Dirty Nine Square has been a mainstay at Westminster Woods since the late 90s. "Dirty Nine" is a very elaborate version of four square: get the people in the other squares out in order to move up into the ‘nine square’, also called center, server, or king square. This can be done by performing different moves, which fake or overpower an opponent.
Dirty Nine Square, by all accounts, did not have an organized beginning, but rather evolved organically. This amoeba of a game was invented by campers and staff of The Woods. Nobody knows exactly how it came to be, but there are theories.
Ground zero for Dirty Nine Square is the large cement driveway in front of Vernon Hall (the dining hall). The cement was poured in big square slabs, separated by thin wooden beams. The flattest portion of the driveway is layed out in a 3x3 square. It is believed that a regular game of four square was expanded on this convenient pattern in order to allow more players, thus making a game with nine squares.
Click here for the complete Dirty Nine Square Rules, the Four Foundations, Add-Ons, Givens, etc., courtesy of MK.
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