Why wasn't tug of war included in Squid Game: The Challenge? The executive producers explain their reason for introducing Warships instead.

Why wasn't tug of war included in Squid Game: The Challenge? The executive producers explain their reason for introducing Warships instead.

Each of the games is an incredibly tense version of children’s playground games such as marbles and tug of war and usually result in a large portion of the contestants being killed off for losing.

Squid Game knock-offs are taking over the gaming platform, Roblox. The game genres range from battle royale, to simple minigames, to takes on the popular prison break games.

We spoke to Jin to get his reaction to the experiment. The 29-year-old from Seoul tells Huffpost: “Before the game, I thought we could connect and win the tug of war challenge.

Creators on Roblox are making indie adaptations of their favorite Netflix show, bringing the hit thriller Squid Game to an interactive medium.

Tug of War is the only official team-based showdown in Roblox Ink Game. Players are split into two teams of five players and tasked with pulling a rope.

In ancient Korea, Tug-of-War serves as a popular festival game, especially during the lunar festival. Today, Tug-of-War is still played during Korean festivals using ropes as large as tree trunks.