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Description

Sneak to succeed and retrieve the keys in this escape game. But don’t get spotted by the Night Watch!

Resources

Chairs
Torch or phone
Blindfold or scarf
A set of keys

Instructions

Run the activity

1. Choose a volunteer to be the Night Watch guard. It’ll be their job to sit on the chair with the torch and defend the keys. Explain that everyone else will be escapees who’ll need to retrieve the keys from the guard to get away.

2. The Night Watch guard should sit on the chair and get comfortable. Their legs and feet shouldn’t block any routes to the keys or be touching the keys. When they’re settled, the person leading the activity should place the blindfold on the guard.
- Everyone should use their own blindfold (for example, their own scarf) and put it on by themselves, or they should play without and just keep their eyes closed.

3. Escapees should take up a position at either end of the room and prepare to sneak forwards to take the keys. The Night Watch guard should be ready with the torch. If they hear someone moving, they should switch it on and point in the direction of the sound.
- To help everyone stay distanced you could let them sneak forward one at a time. The person leading the activity should watch to make sure that any escapees who are hit by the beam freeze.

4. Escapees have three lives. If they’re hit by the beam three times, they should return to where they started.
- You could also play this game without the lives, so that each time an escapee is spotted they have to return to where they started, or they could just freeze and then continue from where they were. Whatever rules are used, the person leading the activity should try to keep track of the lives.

5. Dim the lights and start the game when everyone’s ready. Escapees may move however they think is best. The Night Watch guard should only point the torch in one direction at a time. Once the torch is lit, they may not move the beam.

6. When someone gets the keys, they should become the Night Watch guard for the next round.

Tags

• game

Badge Links

• Teamwork - Challenge