‘Clues Name Hunt’ game for picnics or corporate events

Are you thinking about how to break the ice and keep the energy levels of the group high during the trip? Your activity options in this setting are very limited to some older games. This article presents the first in a series of three innovative moving clue-finding games, ideal for school picnics or corporate team-building events.

Situation

You have a school picnic or corporate team-building event and everyone plans to take a four-hour bus ride. Are you thinking about how to break the ice and keep the energy levels of the group high during the trip? Various types of games such as “We have played this game before” can be played in this configuration. Now if you need to design a new game, read on …

Preparation

Pre-boarding

  1. Create a list of names of some people who are on board or are known to the group
  2. Choose the duration of the clue search game. Assume 3-4 minutes per track and 10 minutes for game setup and instructions. To play the game for an hour, you would need to create 12-15 tracks
  3. Short list names for creating tracks
  4. Create and print clue cards

How to play

Game settings

Divide the group into teams of 4-5 members each. Use fun criteria to select team leaders, such as the last member of the group, the funniest costume, one who wears white socks, one who loves his family the most (Ask to prove). Use your imagination to come up with more creative and fun ideas. Ask the team leaders to name their teams.

Equipment Instructions

Each team has a clue and a maximum of three chances to solve that clue. The team will get 100, 50 or 25 points if they solve it on the 1st, 2nd or 3rd guess. If any team cannot decipher the clue, it is passed on to the next teams. If any other team solves it, they are awarded 30 points.

Start having fun

Now let’s say you have four teams and have created 16 tracks. Give the first clue to the team leader and give him three chances to identify the person’s name from the clue. They must solve the clue in three minutes. Follow this for other teams. Keep awarding the points and keep the record. When all clues are resolved, announce the winning team.

Advice

  1. Create more than one track for the same name, usually the group does not expect it.
  2. Give the list of names present on the bus to all teams and report that the track can be for anyone on that list and off the list as well just to increase the fun and interest.
  3. Mix up some simple and complex tracks to keep each team’s interest levels high.
  4. Create a sequel of games for the entire event and use poker chips or Monopoly coins for teams to rack up the points for each game. At the end of the full event, the winning team is announced and rewarded.
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