Squid (game) - Wikipedia

Squid, also known as ojingeo (Korean: 오징어), is a children's game in South Korea. The game is named as such because the shape of the game board drawn on ... Squid(game) FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Children'sgameinKorea Thisarticleisaboutthechildren'sgame.Forthetelevisionseries,seeSquidGame.Fortheunrelatedvideogame,seeSquids(videogame). Diagramshowinggamelayout.Itconsistsoffiveareas:Offensivehouse(1),Promotionareaforthedefense(2),Defensivehouse(3),Promotionareafortheoffense(4),andOthers(5). Squid,alsoknownasojingeo(Korean:오징어),isachildren'sgameinSouthKorea.Thegameisnamedassuchbecausetheshapeofthegameboarddrawnonthegroundresemblesthatofasquid.Thereareregionalvariationsofthenamesuchas"squidgaisan"(withgaisanthoughttobeavariationoftheJapanesewordkaisen開戦,"tostartawar"),or"squidtakkari".[1]Itisamultiplayergame,andthegameisdividedintotwoteams,offensiveanddefensive.Therearetwomainpurposes,eitherfortheattackerstoachievethepurposeoftheattack,orfortheteamstoannihilateeachother.[2] Contents 1Gameplay 1.1Generalruleelements 1.2Regionalvariations 1.2.1Regionalnames 1.2.2Regionalrules 1.2.2.1Squidttaeng(Busan) 1.2.2.2Squidunificationgame 1.2.2.3Ojingeodalguji 2Inpopularculture 3References Gameplay[edit] Therearemultipleversionsoftherulesfordifferentareasandgroups.Regionalnamesdiffer. Generalruleelements[edit] Thehomebasesforeachoftheteamsarecalled"houses"(집).Thetopcircleisthehousefortheoffensiveteam,thebottomrectangleisthehouseforthedefensiveteam,andthemiddletriangleistheneutralgroundbetweenthem.[1] Theobjectivefortheoffensiveteamistoleavetheirhouseandmoveoutsidethefigurearoundtothebottomofthedefensivehouse(shown"open"onthediagramabove),thenpassthroughthefigurebackintotheoffensivehouse.[3][4] Attackingplayersarerequiredtomoveonlybyhoppingononefootuntilthey"promote"byeitherreachingarea2havingpassedthrougharea3;orbyhoppingoverthethinpartofthefigurebetweenthetwoareasmarked4.Oncepromoted,theymayusebothfeet.[3] Thedefensiveteamtriestoeliminatethemembersoftheoffensiveteambypushingthemacrossalineofthefiguretheyarenotpermittedtocross.Typicallythismeanspushingplayerswhohaveenteredthefigureout,orpushingplayersattemptingtohopoverthefigureat4intothetriangle.Defensiveteammemberswholeavethefigurearealsoeliminated,soitispossiblefortheattackerstowinbypushingalldefendersoutofthefigure.[5] Regionalvariations[edit] Becauseofthefactthegameisinformallyplayedamongchildren,therearefewofficialwrittensetsofrules,andtheircommonfeaturesaremainlyattestedthroughmultiplepeoplewhoplayeditaschildren.However,afewexamplesofregionalvariationsinrulesarelisted. Regionalnames[edit] InsomepartsofBusanGeojeandotherregionsinsouthernKyungsangprovince,thegameiscalled"ojingeodalguji".Jongnoregioncalledthegame"ojingeopo",Songpadistrictusedthetitle"ojingeoisang",DaeguGyeonggiprovinceandsouthernSeoulusedthename"ojingeogaisan".[6] Regionalrules[edit] Squidttaeng(Busan)[edit] Squidttaeng(오징어땡)isaregionalvariationofthesquidgamethatispopularinBusan.Thegameusuallyinvolvestenormoreparticipants.TheoriginofthegameisassumedtobeinfluencedbyboththelargepresenceofsquidsinthewatersaroundGadeokdoislandandbythepopularityofsquidsasasnackamonglocalchildren.Thegamestartsbydividingtwoteams,withatleasttenpeopleperteam.Asquidwithapentagon-shapedbodyandaroundtailisdrawn.Theteamthatwinsagameofrockpaperscissorsbecomesthedefensiveteamandtheteamthatlosesbecomestheoffensiveteam.Iftheoffensiveteamreachesthehouseofthedefensiveteamandscreams"Ttaeng",thegameiswonbytheoffensiveteamandthetwoteamschangesides.[7] Squidunificationgame[edit] Squidunificationgame(오징어통일놀이)isaregionalvariationofthesquidgamethatisbasedinHaenam.ThegameissaidtohaveoriginatedfromtheThreeKingdomsperiodofKoreawhenthethreekingdomswerefightingforland.Inthisversion,theareawhichtheoffensiveteamhastoreachwhilepassingthedefensiveteamiscalledthe"unificationarea".[8] Ojingeodalguji[edit] Forthisvariation,thepersonwhoispromotediscalled"cheolin(ironman)".Thegamestartswhentheoffenceteamyellstheword"ojingeo"andthedefenceteamreplieswiththeword"dalguji".[9] Inpopularculture[edit] The2021NetflixstreamingtelevisionseriesSquidGameiseponymouslynamedafterthesquidgame,adeadlyversionofwhichisplayedduringtheseries.[10]FortheNetflixversion,thetermforthepromotedpersonwas"Inspectorroyal(암행어사)".[9] References[edit] ^abLee,Sang-ho."오징어놀이".EncyclopediaofKoreanFolkCulture(inKorean).NationalFolkMuseumofKorea.Retrieved30September2021. ^HaEun-sun(September29,2021)."'오징어게임'이뭐길래..."[Whatis'SquidGame'?].TheKoreaTimes(inKorean).RetrievedSeptember29,2021. ^ab""오징어놀이"".YouTube. ^"Howtoplay[SQUIDGAME](koreantraditionalchildren'splay)[ENGSUB]".YouTube. ^김종만(2017).보리어린이놀이도감.보리.pp. 190–191.ISBN 978-8984289826. ^"오징어게임,우리동네는어떤이름을?".bravo.etoday.co.kr.2021-09-26. ^"오징어땡".향토문화전자대전. ^"오징어통일놀이".한국향토문화전자대전. ^ab"추억속아재들의온•오프라인고전게임3선".iminju.2021-10-11. ^"Everythingtoknowabout'SquidGame',thesurpriseNetflixhitseries".Fortune.October2,2021.RetrievedOctober3,2021. vteGym,outdoorandplaygroundgamesTag AnteOver BritishBulldog Capturetheflag Cooties Duck,duck,goose Fourcorners Khokho MarcoPolo Pie Poison StealtheBacon Other Catch Chinesejumprope Crackthewhip Dodgeball Foursquare Hide-and-seek Hopscotch Kickthecan KingoftheHill Leapfrog Marbles Playgroundsongs list RedRover SimonSays Skippingrope DoubleDutch Rhymes Skully Squid Statues Thefloorislava Tinikling Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Squid_(game)&oldid=1095451980" Categories:SouthKoreangamesChildren'sgamesHiddencategories:CS1Korean-languagesources(ko)ArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionisdifferentfromWikidataArticlescontainingKorean-languagetextArticlescontainingJapanese-languagetext Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages БългарскиEspañolEsperantoفارسیFrançais한국어ItalianoעבריתNederlands日本語PortuguêsTürkçe粵語中文 Editlinks