ALIENS
A wide game for camp

You are to play the part of aliens sent from your own planet, which is doomed, to explore space. Your mission is to find another planet similar to your own for your people to colonise.

Your space ship has just landed on a planet that looks promising! In fact, you have landed on Earth, or to be more precise on a remote desert island.

Your leader puts you into groups and instructs you to explore the island. At this stage you have no idea if the island is inhabited or not. So go cautiously! You must also presume that the air is polluted so keep your air supply with you at ALL times.

Your particular group has lost its bearings and you are going round in circles. YOU ARE LOST!!

Remember what you have been told above, you must now prepare to protect yourselves and survive until you can find your way back to base. Luckily you have brought your emergency survival kit. Using these items and others at your disposal you must carry out certain tasks. These are:

1. Make a shelter
2. Design & hoist a distress flag
3. Light a fire and boil water - enough to soften spaghetti and tie 3 knots in it.
4. Explore the surrounding area and bring back samples (eg leaf prints, bark rubbings, mini beasts).
5. Devise a secret note and take compass bearings to return you to your Mother Ship.

Points will be awarded for:
1. SHELTER
2. MESSAGES
3. FLAG
4. COMPASS BEARINGS
5. KNOTS
6. AIR SUPPLY INTACT
7. SAMPLES


Return to your Shelter and pack all your equipment away, make sure that the inhabitants, if any, cannot tell you have been.

EARTH IS NOT SUITABLE, SO LET'S TRY MARS !!

Give each team the following:
AIR SUPPLY An egg in a blown up plastic bag, on per person. This must come back INTACT and must not leave the person at any time.
LONG LENGTH OF ROPE To tie the team together before they start so that they do not get lost.
BILLY CAN
SPAGHETTI
MATCHES
BOTTLE OF WATER
GROUND SHEET OR PLASTIC SHEETING
STRING
PAPER
PENCIL
CRAYONS
PLASTIC BAG OR BOX

While the teams are carrying out their tasks, the leaders try to find them to sabotage their camp with water pistols, water bombs etc.

From North West England's Guide Association RACE 1996

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