Children love playing this and often beat any adults when doing so. Typically it is played using special packs of matched pairs of cards which you can buy or if you have the time you can makeup yourself, or you can play this with a normal pack of playing...
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Jonah and the Whale
Pamela Bennet:I take the Anchor Boys within my church. There are only eight of them and it is very difficult to play the ‘traditional’ big wide games that they like, one of the games that we do play is called “Jonah and the Whale”. It is a version of...
Facebook Like Farming Scams
Dorset Police Cyber Crime Unit have posted a nice piece about Facebook ‘Like Farming’, those pages which look a bit too good to be true, free holidays, free smart phones, free flights, etc. Just for liking, commenting and/or sharing the post. That’s not to say some companies don’t offer...
Hidden worship
This game was originally called “Communist Church” credited to Jason Gross, but attitudes shift and it’s not just Christianity that is persecuted. Essentially it’s a game to put across what it feels like to have to meet in secret because of your religious beliefs. Set up: Needs to be...
Chain Reaction
This game is a good model for children to understand the ‘runaway’ exponential effect of chain reactions. The principle behind nuclear reactors. Children pair up with each other as in Elbow Tag, holding hands or linked arm in arm, and scatter around the playing field/area. One child is chosen...
Night Wide Games
With any wide game always bear in mind rules for keeping safe There’s something about doing games and activities at night in the dark that makes it just that all the more exciting for children and youth. However if you are organising or taking part in any outdoor night...
Search and Rescue (Wide Game)
With any wide game always bear in mind rules for keeping safe Equipment A number of differently coloured straws (one colour for each team) + some ‘bonus’ straws coloured black and/or some that have been covered in luminous paint. Open playing field, or similar area with short grass. Optional:...
Hunt the Leader (Wide Game)
With any wide game always bear in mind rules for keeping safe Use a limited area of fields and/or woodland. Leaders can move freely around if they wish (advisable). Players have to collect signatures from each leader, but the objective is to collect as many signatures as possible in...
Elves, Wizards and Giants (Wide Game)
With any wide game always bear in mind rules for keeping safe Equipment: Life-bands or life tokens A number of tokens marked either Elf, Wizard or Giant Play: Split the group into two teams. Either create a base for each team of allow each team to find and make...
Raiders (Wide Game)
With any wide game always bear in mind rules for keeping safe Equipment: Life bands or other token (e.g. potato see Fools Gold) Play: Establish 3 bases some distance from each other and divide into 2 relatively equal teams the “Raiders” and the “Runners” (number of players in each...