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- Teams: 2 Teams
- Time: 20 - 30 mins
- Cost: $0 - 5
- Mess: Cool Off & Clean Up
- Location: Outside
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Submitted by: Shorty on 07-Nov-2007
Game categories: Action games, Team building games, Wide games
Materials: ice cream buckets
I used to play this game at Wirraway (Christian Camp in Strath). If you get into it, it's a really good way to burn off a lot of energy. It's also good for those who don't like running because there are different ways to play the game.
1. Set up a wide field with 2 halves. We usually divided the field using a long hose.
2. Scatter lots and lots of empty ice cream containers all around the playing field, making sure it's relatively even on both sides to begin with. (You don't need to use ice cream containers, just use something light, unbreakable, cost efficent and something that you can get a lot of - the more the better!)
3. Divide the group into 2 teams. Each team needs to start on their designated side.
4. The basic aim of the game is get as many buckets (or objects) onto your side as possible.
5. While a player is on their team's side - they are safe. As soon as they cross the line (ie have no feet in their own half) then they can be tagged. Once they are tagged, they must stay where they are, squat down and wait to be rescued.
6. To rescue a team mate, all you have to do is tag them, then they are free to run back to their side. However, even while they are escaping they can be caught again.
7. To get a bucket, just run to the other side, pick up 1 bucket (and only 1) and bring it back to your half.
8. If you get tagged while capturing a bucket, you must drop it where you are.
9. You may NOT move the buckets that are on your side.
10. So there are 2 ways to play the game, you can run like crazy and rescue as many players as possible and get buckets.
OR
You can use stealth and sneakily cross over the other half and pretend to be on the other team (easier to do with large groups... or when you're not 6 foot 8 tall). What you do when you've falsely convinced others you're on their team is completely up to you! Be Creative! However if they ask you straight out, you can't lie, and if they touch you, you are caught.
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3 people have commented on Countries
Emma
August 17, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Awesome game. Our kids play for about 25 minutes before 1 team won.
Gerhard Louw
August 28, 2009 at 1:15 am
This is a great game, I have a group of middle schoolers who claim, that youth group meetings arent fun, but i bet this will change their minds!! Thanks!
NOrvelie
October 6, 2009 at 2:43 pm
yer this is a good game but if you want to play it outside in the dark just use those glow sticks instead of icecream buckets so that they can see them and get each player to wear a glow stick of the same colour for one team and another colour for the other team so that they know what teams that they are in and can also see the other players.