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Set-up/Boundaries
Using two ropes, or red surveyor's tape, divide the field into 4 sections. Each section has one prison area, which is marked off with either duct tape or surveyor's tape. Each section also has a "gold depot" which is marked using hula-hoops, or tape. Each team has their own color, which is a flag strip tucked into the front of each player's pants. Every team gets an equal amount of "gold" to start the game, which is white socks, gold socks, and 1 gray work sock.

Start of Game - When whistle blows, teams begin the attack. Another team can only catch you if you are in their section; likewise, you can only catch others in your own section (if you are "green" and you run into the "red" section, then you run across to the "yellow section, red can no longer capture you, but yellow now can). When you capture another team member, take their flag and report to the middle of the field to the scorekeeper, then return flag to the person in your prison.

In addition to capturing opposing team players, you are also trying to get their "gold", without getting caught. You can only take 1 gold piece at a time, and if you are caught inside an opposition section, you must return gold to that team (no throwing gold into your own section).

What Happens When Caught - Having your flag removed by another team player inside their section gets you caught. When this happens, you report to their prison area and can only get out of prison if a teammate tags you out, without getting caught themselves. If your teammate gets caught trying to free you, they must join you in the jail area. Once you successfully get tagged out, you and your teammate get a free passage back to your section. NOTE (the game coordinator may call "jailbreak" and free everyone in jail in all the sections at any given time, usually when there is a lop-sided number of players in prison).

How the Game is Won - The game is won by accumulating points for every prisoner your teammates catch, and for each piece of "gold" left at the end of the game. You can run out of gold during the course of the game, but still get points by capturing prisoners and trying to grab other gold from enemy sections. The team with the most accumulated total points at the end is the winner.

Score Keeping
White Socks- 3000 points each
Gold Socks- 5000 points each
Gray Socks- 10,000 points each
Prisoners- 1000 each player

Supplies Needed
Large, open field
2 Ropes (100+ feet each is ideal)
4 different colored flags, one for each section
White, yellow, gray socks
Bean bag fill for each sock
Scorers pad and pen
Duct tape and/or hula-hoops
Red surveyors or caution tape
Added by Shawn McKnight, Mississauga

Number of players: 10-30 kids
Playing Site: Large open area
Items needed: A large scarf or handkerchief
Time: 15-45 minutes
Object of the game: The first person in the line tries to catch the last person in line.

All the players line up and put their hands on the waist of the person in front of them. The last person in line tucks one end of the scarf in his back pocket, belt, or waistband. The first person in lines tries to grab the scarf. When the "head" gets the "tail", he dons the scarf and becomes the new tail. The person second in line becomes the head.

Variation: Form two or more teams, each being a "dragon" trying to catch the others tail.

Boundaries - An entire campground setting is best used in this game, as the more space used the better for the overall atmosphere to the game. 5 Stations are set-up in spread out locations around the entire campground and signs are placed in the area to identify what the station is (i.e. Bomb shelter, famine relief, hospital, etc...).

Game Starts - Game begins when the "variables" are sent out into the field to await the survivors. Each person is given a card with 5 stations on it. Each player must find and go to each of the 5 stations and get the station attendant to stamp the player card. Once at the station, the survivors are safe from the variables, but can only remain at the station for 2 minutes max. The object is to safely reach the stations without getting caught by a variable person 3 times.

Variables - A variable is a group of pre-selected campers or counselors who represent life-threatening disasters (i.e. tornadoes, fire, pollution, nuclear war, etc...), by wearing a hat which has the disaster taped to it. Each "variable/disaster" is given a marker and if they catch a "survivor", put an X on the back of their card. Once a "survivor" gets 3 X's on their card, they are out of the game. Variables are untouchable; until a survivor has reached all 5 station and show the scorekeeper their completed, stamped card. Now they can catch the variable and eliminate them from the game by tagging them out.

Notes - It's a good idea to incorporate food and drinks into the game, as it will increase the "rewards" value. You can also try to hide the stations a little, without making it too hard to find.

Game Ends - If you get caught 3 times by a variable/disaster, then you are out of the game. If someone catches a variable after they have completed all 5 stations, then the variable is out (when a player completes all 5 stations, they will be given a special mark or hat to identify them).

Supplies
10-12 hats
signs for each hat (disasters, natural/man-made)
pre-made card for each player with 5 stations on it
special marker for variables
stamps for stations
station signs
food items and drink (juice boxes, joe louis, timbits)
other station items
wide open field or campground
Added by Shawn McKnight, Mississauga

Watermelon Helmet Contest:
That's right, have each team carve a helmet (or helmets) out of watermelons.  You can go for the gladiator look or more of the Darth Vador look.  Team members must wear helmets throughout the event.

Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest:
(Need I explain?)

Cantelope Bowling:
Create an ally in the parking lot and set up 2 liter bottles at the end.  Leave the 2 liters full and give a bonus if you bust the 2 liters open.

Melon Armor:
Give each team a ball of string, a roll of duct tape, a knife, and about 5 of each melon.  Have each team dress one of their team members in FULL MELON ARMOR.  That's right- dress up this person in as much armor, made of melons, as humanly possible.  (You might want to make the team member a guy!)

Watermelon Toss:
You guessed it- get your two strongest guys to do the age old egg toss (line up facing each other, toss to team mate, back up a step, toss back, and so on . . .) but with a much heavier item!  CAN'T hit the ground.  Last pair still tossing wins!

Seedless Watermelon Eating Contest:
Bring 2 representatives from each team up front-- an eater and a cutter.  At "Go" the cutter starts cutting watermelon for the eater to eat.  Eater scarfs down as many watermelons down in a given period of time.

Ultimate Cantaloupe:
This is just like Ultimate Frisbee . . . but with a cantaloupe!  Divide into two teams, each trying to get to the opposite end zone. Instead of a kick-off, just have one team start on their side of the field. When a player catches the cantaloupe, they can take only 3 steps then they must throw/toss it. Team work their way down the field, passing to each other until a team scores. If the team hits the ground it's the other teams ball (frisbee actually). An added twist: if one team busts the cantaloupe, the other team automatically scores (have extra cantaloupes available) No knocking the melon down, like in ultimate frisbee- in Ultimate Cantaloupe, it always goes to the opposite team of the last person to touch it before it hits the ground. Defensive players must give any person already holding a cantaloupe at least 3 feet clearance.

Bobbing for Melons:
This game requires a pool or some other large body of water.  You can play this many ways- one way is to fill a pool with all kinds of melons, even a few vegetables of choice (cucumbers, squash, etc.)  Then give a team a certain amount of time to retrieve the melons, vegetables, etc.

Increase the degree of difficulty by doing this at night with no lights, or putting Vasoline all over the watermelon.

Steal the Melon:
That's right.  Plain ol' "Steal the Bacon" with greased watermelon in the center.  (Line up two teams facing each other, number them off, call a number and that person has to grab the watermelon and get it back to their side).

all the bases are backwards. Run to 3rd first, 2nd second, and 1st third . . . if you follow me
All players on a team get one time up and they get one pitch from their own pitcher
Endless # of outs, just keep going until all players have been up once.
No foul balls, everything is fair
no limit to how many people on bases, no force outs
get someone out by touching ANY base at any time. Any runners between any bases are out
if a ball is caught the runner is out
if a runner is tagged they are out

• Make sure girls wear swim suits- they will get wet. Use discretion.
• Ask students to bring their own water guns (ANYTHING GOES on the squirt guns!)

You can have a TUBEMANIA night and play all the following games!

Tubal Injury (steal the bacon with innertubes): - This is a physically exhausting game that can be lots of fun, but might be best if played against boys and boys and girls against girls.

Mark a large square in the field and place a stack of seven to ten inner tubes in the center of the square. Divide the group into four equal teams, each one lining up on their side of the square. Number the players on each team from one to however many players are on each team.

The object of the game is to get as many inner tubes as possible across your team's line. Call out several numbers. The players with those numbers run to the center and start dragging the inner tubes to their lines. There may be several players tugging on the same tube. Each tube successfully pulled across a team's line is a score (one point) for that team.

Once the kids get the hang of it, add a soccer ball to the game. Each team gets a point deducted from their score if the ball is kicked over their line. Team members along the team line act as goalies. Once the ball touches the ground in their territory the point is scored against them.

To further complicate the game, add a cage ball, or earth ball (four to eight feet in diameter). The team that gets this ball across their own line gets three additional points.

Criss, cross, crash - Good name for this game. Be very careful- if you don't use good safety precautions this could result in injuries. Divide your crowd into two teams, each team in two groups for a relay. Line the teams up in four corners of the playing field, each team diagonal with it's partner team. Give each group 2 or 3 tubes (depending on size). The first team members must step into the tubes, pick them up (so they look like a Michelin Man) and run diagonal to their partner team. Of course their partner team and two apposing teams are running through the same intersection so look out! First team to switch all players across the diagonal one at a time is the winner.

Jump Through - This is a simple relay where you give each team one tube and they race to see who can get their entire team through their tube first.

Michelin Man Bumper Tube - This is basically Sumo Wrestling for poor people. Two players battle each other, each holding a tube like a belt or belly. Draw or rope off a small circle that they try to bump each other out of.

Tubal Tug - Get 5 innertubes (small to medium sized ones work best). One of them serves as the middle ring. Tie 4 ropes (ropes should be 8 to 10 feet in length) to this middle tube (you have to have your tubes tied for this game!!!) Tie the other ends of the ropes to the other 4 tubes - one rope to each tube. Next you will need 4 cones and 4 tennis balls. Lay out the inner tube contraption, putting the center ring at the center (duh...) and the other 4 stretched out to the noon, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock positions. Then place the cones with the tennis balls on top about 10 feet out from the inner tubes. Kids then get in the inner tubes and on "Go" they attempt to become the 1st person to get the tennis ball off their respective cones (thus a four way tug-o-war). Since they are essentially pulling against 3 other people, from different directions, it's not always the biggest/strongest that wins. Caution: don't do this game on cement/asphalt because someone always slips or falls down and then gets drug across the ground by the other players. Enjoy!