The Big Question?

What is a Game?

The Elements of a Game

•      Competition

–   Against another team

–   Against a standard

•      Skill versus Luck or Chance

•      Has a Beginning, Middle and End

•      Can be understood/learned (and quickly for our purposes)

•      Can be won

–   Challenging is good

–   Impossible is useless

•      For Camporee, a game has a point

–  Test a skill

–  Test knowledge

–  Should be reasonable common knowledge of average participants

–  Test teamwork

–  Test leadership and follower-ship

Sources of Game Ideas

•      Books

–   Boy Scout Handbooks - Not just the current version

–   Baden Powell Books

–   Daniel Beard Books

–   Other Programs

–   Internet

–   School

–   TV

–   Mountain Man Events

–   Other Ideas?

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