Sent in by B Griffin A variation on the game NEWS or Ship, additional commands with a nautical theme. In NEWS the basic game is to tell players the four walls of a hall as being North, South, East and West respective to their compass points (or as close...
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Barrel and Stick
“I was using your site looking for games for youth group and I remembered a game we used to play in scouts. It is probably somewhere on your site but I couldn’t find it in my quick browse. It is called “Barrel and Stick”. It is a reasonably violent...
Balloon Game
Equipment: A number of balloons already inflated, with lengths of string attached. Tie a balloon on a string (at least two feet long) to each person’s ankle. The objective of the game is to be the last person with an un-popped balloon around one’s ankle. It is a fun...
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...
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...
Spoons (Card Game)
Sent in by Debbie Reed, Elkhorn Valley Adventures, Bergholz, OH, U.S.A You will need: enough spoons for every person in your group but one, and 1 deck of cards (or 2, depending on the size of your group) Set up: Sit the group at some kind of table or...
All-in-Dodge Ball
aka “Ball Tag” As Dodge Ball. Play using a largish ball (volleyball or English football (soccer) sized ball works well). One or two players start as the ‘taggers’ and using the ball they have to tag the other players by hitting them below the knee with the ball. Players once...
ib-dib
Came across this game at a children’s party the other day and picked a suitable name at random for it. It’s sort of a cross between the game NEWS and the game Runaround (used in the old children’s TV gameshow Runaround of the same name). You can either decide...
Crocker
Equipment: 2 base posts 1 large ball 1 rounders bat (baseball bats can be used, but rounders bats are better) Play: Place the base posts about 4m apart from each other. Best thought of as a simplified version of cricket. Divide players into 2 teams or alternatively have everybody...