Games - Mission Explore

Mission Explore is a great web site with loads of ideas of things to do outside.

There is also an app for the iphone which is free to download. 

So this week one group decided to take a random approach and see what the first challenge was on the app.

It turned out to be, 'Design a game that can only be played in this place'.

The group discussed some of the games they had already played in Forest School and the type of elements each game had. They wanted to design a lively active game (this seemed a good idea as it was pouring down with rain at  the time) using element of tag, team work and hiding.

This was the game - Steal the Treasure

There are two teams. One team takes an item of treasure and hides it somewhere on the site. Each player is then given a life (in our case we used soft wool tied round the arm but equally if you have them tag rugby belts could be used). The hunting team then goes off to decide their strategy while the hiding team deploy themselves to lead the other team away from he treasure.
Then the game begins. If a member of the opposing team is tagged they have to give up their life and return to the leader to collect a new one. The game finishes when the treasure is captured or time runs out.