It's a little kids game (or a drunk college kids game). Everyone sits in a circle and one person is "it". That person walks around the outside of the circle tapping everyone on the head and says "duck, duck, duck..." Then he/she chooses a random person and yells "GOOSE!" and that person has to chase the 'it' person around the circle and tag them before the 'it' person sits in their spot in the circle. If they get caught before they sit down then they're out and they have to sit in the middle. You keep doing this until there's no one left and the last person wins. The end.
When I worked for Menards back in the day> us cashiers in MN were talking about it. So we took a poll with customers. And the majority was GOOSE. And the most people that came were from out of state. I wonder how they came up with 2 different names but the same games>> hhmmmmm:dance2:
Duck Duck Gray Duck is played in the north central part of the United States, specifically Southern Minnesota/Twin Cities and surrounding areas. Two versions of the regional rules exist. In the first, the 'picker' will describe the 'ducks' as different colors or adjectives — for example, 'blue duck', 'white duck', 'lazy duck'. It's more of an educational game than an alteration of the original, in that one not only recites colors, but also tries to say 'gray duck' as casually as possible, hoping to deceive the gray duck and gain time. The second version is played exactly as the original, with the picker saying 'gray duck' instead of 'goose. The adjectives add an element of psychological warfare amongst the children, because they can insult the circle, confuse the circle with 'May Duck' or 'Gray Puck'. All of these add depth and layers among the seemingly child-like game:huh: :huh: