My mom works night shift at this huge 3 story office building for our states main newspaper. After 1 AM, she and her coworker [and the downstairs security guards] are the only people in the entire building. We've been trying to figure out good games to play in such an empty building.

[For her job, there is about an hour after 1 where there is nothing to do but wait and things to load, so she and her coworker are just sitting there with nothing to do.]

The only game we can think of is Sardines [hide and go seek in the dark] but that's not a lot of fun with only 2 people.
My mom works night shift at this huge 3 story office building for our states main newspaper. After 1 AM, she and her coworker [and the downstairs security guards] are the only people in the entire building. We've been trying to figure out good games to play in such an empty building.

[For her job, there is about an hour after 1 where there is nothing to do but wait and things to load, so she and her coworker are just sitting there with nothing to do.]

The only game we can think of is Sardines [hide and go seek in the dark] but that's not a lot of fun with only 2 people.

[edit] Things like chess and sudoku, while they are fun games, aren't what I'm trying to figure out. We're trying really hard to take advantage of the fact that we have an entire 3 floor empty building to play with!
OK. I keep getting answers with board games and exercise. I guess I should clarify.

They want something FUNNN to do. They have an ENTIRE 3 story building to themselves.

They have computers and TVs allll over, but they want to play some cool, fun game all through out the building.

chess is a good idea, but i don't know how to play. i might consider yoga or some form of exercise/walking-an hour is a good amount of time to warm up, peak and then cool down. would help keep them sharp for the rest of the night, plus promote a restful sleep when they get home. when i worked nights i got very little exercise…
re: not enough fun at "one of our states main newspapers" while they are getting paid to work===well, it is work–how much fun do you expect? anything more extreme might cause them to lose their jops-esp if the higher ups get a handle on what's happening…most employers don't really want you to have fun while they are paying you to work for them. are you waiting for someone to suggest something really outrageous? your mother and co-worker plus guard will have to use their imaginations…

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I'm a youth & young adult worker, so believe me I've done a lot of team building games!!!! One important thing to consider is the intimacy of your group. How well do you know each other? Are you all friends or just barely aquainted? With new groups we always start with a get to know you game, then gradually work up to team work activities, and end with acceptance/ affirmation activities. for example:

Get to know you:
1. ZipZap– Circle up a group of about ten people, with one person in the middle ("it"). "It" goes randomly around the circle, pointing at people, saying either "zip," "zap" or "zipzap." "Zip" refers to the person on the left of the one pointed to. "Zap" to the person on the right. And "Zipzap" causes everyone to mix up, making sure they aren't standing by the same people as the last time. Obviously the faster "it" points, the harder it gets, especially if he keeps doing the same person over and over, getting him or her completely confused. Can be quite funny!! And of course, you learn names!
2. Either/ Or– Make a list of "opposites" (dog/cat, hard rock/ rap, creek/ river, day/night… whatever). Have everyone stand int eh middle of the room. Call out the first pair of words. Everyone who better prefers the first word goes to the left wall, with the second word to the right wall (or whereever you plan). Back to the middle. Next word pair. You can up the value of this game in two main ways: 1. get the group to move according to what word best describes them best, not according to what they like best. Maybe they prefer a creek, but have a temper like a raging river, so in this senario, they'd go to the river side, 2. after each pair, esp. if you're doing the game as I just described, have a couple volunteers share why they chose the particular word they chose.

Teamwork:
1. Trust walk– Set up an obstacle course. Pair up your group (secretly is often very effective, but sometimes it's best to let them choose partners). One person is blindfolded, and the other leads them through the course. You can limit the guide to just words or allow them to also use touch.
2. Blind drawing– Pairs sit back to back. Provide a simple picture (geo designs work great!!!) to one member of each pair. The other has a blank piece of paper and a pen. The person with the picture must tell (not show or help!) the drawer what to draw. The goal is to communicate so well that the pictures are identical. Again you can add variety: the drawer may not speak, or the drawer may ask yes and no questions, or they may converse freely together about the picture. (You can do the same thing with legos. Build a model. Put together teams of maybe 4 people. Each team recieves the exact pieces needed to duplicate the model. One person is sent in to lok at the model, and then must tell- not help, although you could let him help for variety- his team how to build it with the provided legos.)
3. Feeding Frenzy: Eat a meal together (spaghetti with red sauce is great!! =O>)… but first sit around the table and have someone tie everyone's hands together. If Johnny is wanting to twirl up his noodles, he's going to have to first help Sally take a drink, or whatever. (Ice Cream sundaes are also great, esp. if they have to make them!!)
4. VISIT A ROPES COURSE TOGETHER!!

Affirmation:
1. Place a lit candle in the middle of the room. Someone takes it, hold its and describes someone (only positive works allowed!!!)… and then gives the candle to the person she described. On and on till everyone gets affirmed.
2. Give everyone a balloon and a piece of paper. The paper has someone else's name in the group on it. Every person must be included! The group writes a compliment, description, encouraging word, whatever (positive!) statement about the named person on the paper, sticks it in the balloon, blows it up and ties it. The groups bats the balloons around the room for a while, till they're good and mixed up. A volunteer goes first, pops his balloon and reads the statement, but NOT the name. The group has a minute or so to guess who the statement describes, thereby building up even more people, before the volunteer tells who it was for. And so on, till all balloons have been popped and everyone is smiling.

Well, I guess I got a bit carried away there!!!!! Hope it helps!!!!!

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I'm chaparoning 5th graders at a camp and wanted to know what are some good and fun activities to do with them. I will be in charge of 6-10 girls in my cabin. Let me know any fun craft, icebreakers or anything you can suggest. Thanks a bunch for those of you who post ideas.

Um,
Soccer matches
Water/Ice/Grass skating
Orienteering
Athletics
Something active to keep them tired and you happy!

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I have a ton for you…and I mean a ton. Plus their are some great books out there for you. If you want you can message me at backdraftentertainment@yahoo.com. My favorite is called spider webs where you set up 2 volleyball polls about 5 feet apart and make a spider web. The point of the games is to get all teammates across without using the same hole twice and no one touches the web. It forces them to strategies. If you want you can make things harder by randomly enforcing rules such as speaking in triple…only one sex can talk during certain periods…or no one can speak at all. All these things will help them learn to communicate and will greatly enforce leadership abilities.

Alot of these can be learned at leadership camps for student council kids.

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I need a teamwork game that is simple and fun for older youth .

Capture the Flag – great for groups of kids 12-15. Up to 6 kids per team can play. More kids = more teams. Best played in gymnasium but can easily be adapted to fields.

Each team has flag (or flagpole) in their territory. Two teams play at a time in the simplest version of the game.

Object of game – to capture the other team's flag and carry it across the line into their own territory before time is up and before they are tagged or captured.

Each player wears a pair of flags in their pants (gymshorts)

Flags are kept in a marked off circle of at least five to ten feet in diameter and can be placed anywhere on a team's field or territory. No team may guard only the flag (by standing next to it). A player may be placed outside the diameter circle where the flag is however. The flag must be free and cannot be attached to anything. No one may wear the flag.

Field or gym is taped or chalked off as to boundary lines. A single long taped or chalked line in gym or field separates the teams. Anyone crossing into other team's territory is fair game to be tagged (one of the flags they are wearing is grabbed from their pants), captured and put into a team's jail area.

Both teams have jail areas also taped off. Teams have 5 minutes to devise any strategy to protect their flag or capture the other team's flag before beginning the game ( This encourages teamwork). Game Time limits may be set from 10 minutes to 15 minutes (depending on number of teams) to encourage risk-taking.

Each side has a jail where captured enemy opponents must stay (if they are tagged). Jailed players can be freed by someone from their own team running to the 'makeshift' jail area without being tagged. Thus each team will need someone to guard the jail. Only one person may be taken out of jail at a time.

One great apaptation, if you have rubber 4-square balls (small or medium-sized) available – give each person on a team one ball. In order to capture a player who crosses over into enemy territory, someone from the team must hit him or her with a ball (like dodgeball) before they cross back into their 'safe' (own) territory.

In order to stop someone from capturing the flag, the person grabbing and running back with the flag must be hit by a ball. If he or she is hit, they must give up the flag and go to jail (until someone is able to free them).

This is a fun and active game and is suitable for kids who need to burn a lot of energy and builds camaraderie.

If no one captures the flag, it's a tie game (Until next time).

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I'm organizing an event for teen and i need some team building games!! any good ones?

007 :Everything or Nothing
Halo
Half-Life
SplinterCell:Chaos Theory <–Badass co-op

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I'm the administrator for the audit department of an accounting firm and we have lost some very valuable people in the department. We have a lot of young staff who don't have the confidence to work together yet. I am looking for an activity or 2 that we can do at our monthly meetings. It would need to be something fairly simple that can be done in a conference room in about 15 minutes. Just something to get everyone to relax and interact with eachother. Any suggestions?

I've started training sessions by asking each person to tell us something interesting about themselves – it's a good way of finding out about another person.

At a listening skills training session, we had to sit facing opposite each other, and we had one minute to find out how much we had in common. Then one side moved down, and you did the same thing with the next person.

At another course I went on, we paired up, and told the other person some information about ourselves, then that person had to introduce us to the group.

These are all easy ways to get people talking to each other, and you can find out some really interesting stuff about your colleagues!

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I have to do a group presentation tonight. Does anyone know of any good games or handouts I could do w/class?

Here's a fun game you could try:
Put the people into groups of 3 —> 1 is the "listener" (cannot talk), 2 is the "speaker" (cannot gesture or help), 3 is the observer. Give each group an envelop with a specific shape cut into pieces. Their task is to put the shape back together like a jigsaw puzzle. The listener and the speaker sit back to back, but the speaker's the one with the instructions on how to put the shape back together. The listener's task is to listen to the speaker and try to follow the spoken instructions. Remember, the listener cannot talk or ask questions. The observer watches the whole process, but if at any time he/she thinks they could do a better job than the speaker, then they could switch places and take over. The idea is to show tolerance, cooperation, and communication skills. Good luck on your presentation!

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