Games that work with fifty or more

A quick reflex game played in pairs. On '4', try to trap your partner's finger on your palm while pulling your own away.

Like Whispers but acted out. A scenario is performed and passed along a chain of volunteers, getting more distorted each time.

The group creates a physical action for each word of the verse, then says it aloud while performing the actions until it's memorised.

An Amazing Race-style game where teams follow clues to find hidden pieces of a Bible verse scattered around the venue.

Participants fill an appointment card by booking time slots with others, then visit each appointment throughout the night to answer questions.

A clapping game where every second word of the verse is replaced with a clap, gradually helping younger groups memorise it without realising.

Everyone ties two balloons to their ankles and tries to pop others' balloons while protecting their own. Walking only, no contact.

The memory verse is printed, cut into jigsaw pieces, and the group reassembles it. Can be made more challenging with cardboard backing.

A relay race where participants run one at a time to collect pieces of a cut-up Bible verse, then reassemble it as a team.

The memory verse is turned into a song, either with an original melody or by fitting the words to a well-known pop song.

Teams must collectively place exactly the right number and type of body parts on the ground before time is called, no more and no less.

Two teams try to steal the opposing team's flag and return it to base without being tipped.

Two boxes, one carrot. One player knows where it is, the other has to read their bluff and decide whether to swap.

A cat chases a mouse around a row of alternating-direction chairs. To switch sides, the cat must tag a seated player who becomes the new cat.

Pairs throw a raw egg back and forth, stepping further apart after every catch, until one unbroken egg is left.

The leader reads out a name and the group decides whether it is a cheese or a font. Hands on head for cheese, hands on hips for font.

One person walks down an alley of peers acting as good and bad conscience, advising on a tough decision.

The leader reads out a name and the group decides whether it belongs to a professional cyclist or a Pokémon. Hands on head for cyclist, hands on hips for Pokémon.

Teams throw darts at balloons to collect hidden memory verse puzzle pieces, then race to reassemble the verse.

The caller performs actions saying 'do this' and everyone copies. On 'do that', everyone must freeze. Move on 'do that' and you're out.

A Bible passage is read aloud with full dramatic expression, using voices, pace and emotion to bring the text to life.

A growing chain of players walks the inside of the circle until the tray drops, then everyone races for a seat.

A large-scale rock-paper-scissors game where teams pick a character and the winning team chases the other back to their wall.

The memory verse is displayed and read aloud, then words are gradually erased until the group is recalling it entirely from memory.

A musical-chairs-style game where the person in the centre calls out a true statement about themselves and everyone it applies to must swap seats.

Participants mingle to find people who match facts on their sheet, collecting signatures until someone fills every box.

A whole team stands on one bed sheet and has to turn it over without anyone stepping off.

A team tipping game where you can only tip someone who left the wall before you. The longer you're off the wall, the less fresh you are.

A giant egg and spoon race, run with a frisbee balanced on the end of a pool noodle.

Everyone moves around the space until the leader calls a number. Players must instantly form groups of exactly that size or they're out.

A collection of classic games played at night with glow stick-covered equipment and players. Chaotic, colourful fun.

Two seconds of a song is all the group gets. First team to shout the title takes the point, and the clip grows if nobody can pick it.

Baby photos of the leaders go up one at a time and the whole group points at whoever they think it is before the answer is revealed.

The leader raises their hand silently. Group members copy, and the signal spreads until everyone is quiet and attentive.

A true or false elimination game. Hands on head for true, hands on bottom for false.

A relay where every runner carries sugar, lemon and water in their mouth, does ten star jumps to mix it, and spits the result into the team jug.

A life-size version of foosball where players stand in lines and can only move sideways to kick the ball into the opposing goal.

Everyone grabs hands across a circle to form a giant knot, then the group must untangle without letting go.

A giant game of tip played on court lines. Players must stay on the lines, and tipped players become immovable roadblocks.

A riddle game where players try to figure out the secret rule for what can be taken on the train. Items must contain a double vowel.

A riddle game where players must figure out the rule. Items brought to the island must start with the first letter of your name.

A clever attention-getter that becomes a game. Get the whole group clapping in unison as fast as possible.

A quick-reaction call-and-response game where teams must stand and reply in unison when accused of stealing the king's hat.

Pairs must quickly form the correct pose when the leader calls out 'Knights', 'Horses' or 'Cavaliers'. Slowest or wrong pair is out.

A daytime search for leaders hidden around the campsite, each worth a different number of points. No sneaking, just hunting.

A storytelling game where the leader spins a long, elaborate tale about the unfortunate Little Bobby, always ending in a terrible punchline.

A night game where participants search for hidden leaders while avoiding being spotted by torch-carrying leaders.

A relay game where participants collect balloons one at a time, each containing a piece of a memory verse that the team must assemble.

A wide game where teams race through a series of small leader-run activities, collecting clues along the way to complete the overall challenge.

Volunteers take on a series of daft sixty-second challenges built from everyday objects while the rest of the group counts down.

The leader performs silent actions and the group mirrors them exactly, creating instant quiet focus without a word being said.

A participant takes on a character and delivers a solo speech based on a situation that character has experienced.

A running camp game where calling someone's name with moose antlers on your head triggers a chain of reactions.

An elaborate evening game where teams interrogate leader-characters to solve a mystery acted out at the start of the night.

A simple circle game where everyone says their name in turn, then races to see how fast the whole group can get through it.

A classic oval game where tipped players sit and become tentacle-waving octopuses trying to tip runners going past.

Teams talk a blindfolded team-mate across an oval strewn with plates of paint, and every mine they tread on costs the whole team ten seconds.

Four teams, four colours of diluted paint and a paper life taped to every chest. Cover everyone else and protect your own.

Two teams throw scrunched newspaper across a dividing line. The team with the least paper on their side when time is called wins.

An ongoing camp game where you hand an object to someone saying 'random handoff!' and they must hold it until they can pass it on.

A clapping pattern game where the leader claps a rhythm and everyone must repeat it, with the patterns growing longer each round.

Everyone takes on a character within a given situation and discusses a topic from that character's perspective with a partner.

Like Role Playing, but participants walk around finding new partners each time to discuss the topic in character.

Teams race to find as many items as possible from a pre-planned list, scoring points for each. Most points wins.

A knockout scissors paper rock tournament where everyone you beat becomes part of your cheer squad.

Teach the group a simple sign, tapping fingers on the cheek, that means 'freeze and face the leader' whenever they see it.

Without speaking, teams race to line themselves up in order of height, birthday or alphabetical first name.

Everyone lies perfectly still like sleeping lions. Any movement gets you out, and the last person to stay still wins.

A mid-week challenge for older groups: everyone sends the memory verse to the group chat at a set random time, and closest to the mark wins.

An improv game where actors are added one at a time, each creating a new scenario based on the frozen pose of the previous actor.

Teams of four form human spaceships, three players holding hands around a captain, and try to tip other captains without breaking formation.

The group learns a special rhythmic clap that, once mastered, is used as an attention-grabbing signal to bring everyone to silence.

Speed dating without the dating. Three minutes per pair, then one circle shuffles along and everyone starts fresh with someone new.

A night stealth game where participants must freeze whenever a leader's torch flashes. Get caught moving and you're sent back to the start.

Teams create a stop motion film using Lego figures, a camera and a story, then screen their films for the group.

Teams race to build the tallest freestanding tower using only straws and sticky tape.

A cat-and-mouse chase game where the grid of players rotates on command, constantly reshaping the paths the cat and mouse can run through.

A classic schoolyard game where tipped players freeze with legs spread until a teammate crawls between their legs to free them.

An elimination game where players pick a corner assigned a card suit, and the drawn suit gets eliminated each round.

Blindfolded volunteers taste their way along a table of mystery foods and try to name each one while the group watches on.

The leader reads a quote and the group decides whether it is a Taylor Swift lyric or a verse from Proverbs. Hands on head for Proverbs, hands on hips for Taylor.

Teams design and paint a flag representing who they are, giving them something to rally around for the rest of the week.

Teams write a song or chant about themselves using a simple four-line scaffold, then perform it to everyone.

An ongoing game where the sole rule is: if you think about The Game, you lose.

One team forms a gauntlet of ball-throwers while the other team runs through as many times as possible without being hit below the knees.

A riddle game where players try to copy what the leader does, but the only thing that actually matters is saying thank you when handed the stick.

Two volunteers race to empty a roll of toilet paper off a broom handle, by any method they can think of.

Hide and seek across the campsite after dark. Anyone caught joins the seekers, so the pack grows until one hider is left.

A multi-round social stealth game where a secret vampire bites others to turn them. Onion holders can resist once, and everyone else must survive.

A straightforward water fight. Two teams, lots of water, and the wettest team wins (though everyone wins really).

Two volunteers face off across a box of strange objects, describing what they can see, and the other has to work out whether they are lying.

A week-by-week guessing game with one unlabelled tin. Each week a new volunteer shakes it, weighs it up and guesses what is inside.

A growing chain game where tipped players join hands with the tipper, forming a worm in which only the two end players can tip others.