75. Paving the way through the unknown as a team and encouraging each other

Materials

• Masking tape to cover the playing field (can also be drawn in sand) - playing field should be approx. 7 x 21 squares.
• Game board with the path drawn on it
• Slips of paper with terms that have to be mimed

Educational aim

To promote team spirit by giving compliments.

To acknowledge that others know something too.

Biblical interpretation

Psalm 23:4
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Procedure

Appoint a game master

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Show the game plan to the players for 10 seconds.

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First player sets off.
Actions according to the rules.

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Game is finished when the goal is reached.

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Reflect on the game and the behavior of the participants

Rules

• After the game master has been chosen, he shows the players the game board for 10 seconds.
• The aim is to get from Alpha to Omega on the board.
• Any player starts and tries to find their way from memory.
• The directions are horizontal or vertical.
• You can run until you have run the wrong way once.
• If you enter a wrong square, you have to mime something and the group has 30 seconds to guess it.
  This is where the game is decided:
  Guess - You can continue on the field, the player must be replaced.
  Not guess ing - The player who went wrong is punished (gets a blindfold, legs tied together, only backwards, one-legged etc...). Of course, it can get to the point where you get several penalties).
• There are also special fields on the playing field:
  Encouragement field (E) - The player tells someone in the group what he appreciates about them.
  Waves field (W) - The group makes a wave for the player.
  Joker field (J) - Penalty is canceled or 1 field is revealed.

Safety note

Nothing special

Reflection questions

• Was there a decision situation where you knew exactly what would have been right but nobody listened to you?
  Why did that happen?
• Do you listen to each other in the team or are there people who are not trusted to know something?
• Do you encourage each other in the team when you're having a bad time and can't see the way because of all the problems?

Source reference

Cover picture and pictures by Dario