Types of American Wide Games
Types of English Wide Games
The bare bones of the game are revealed above. Detailed Descriptions below:
LIST OF SPECIMEN WIDE GAMES
The
Viking Invasion (Raid).
Totem Raid
(Raid).
Staffs
(Raid).
Highwaymen (Raid).
The Wreckers
(Raid).
A
Polar Dash (Cordon-Breaking).
Bandits and
Police (Cordon-Breaking).
Occupying
the Thicket (Cordon-Breaking).
Border
Raiders (Cordon-Breaking).
Foiling the
Robbers (Treasure-Hunt).
Compass Trail
(Treasure-Hunt).
The Lost
Leaders (Man-Hunt).
Motor Bandits
(Man-Hunt).
Ned Kelly (Raid and Cordon-Breaking).
The Gold
Standard (Raid and Cordon-Breaking).
Rum and Tea
(Raid and Cordon-Breaking).
The Rival
Archaeologists (A Mixed Bag!).
The Surveyors
(For Rover Scouts).
Escapes (For
Rover Scouts).
Two Specimens of Actual Instructions Issued for District-Level Wide
Games:
Capture
the Flag at Coleman Green
Robin Hood and
his Merry Men
Additional Games by A. W. N. Mackenzie
The following older Wide Games are from Mackenzie's Games for Scouts.
 | Hostile Raiders |
| Dispatch Bearer |
| Rival Dispatch Bearers |
| Joining Camps |
| Cargo Boats and Cruisers |
| Five Treasure-Hunts |
| The Holy Trees of the Incas |
| The Glory of Africa |
| Search for Prince Charlie |
| Spy Hunt |
| Escaped Convict |
| The Fugitive |
| Searching for Fugitives |
| Indians and Settlers |
Additional Games by Baden-Powell
The following B-P's Scouting Games were the very first Scouting Wide Games.
| Flag Raiding ("Capture the Flag") |
| Numbers |
| One Tree Away |
| Bomb Laying |
| Snow Fort |
| Dash for the Pole |
| Ambulance, French and English |
| Dispatch Bearers |
| Dispatch Running |
| Telegraph Cutting |
| Joining Forces |
| Ambushing |
| The Pathfinder |
| Smugglers over the Border |
| The Traitor's Letter |
| Treasure-Hunt |
| Torn Manuscript |