The Potato Game
| The Potato Game | |
|---|---|
| Designer: | Pippa Johnson |
| Year: | unknown |
| Players: | 4+ |
| Stuff required: | Something not entirely dissimilar to a bag of potatoes |
| Crew required: | nil/one. |
| Preparation: | Ten minutes. |
| Time required: | Variable. |
| Place required: | Outdoors space. |
| Activities: | Running, teamwork. |
 | |
 | |
A tactical team game with running and potatoes. Potatoes and running optional.
You will need
- at the very least 6 people, but more is probably better
- some potatoes - from 4 per person up to a maximum of about 50 should be right
- an interesting area larger than about 30m by 30m.
Before the game someone will need to identify a Potato Base somewhere in the designated area for each team.
Setup
Divide yourselves up into teams of at least 3.
Show each team where all the Potato Bases are are and put some potatoes there.
Send the teams on their way.
Play lasts as long as you want it to.
Gameplay
Teams may travel together or as individuals and may go anywhere.
The aim of the game is to collect as many potatoes as possible.
You can move your stash of tubers at any time and hide them elsewhere (ie choose a new Potato Base), but you can have no more than two/three Potato Bases at any one time.
Potatoes may only be transported by groups of two or more, and a group may only carry one less potato than the number of people involved. ie, 3 people can carry 2, 2 people can carry 1, but 1 person can't carry any - they can scout around for other Potato Bases, however.
This could be a contact sport but that's up to you... I think maybe best not, but we shall see.
