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007 | B | C | S | 8-50 | 5-15 mins | Team | None | In/Out, Dry | Requires memory and imagination | Details |
1-2-3 | - | C | S | 6 to 30 | 5 to 30 mins | Team | None | Anywhere | 3-2-1 without being knocked out | Details
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16 Points of a Compass | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | E | Indoors | Basic relay game teaching 16 points of the compass | Details
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A Bit of a Handful | B | C | S | 6 to 50 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | EE | Anywhere | A little thought and a lot of carrying | Details
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A-Z Fetch | B | C | S | 10 to 40 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Find the Letter | Details
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Acting out the Laws | - | - | S | 10 to 40 | 10 to 30 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | A good teaching game | Details
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Alcatraz | B | C | S | 4 to 20 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | An alternative to Sleeping Pirates | Details
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Alphabet Drama | - | - | S | 5 to 40 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | None | Anywhere | A thinking game | Details
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Anagrams | - | C | S | 6 to 30 | 10 to 30 min | Team | E | Anywhere | Decipher game | Details |
Backbreaking Skittles | B | C | S | 6 to 16 | 10 to 30 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | A good game for the upper leg muscles | Details
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Backward Trip Race | - | C | S | 6 to 30 | 10 to 20 min | Team | None | Anywhere | Relay in three's | Details |
Balloon Baseball | - | C | S | 8 to 20 | 15 to 30 | Team | E | Indoors | Baseball with a baloon | Details |
Bash the leader | - | C | S | 8 to 32 | 15 to 30 min | Team | E | Indoors | Protect the Leader | Details |
Bat the Balloon | - | C | S | 5 to 20 | 10 to 20 min | Team | E | Indoors | Pass the balloon | Details |
Baton Football | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | EE | Indoors | One-on-One using a short baton benches and a football | Details
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Battleship Kim's Game | - | C | S | 10 to 30 | 15 to 30 min | Team | EE | Indoors | Kim's game with a battleship theme | Details |
Bench Ball 2 V | - | - | S | 12 to 36 | 10 to 25 mins | Team | E | In/Out, Dry | More complex version of Benchball, but much more fun! | Details |
Bench Chair Relay | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | Relay race involving baton passing and running | Details
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BenchBall | B | C | S | 8 to 20 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | Boisterous starter played in two teams | Details
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Biscuits and Balloons | - | - | S | 6 to 28 | 10 to 15 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Unusual game with suspense rather than action | Details
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Blind man's Bacon | - | C | S | 8 to 30 | 15 to 30 min | Team | E | Indoors | Squirt opponent while blindfolded | Details |
Blind man's Knot | - | C | S | 5 to 20 | 10 to 30 min | Team | E | Indoors | Guess the knots | Details |
Blind Volley Ball | - | C | S | 8 to 12 | 10 to 30 mins | Team | EE | Anywhere | Volleyball using a tarpaulin instead of a net | Details |
Bomb Disposer | - | C | S | 6 to 36 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | Good team game | Details
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Bughouse | B | C | S | 12 to 50 | 5 to 30 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Try and not get left in the hot seat!!! | Details
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Candle Fight | - | - | S | 10 to 20 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | A defending and attacking game | Details
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Cannon | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | E | Indoors | Develops good throwing skills | Details
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Card Dash | B | C | S | 4 to 20 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | E | Indoors | Relay race involving memorising and matching cards | Details
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Card Dash II | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | EE | In/Out, Dry | Variation on card matching game needing good knowledge of map symbols | Details |
Cat and Mouse | - | C | S | 8 to 30 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | None | Indoors | A game of 'cat and mouse' in a human maze | Details
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Catch the Scarf | B | C | S | 7 to 25 | 5 to 60 mins | Team | E | Outdoors | A good ice breaker | Details |
Caterpillar Relay - Heels to Toes | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | None | Anywhere | Simple relay race useful as a time filler | Details
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Caterpillar Relay - Linked | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | None | Anywhere | Another simple relay race useful as a time filler | Details
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Chair Football | - | - | S | 8 to 20 | 10 to 30 mins | Team | E | Indoors | A slower version of football | Details
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Chalk Circle #1 | - | C | S | 9 to 40 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | E | Indoors | A variation on Chalk Rugby | Details
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Chalk Rugby | - | - | S | 4 to 30 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | EE | Indoors | An ingenious cross between basketball and tag | Details |
Circular Juggling | - | C | S | 8 to 30 | 15 to 25 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | Needs good coordination by all | Details
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Clothes Line | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | None | In/Out Dry | Good 'ice breaker' | Details
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Colour Fetch | B | C | S | 10 to 40 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Find the colour | Details
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Cornerball | B | C | S | 4 to 40 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Useful starter game played in numbered teams | Details
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Crab Football | B | C | S | 8 to 16 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Good old standby | Details
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Crocodile Pit | - | C | S | 8 to 36 | 5 to 25 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | A basic survival game | Details
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Crows Crabs Cranes | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | E | Indoors | Requires good listening skills and fast reflexes | Details
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Diagonal Relay | B | C | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | Team relay game requiring agility | Details
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Dizzy | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Relay game requiring balance and speed | Details
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Dizzy Football | - | C | S | 8 to 25 | 10 to 15 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Doesn't need football skills | Details |
Dodgeball Circle | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Quick and simple ball game - good time filler | Details
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Dodgeball Length | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | EE | Anywhere | More complicated game of 'Dodgeball' | Details
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Dog and Bone | - | C | S | 10 to 30 | 5 to 25 mins | Team | E | Indoors | Requires speed stealth and strategy | Details
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Duck and Egg | - | C | S | 15 to 50 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | EE | Anywhere | Requires good throwing and catching skills | Details
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Eddylong Ball | B | C | S | 15 to 25 | 15 to 25 mins | Team | E | Indoors | Head the ball and run | Details
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Electric Supply | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Team relay game requiring good throwing and catching skills | Details
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England Ireland Scotland Wales | - | C | S | 9 to 40 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | 4 Cornered Rugby! | Details
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Family Bus | B | C | S | 12 to 36 | 10 to 30 mins | Team | None | In/Out Dry | A game with a story | Details
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Fire | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Good game to close the evening | Details
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First Aid Improvisation | - | C | S | 8 to 25 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | EE | Anywhere | Tests first aid skills | Details
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Flying Saucers | - | C | S | 5 to 50 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | EE | Anywhere | Requires good team work | Details |
Football around the cone relay | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Team relay game requiring good ball control | Details
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Football Frisbee | - | C | S | 10 to 20 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Soccer using frisbees instead of balls | Details
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Frog Relay | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | None | Indoors | A basic 'wheelbarrow' race held as a relay | Details
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Funny Faces | B | C | S | 5 to 50 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | A Fun Drawing Game | Details
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Funny Firemen | - | - | S | 6 to 50 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | EE | Anywhere | Sounds amusing to watch | Details
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Grand Prix | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Relay game based on Grand Prix racing | Details
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Hall Volleyball | - | C | S | 10 to 14 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | EE | In/Out, Dry | Indoors or quieter outdoors version of Volleyball | Details |
Hank Rugby | - | C | S | 4 to 20 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | A slow no contact version of rugby | Details
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Hat Ball Chicken!!! | - | C | S | 10 to 30 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | EE | In/Out Dry | It helps team building!! | Details
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Holding your water | B | C | S | 4 to 50 | 10 to 30 mins | Team | E | Out Dry | Catch the bomb and get wet | Details
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Hopping Relay | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | None | Anywhere | Another good time filler requiring no equipment | Details
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Horse and Jockey | - | C | S | 8 to 36 | 10 to 25 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | Race needing speed and agility | Details
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Human Basketball | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 20 to 30 mins | Team | E | Indoors | Good for throwing and catching | Details
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Hunt the Leader | - | - | S | 9 to 50 | 60 to 60 mins | Team | EE | Outdoors | A dressing up game for Leaders!!! | Details |
Johnny on the Pony | - | C | S | 6 to 20 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | None | In/Out, Dry | Simple game with teams playing 'bucking bronco' | Details |
Jump Stick Relay | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Requires speed timing and team co-ordination | Details
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Jump the Rope | - | C | S | 10 to 25 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | A game of reaction and agility | Details
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Ladder of Legs | B | C | S | 10 to 40 | 10 to 30 mins | Team | None | In/Out Dry | Requires agility and some bravery on the part of those sitting down! | Details
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Light the Candle | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 20 to 30 mins | Team | EE | Indoors | Requires good Patrol skills and close working | Details
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Map Sign Relay | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | EE | In/Out Dry | Relay race based on map symbols | Details
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Map Symbol Call my Bluff | - | C | S | 6-30 | 5-20 mins | Team | EE | In/Out, Dry | Fun way of teaching map symbols | Details |
MortBall | - | - | S | 4 to 50 | 10 to 30 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | A numbered team game where everyone plays | Details
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Movement Quiz | - | C | S | 10 to 40 | 15 to 30 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Questions about Scouting | Details
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Mowgli’s Card Game | - | C | S | 14 to 50 | 15 to 30 mins | Team | E | Outdoors | A wide game | Details
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Murder Ball | - | - | S | 4 to 36 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | E | In/Out, Dry | The traditional rough game | Details |
Murder Ball 2 | - | - | S | 10 to 36 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | A game of defence and attack | Details
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Murderer | - | - | S | 5 to 50 | 5 to 30 mins | Team | None | Anywhere | Scouts should have Good Observation | Details
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National Grid | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | EE | In/Out Dry | Good game to test knowledge of grid co-ordinates | Details
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Navigation Join-the-dots | - | - | S | 5 to 50 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | EE | Anywhere | Dot to Dot the Scouting way | Details
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No Man's Land | - | - | S | 4 to 36 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | None | In/Out Dry | A tough teamwork game | Details
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Nose Breaker | - | C | S | 10 to 26 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | None | In/Out Dry | One on one competition - more violent than most | Details
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Not in my Patch | B | C | S | 10 to 30 | 10 to 15 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | A through it away games | Details
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Noughts and Crosses Plus! | - | C | S | 10 to 40 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | Encourages quick thinking | Details
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Numbers Relay | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | E | Indoors | Basic relay game based upon quickly finding consequetive numbers | Details
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Obstacle Relay | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | EE | Anywhere | Adventurous game which can be played at any time | Details
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Operation Codebuster | - | - | S | 10 to 30 | 45 to 60 mins | Team | EE | Outdoors | A Widegame with CBs | Details
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Over the Rope | - | C | S | 8 to 30 | 10 to 30 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | A variation on Volley Ball | Details
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Owls and Crows | B | C | S | 10 to 40 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | None | Anywhere | Good test of knowledge and reactions | Details
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Paper Plane Race | B | C | S | 10 to 40 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | A test of engineering skills | Details
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Pass The Message | B | C | S | 5 to 50 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | None | Anywhere | Spot the message as it travels | Details
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Penfold | - | C | S | 6 to 30 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | A very simplegame! | Details
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Piggyback Relay | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | None | Indoors | Basic piggy back relay game | Details
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Pirates | - | C | S | 10 to 30 | 20 to 30 mins | Team | EEE | Anywhere | A game of 'tag off ground' using various equipment | Details
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Planting Seeds | B | C | S | 6 to 36 | 10 to 30 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | A slow way of feeding Cubs | Details
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Press Up Relay | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | None | Anywhere | Simple game - great for an inter patrol time filler | Details
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Prisons | - | C | S | 18 to 36 | 15 to 30 mins | Team | E | Indoors | A simple ball game! | Details
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Progressive Push | - | - | S | 8 to 30 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | E | Indoors | The strongest should win! | Details
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Promise and Law Relay | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | EE | In/Out Dry | Relay race based on the Scout Promise and Law | Details
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Pull the Elephant | - | C | S | 4 to 20 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | E | Indoors | Race based on ropework | Details
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Quadrants | - | C | S | 8 to 20 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | EE | Indoors | Fast and furious ball game | Details
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Raiders | - | - | S | 6 to 30 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | None | In/Out Dry | Hit and run version of team tag | Details
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Ready for Camp | - | - | S | 6 to 50 | 15 to 30 mins | Team | EE | Anywhere | A good teaching game | Details
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Remote Knotting | - | - | S | 10 to 40 | 10 to 30 mins | Team | EE | Anywhere | A test of knot tying | Details
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Reverse Jigsaw Relay | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | EE | Indoors | Reconstructing a reverse image of the Scout Promise | Details
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Road Sign Relay | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | EE | In/Out Dry | Relay race based on knowledge of road signs | Details
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Sharks | B | C | S | 8 to 50 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | A games of co-operation | Details
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Shatter the Patrol Leader | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | None | Indoors | Relay game in which the PL does ALL the running! | Details
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Shinty | B | C | S | 4 to 30 | 10 to 30 mins | Team | E | Indoors | Different version of the popular 'ice hockey' game | Details
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Skipper Lee's Bean Bag Game | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | E | Indoors | Requires accurate throwing | Details
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Skittle | - | C | S | 8 to 50 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | A quick game | Details
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Skittle Football | - | - | S | 10 to 20 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Football without goals | Details
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Skittle Relay | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | E | Indoors | Simple relay running game needing a minimum of equipment | Details
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Slam Dunk | - | - | S | 10 to 20 | 10 to 15 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | A mad run-about game | Details
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Smarties | - | - | S | 10 to 40 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | A good party game | Details
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Smugglers | - | - | S | 10 to 20 | 10 to 30 mins | Team | E | Out Night | Good as a brief game or as a wide game | Details |
Snake Race | - | - | S | 8 to 36 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | A test of sheer lashings | Details
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Snowballs | B | C | S | 10 to 36 | 20 to 30 mins | Team | EE | Anywhere | A lot of harmless fun | Details
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Spiders Web | - | - | S | 10 to 40 | 10 to 30 mins | Team | EE | Anywhere | Tiggy with a tethered it | Details
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Spokes | - | C | S | 17 to 50 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | None | In/Out Dry | A good running around game requiring no equipment | Details
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Sponge Volleyball | B | C | S | 2 to 12 | 15 to 60 mins | Team | EE | Out Dry | A great way to get wet | Details
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Spoons | - | - | S | 6 to 50 | 5 to 60 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | A games of Speed and Tactics | Details
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Stagger Relay | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Makes players dizzy running in tight circles - great fun! | Details
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Stalking | - | C | S | 8 to 50 | 30 to 60 mins | Team | EE | Outdoors | A wide game with spies | Details
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Stave Hockey | - | C | S | 10 to 26 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | One-on-One using a scout stave and a football | Details
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Stepping Stones | B | C | S | 6 to 24 | 20 to 35 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | A games of co-operation | Details
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Swedish Cat & Mouse | B | C | S | 10 to 40 | 5 to 30 mins | Team | None | Anywhere | A game that could never end | Details
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Swingrope | - | - | S | 10 to 40 | 10 to 30 mins | Team | EE | Indoors | Dodgeball with a tethered ball | Details
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Table Cricket | - | C | S | 10 to 60 | 10 to 50 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | A quiet game of cricket | Details
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Tails team version | - | - | S | 6 to 50 | 10 to 30 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Modified team game of 'tag' | Details
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Target | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 20 to 30 mins | Team | EE | Anywhere | Requires good balance and some bravery | Details
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The "Who Are You" Game | B | C | S | 15-25 | 15-25 min | Team | None | Anywhere | A good ice breaker at the start of a meeting | Details |
The Bomb Mission | - | - | S | 12 to 36 | 30 to 60 mins | Team | EE | Outdoors | An explosive wide game | Details
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The Duster Game | B | C | S | 20 to 30 | 15 to 20 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | Requires quick wits and planning | Details
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The Minute Game | B | C | S | 1 to 100 | 5 to 05 mins | Team | E | In/Out, Dry | A calming down game | Details |
The News Quiz | - | C | S | 6-18 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | E | In/Out, Dry | Quiz based up the contents of a recent newspaper | Details |
The Old Willow Tree | B | C | S | 5 to 50 | 5 to 30 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | Requires good team work and strategy | Details
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The Pea Game | B | C | S | 10 to 30 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | EE | Indoors | Teaches basic food gathering! | Details
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The Stick Game | - | C | S | 10 to 40 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Requires speed and strategy to win a point for your team | Details
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Three Chair Relay | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | Relay race involving moving from chair to chair | Details
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Tic-Tac-Toe-in-a-Row | - | C | S | 10 to 50 | 15 to 30 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | A paper game using Scouts! | Details
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Tight Squeeze | - | C | S | 10 to 40 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Helps develop good spacial awareness | Details
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Timber Hitch Tug | - | - | S | 2 to 20 | 5 to 60 mins | Team | EE | Anywhere | Tug of war which tests hitch tying skills | Details |
Tin Soldiers | B | C | S | 5 to 50 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Communications can be entertaining | Details
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Towers | - | C | S | 12 to 36 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | A running and stacking game | Details
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Trading Post | - | C | S | 5 to 50 | 60 to 60 mins | Team | EEE | In/Out Dry | Good Test of Scouting Skills | Details
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Triple Cone Game | - | - | S | 5 to 25 | 5 to 30 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | A battle of the strongest! | Details
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Trust | - | - | S | 15 to 30 | 10 to 30 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | One way to build trust | Details
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Tug-O-War | B | C | S | 10 to 50 | 15 to 30 mins | Team | E | In/Out Dry | Traditional game of Tug O' War | Details
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Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum | B | C | S | 6 to 20 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | None | In/Out Dry | Requires players not to laugh in strange circumstances | Details
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Ultimate Frisbee | - | C | S | 4 to 30 | 15 to 45 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Requires good throwing and catching skills | Details
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Vampires | - | C | S | 10 to 30 | 20 to 60 mins | Team | EE | Out Night | The Ultimate Wide Game | Details
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Vikings | B | C | S | 10 to 50 | 10 to 20 mins | Team | None | In/Out Dry | A fun game for all | Details
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Walk the Plank | - | C | S | 10 to 24 | 5 to 30 mins | Team | EE | Anywhere | Race using planks as 'team skis' | Details
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Water Ferrying Wide Game | - | C | S | 12 to 32 | 20 to 40 mins | Team | EE | Outdoors | Tests the hearing skills of the teams | Details
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Wheel Barrow Relay | - | - | S | 10 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | None | In/Out Dry | Traditional wheelbarrow race run as a relay | Details
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Word Search Relay | - | C | S | 10 to 30 | 5 to 15 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | A search for words | Details
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Wrap the Kea | B | C | S | 5 to 40 | 5 to 20 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Fun game requiring a 'volunteer' to be wrapped in toiler paper | Details
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Zig Zag Relay | - | C | S | 16 to 50 | 5 to 10 mins | Team | E | Anywhere | Develops good ball skills | Details
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