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Hi. I've got a command task weekend coming up, and my first task is to try to get a load of people on the internet to post DS solutions to any of the tasks I may come up against.

Can anyone help?

Many Thanks

Smoketheblokey.

Find an Army Recruiting Team nearby and chat to them - they'll have a massive list of command tasks and the kit to match. They'll probably lend you the lot if you ask nicely, if not at least the ideas.

As a general source of ideas, I'd recommend Buisinessballs team building games, business games and activities for team building, training, management, motivation, kids activities and childrens party games.

There's plenty there, some may need tweaking towards your resources.

Dockers
just had a look at that website and most are catered to a touchy feeley or emotional results. need something that has a military emphasis. Being REME i thought maybe about a land rover with a wheel off (Simulated IED/Mine) and having a PTI log/Telegraph pole and loads of timber in a trailer. stack up all the timber and use the log as a lever use the spare wheel and one wheel nut off each wheel but the PSAO thinks this will be to easy. Bearing in mind that all the lads / ladies will be tabbing between stands their timings will all be different and i need time for a brief and de-brief so the activity will be around 20mins at the max. so basically the PSAO wants a Gnarly task that only takes 20 mins to complete if your a genius. hes not asking much.

Fugly
if i wanted a load of DS solutions to most command tasks i wouldn't bother posting on here as most are simple. What i am after requires a little more brains than the bog standard ones. I have run loads of civvy team building events as and loads of REME recovery stands but as said above this one needs to be extremely hard on approach, with a simple solution, that only takes roughly 20 mins. The Bomb for example will be to easy for these guys and on the training area we wont have pre built structures like at RTC's etc

any serious ideas would be much appreciated.

Smokey

Im after ideas not solutions

Blindfold EVERYONE in group.

Place rope loop (tie ends together) on ground.

They must find rope, get everyone on the rope and make a shape wth it.

ie a square or pentagon. All sides equal in length and with the same number of people between corners.

For added complexity make a couple of the group mute aswell.

Doesn't have to complicated for you.

If you have the space a REALLY long rope/big loop makes for more fun (unless the realise they can double loop it) and for extra fun, just leave it as a rope all coiled up (as for walking with) and tell them they have to make the loop.

That will kill a good hour, as they find everyone, assemble, sort out the rope and figure out how to communicate their ideas with no vision.

Don't be put off by them being University types... with no eyesight they'll be just as mongy as anyone else.

Make a course out of posts (tent poles for example) and mine tape. Not to impenetrable.

Blindfold volunteer(s). They then have to navigate course under direction of remainder of group.

One person may have eyes on, but is not allowed to talk.

Another person watches the 'eyes on' but isn't allowed to shout, a blindfolded/enclosed in urban cam hut person can shout.

No hints not tips, just get teh whole group of volunteers through maze. They then have to devise a method of relaying commands etc.

Oh, nearly forgot. Each time a person touches the maze they are out. The mission can be to get 20% of the group through or they have to do knees to the chest instead of getting lunch, something like that.

A slack handful of small tasks just to fill time will also help (e-internet search will find loads).