Needs a relatively large group of players. Players spread out into a large circle and can either sit or stand, but it’s important all players do the same. Each player, in turn, is given a number from 1 to 5 and then repeated around the circle. The leader then...
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Consent
How do you teach your children about consent? Many of us find it difficult talking about consent with our children or even fully really understanding it. For instance, were you brought up being told you need/have to give a relative a hug or kiss even if you did not...
Terrorist Hunt
(c) Kit Logan, 2001 This game is designed to provoke discussion and help demonstrate the problem of hunting down terrorists. The object of this game is to hunt down the terrorists with as few a number of civilian casualties as possible. To be effective you need around 20 or...
Satan’s Revenge
Submitted by Michelle Demarest, Inspiration Youth Traveling Theatre Troupe ..We talk about how this game relates to the real world after we play. This game is very addictive Useful game with a lot of potential for Christian teaching and how elements of the game relate to the real world....
String Toss
Get a spool of string or yarn. Everybody playing has to answer a question of some sort (theme) when the ball of string is in their hands. Once they have answered the question they throw the ball of string to another player, but keep hold of the thread so...
Memory Game
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...
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...
Eleusis (Card Game) (Educational)
Great way to introduce and experience inductive reasoning Game for three or more players. Many games call for deductive reasoning but Eleusis is exceptional because it gives players an opportunity to experience inductive reasoning. It stands by itself as a fun game to play, but you can also discuss...