Leader Hunt
A daytime search for leaders hidden around the campsite, each worth a different number of points. No sneaking, just hunting.
- Players
- 10–100
- Ages
- 6–16
- Time
- 40 min
- Prep
- Some
- Equipment
- 2 items
What to bring
- Stamps (or pens, to mark a leader as found)
- Paper (1 per team, score sheets)
How to play
Leaders hide around the campsite before the game starts, and each one is worth points. Put the easy ones close in and the hard ones further out, then set the points to match. Five for the leader sitting on the veranda, fifty for the one up a tree at the back fence.
Divide the group into teams, or let them hunt on their own. Give them the boundaries and a finish time. When a team finds a leader, that leader stamps their hand or signs their sheet and then stays exactly where they are, so every team can find every leader.
Highest points total when time is up wins. If two teams tie, the one back at base first wins.
This is the daytime version. It runs in full sun, needs no torches and has nothing to trip over. For the night version, where leaders patrol with torches and being spotted sends you back to the start, play Man Hunt.
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