More than three centuries ago, Captain William Kidd, a famous Spanish privateer, was hired by the King of England to attack and pillage enemy ships. A team that advertently fells the king prematurely automatically loses; in another version of the rules (in which a resurrection king is allowed), it means that team forfeits the rest of its turn, the king is righted, and the other teams goes on the attack. Have one child stand across the floor or yard, at least ten feet from the rest of the group. Lay the squares around the party room or yard, creating an obstacle course. Since this Halloween game involves speed and needs a running start, it's best played outside in the yard, though it can be played indoors in a large living room or basement cleared of furniture and breakables. Name a territory a safe zone, such as a section of carpet in the living room, a porch in the front yard, a chalked area in the basement, or someplace else it's suitable to play. In our next section, we'll show you how to play the Rescue the Maiden game.

If a child rescues the maiden and makes it back to the box, he or she wins a prize. If a child is tagged by the guard while racing the maiden back to the box, he or she becomes the next guard. While the term "rodeo" is American, the sport is also big in cattle-herding countries like Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia, among others. It's played like hangman -- where kids take turns guessing the letters of a mystery word (the number of letters are marked by spaces on a chalkboard, dry erase board, or piece of paper). The result was a house that had rooms with several exits, more than 450 doorways, stairs that led to nowhere, secret passageways, and twists and turns unlike any other eccentric home on this list. In fact, Google's massage rooms and bathrooms are some of the only areas in the Googleplex that have opaque walls. It's not unusual for Google employees to bring clothes in over the weekend to do laundry at the Googleplex.

Google executives want employees to be able to bounce ideas off each other. Think of ideas that carry the theme such as crowns, tiny dragons, or little towers. Think your kids are little angels? Angels make a Halloween night appearance in this fun and lively party game. Share the following story before handing each guest a secret map, what is billiards which you can make using the recipe for tea-stained paper invitations. Based on a previously unpublished Bradbury story, "I Sing the Body Electric" is the story of a widower who has a robotic grandmother built for his children. Although famed sci-fi author Ray Bradbury wrote several scripts for "The Twilight Zone," only one was deemed filmable by creator Rod Serling. Premiering on October 2, 1959, "The Twilight Zone" brought serious science fiction and fantasy, genres that had long been considered kiddie fodder, to the masses. Frozen players can bend and duck out of the way, but their feet can't leave the spot, unless they can tiptoe into the safe zone.

All players have until ten to move around as quietly as possible and find a spot within the "water," the area surrounding the safe zone. It counts to ten. Each team of two -- a halo tosser and a catcher -- stands ten or more feet apart (depending on age) and has three turns to toss and hook the halos. Make halos out of silvery chenille stems (you will need three halos for every two children). Buy 9 x 12-inch squares of felt: You'll need three times the number of squares as there are children. Nevertheless, Captain Kidd got the last laugh: The King found little of the pirate's loot, and three centuries later, treasure hunters around the world are still searching for it. But the wily Captain was on the run. Hatted kids can run and wiggle or stand perfectly still to hook their partner's halos. Let the teams who hook all three halos compete for the winner's title. The other half have three halos each.