Great Cooperative Survival Game
Great cooperative survival game: teams complete physical and problem-solving challenges to earn resources.
How to play
- Tell the story: we are shipwrecked and need water, food, fire and shelter.
- Set up stations with challenges; each one completed earns a resource card.
- Teams must collect all four cards.
- Finale: build a shelter with the materials earned.
Rules
- The team always moves together.
- No taking cards from other teams.
Variations
Easier
Four easy challenges.
Standard
Varied challenges with a time limit.
Harder
Resources can be traded between teams by negotiating.
Adaptations
- Limited mobility: problem-solving challenges.
- Varied roles within each team.
Learning goals
- Encourage cooperation and strategy.
- Combine physical skills and problem solving.
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