A friend of mine from the east coast considers this Bay to be full of Peter Pan types.
She’s halvsies right. I think a lot of us like our whiskey rights, too.
Following these lines, I propose a semi-organized game of Capture the Flag in honor of our generation’s disposition, and my entering (gasp!) into my mid-twenties.
There will be teams, flags, borders, prisons—and capri-sun. Feel...
[read more] A friend of mine from the east coast considers this Bay to be full of Peter Pan types.
She’s halvsies right. I think a lot of us like our whiskey rights, too.
Following these lines, I propose a semi-organized game of Capture the Flag in honor of our generation’s disposition, and my entering (gasp!) into my mid-twenties.
There will be teams, flags, borders, prisons—and capri-sun. Feel free to bring friends and libations.
Oh, and trash talk. Both school-yard and the geo-political variety are highly encouraged.
BANGERAAAAANNNGGG!!
OK, capri-sun, animal crackers and chewy bars have been purchased. Now for the RULES, from the 1947 Scoutmaster's Handbook, pp 447-8::
http://usscouts.org/games/game_cf.asp
Space - Large
Type - Strenuous
Teams - Half Troop
Formation - Informal
Equipment - Two Signal Flags
Each team has its own territory in which its Scouts are free to move as they please, but on which opponents enter at their peril. The territories are separated by a boundary line such as a brook or a trail, etc. Any Scout crossing this line may be captured by the enemy.
The teams assemble close together at a starting point near the center of the line, each team in its own territory. On a signal the teams proceed to set their flags at any point within 200 steps of the starting point The flags must be visible, although it is permissible to place them as inconspicuously as possible.
After three minutes another signal is given for start of game. The object now is to enter the enemy's territory, capture the flag, and carry it across the line into home territory without being caught. Scouts may be posted to guard the flag, but not get nearer than 50 feet to it, unless an enemy Scout goes within the 50-foot circle. They may then follow him.
Any Scout found in the enemy's territory may be captured by grasping him long enough for the captor to say "Caught!" three times. When a Scout is captured he must go with captor to the "guard house" - a tree or rock from the boundary line.
A prisoner may be released by a friend touching him, provided the prisoner at that time is touching the guard house with a hand or a foot, whereupon both return to their own territory. If the rescuer is caught by the guards before he touches the prisoner, he, too, must go to the guard house. A rescuer can rescue only one prisoner at a time.
If the flag is successfully captured, it must be carried across the line into home territory. If the raider is caught before he reaches home, the flag is set up again at the point where it was rescued and the game as before. If neither side captures the enemy's flag within the time agreed up on (say, 1/2 hour) the game is won by the team with the most prisoners.
Get Out of Jail Free
All team members caught in the jail can be set free when a single teammate touches the jail. BUT, they do not have free passage back to their territory.
Jail Break
If the game begins to stall, allow the judges to yell "Jail Break." At this moment all players in both jails are free to escape.
We will need a judge to call out, and this judge will have special capri sun/ regulating privileges, and perhaps a water gun, for peacekeeping.
