Elves, Giants and Wizards
A large-scale rock-paper-scissors game where teams pick a character and the winning team chases the other back to their wall.
- Players
- 10–100
- Ages
- 6+
- Time
- 15 min
- Prep
- None
- Equipment
- None
How to play
Divide into two teams at opposite ends of the gym. Teams huddle and choose to be elves, giants, or wizards (each with their own action). Elves crouch, wiggle their fingers and say 'hehehe', giants stand tall with arms up and shout 'ARGH', and wizards point, cast a spell and call 'shazam'. Both teams walk to the centre and on the count of three reveal their character. The winning team (elf beats wizard, wizard beats giant, giant beats elf) chases the other back to their wall, tipping as many as possible. Tipped players join the winning team. Repeat until everyone is on one team.
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