seasoning of volleyball. The game consists of a frisbee and two plastic “kans” (which is essentially a moderately sized garbage can without a top or bottom). All you need to play is an open space around the size of a tennis court and four players.
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Teams of two compete to throw and smack frisbees into the titular kans. The players stand about 50 feet apart with a kan directly in front of them. During a turn, one player, the thrower, tosses the frisbee at the other player’s kan and is awarded points depending on how they hit the kan. The other player, known as the deflector, can assist the thrower by deflecting the frisbee into the kan. Here’s how the points are awarded:
After throwing the frisbee and calculating any points, the roles are switched and the new thrower tosses the frisbee at the other player’s kan. Once both members of a team have thrown the frisbee, the opposing team swaps in, each taking a turn at throwing and deflecting.
Besides winning instantly with a killer frisbee throw, the game ends once a team reaches exactly 21 points. If a team goes over 21, the points awarded are deducted from their score instead. For example,
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