To quote Motorhead's Jim Johnston, it really is all about the game and how you play it. And in Season 2 of The Squid Game , Front Man (Lee Byung-hun) and all his kindergarten-faced friends throw some brand new nightmares into the mix in an effort to thin the herd. Sure, there are the old classics like "Red Light, Green Light," but what fans wanted for the second season were more morbidly twisted games, and we got a whole new one that could be a win or a loss, depending on who you're messing with.

For a new game called Mingle, players are brought into a circular room with a platform in the center. They all have to stand together on that central platform, which will then start spinning. As the platform rotates, a number is called through the loudspeaker. Players must then assemble into groups that match that number. In other words, if the number "five" is called, the players should form groups of five. They must then quickly run into one of the series of rooms and close the door, thus allowing them to exit the game safely while the remaining players endure a countdown from hell.

One person above or below the required number results in elimination - aka, death. At one point the number "four" is called, but only a group of three players enter one of those rooms. Unfortunately, those three players are quickly killed for disobeying the rules. About our former MVP, Seong Gi-hoon (Lee Jung-jae, as one of the the only four returning cast members from the first season), it's a dangerous new addition that throws our hero off guard, potentially hindering his efforts to get the remaining players to safety. More importantly, though, it's another test of team dynamics that shows who aligns with whom.

Believe it or not, Mingle is a real game that is often played as a team building exercise, usually at family gatherings or corporate retreats. Needless to say, the real-world version of the game does not result in sudden death for losing players.

Just as partnerships were built and broken with some of the best characters from season 1 of squid games, Season 2 provides another way for characters to match or destroy other players in the games by way of minor interference. While not as intense as tug of war or glass stepping stones, there is still that dangerous dynamic of choosing the right group to join to ensure potential debts are paid in the next round. How long those alliances last is up for debate, though, as each game also creates a test that pushes people together to become the worst versions of themselves thanks to the circumstances they choose to put themselves in.

The difference this time, of course, is that Gi-hoon at least has a bit of an inside track on what demands will be made in each challenge, and that turning on each other is exactly what the frontman and the masked guests gambling with lives want to see them. Hopefully, Gi-hoon's words of wisdom will be enough to turn the tide and, unlike last time, more than one player will come out on top and not end up in a furnace at the end of the game. Then again, it's all fun and games, right?

Season 2 of The Squid Game is now streaming on Netflix.