Medieval Games
Hide N Seek:
- Use whatever hiding place you can find
- Restrictions and limits are set up by all players
- One of the players must be "it"
- The rest of the players must hide
- The person "it" looks for them
- The first person to be found is "it" on the next round
Materials:
players
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Tag:
- Everyone decided on who will be "it"
- The person "it" must chase around the other player
- If the person "it" gets tagged then they are automatically it
- There may also be a base
Materials:
players
Pick-up Stick:
- 2 plus players are necessary
- All players must try to pick up the most sticks
- A bunch of 6-8 sticks are dropped onto a table top
- Each players gets a turn to try to pick up a stick from the pile without moving the others.
- If any sticks move during an attempt his/her turn ends
- If the player successfully removes a stick they get another turn.
- The game is over when the last stick is removed
- The player with the most sticks wins the game
Materials:
6-8 wooden sticks
table
Tug O War:
- All ages can play this game
- You need two teams and a rope
- Competitors should wear gloves while playing
- Played with a hazard like a wall, mud puddle, or a stream
- Each team pulls on the rope and make the other lose their balance
- To loose a team has to be in the hazard or surrender
Materials;
rope
hazard
Horseshoe:
- set up a target
- Attempt to throw the horseshoe at the target
- The closer the player gets to the target the more points that they get.
Materials:
Horseshoe
wooden stick
Stone Throwing:
- Gather stones
- Choose a target
- Throw stones at the target
- The player with the most accuracy wins
Materials:
stones
target
Ring Toss
- Collect hemp rope quoits and place a single wooden stick as the target
- Set up 10 stakes
- Players will attempt to toss a ring at the stick at every stake
- It can either be played in teams or two players
- Each time you make the ring go over the stick you get three points
- rounds are agreed on by all players
materials:
hemp rope rings
wooden stick
Marbles:
- Take turns tossing marbles at a target(wall, another marble, hole)
Material:
marbles
hole
Blind man's Bluff:
- A person is chosen to be "it"
- The person that is it must wear a blindfold over their eyes
- "it" has to try and catch the players
- The last person caught by it is it next round
Materials:
blindfold
- Players are given a bow and arrows.
- They must attempt to try and hit the designated target
- The target must be a distanced away from the player
- The closer the target hits to the bull's eye the more points
- participants must be supervised to make sure no one gets hurt
Materials:
Bow
Arrow
Target
