Scarburg Meadhall Discussion Thread

[Nogrod]

Originally Posted by me #667

How about a competition which would include different tasks to perform? I mean tasks that would require agility, firmness of hand, wit and such. It might even be a game for all (also males and kids) as there might be interesting results. The tasks could be something like climbing to get a required object, pebble-throwing, building from pieces of wood a tower of a required height so that it doesn't collapse, figuring out any sort of puzzles, running/crawling/jumping through a track with different obstacles etc.

Or something like that.

Originally Posted by me #675

With the task-path I mean something like running for a hundred yards then climbing to get an item from the top of a tree or something. Then running again to build a tower from pieces of wood or something and running yet again to build a tent from scratch - and running yet again etc... We could come up with the particular tasks together. And the competants should run in circles somewhat so that the audience might see their performances all the time - and the first to come back after fulfilling all the tasks would be the winner...

Okay. These are my ideas. I could come up with more but what say you? If it feels too complicated or doesn't get any participants we can surely skip it. But let's see if we get good ideas and it starts to sound interesting enough.

[Groin Redbeard]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Okay. These are my ideas. I could come up with more but what say you? If it feels too complicated or doesn't get any participants we can surely skip it. But let's see if we get good ideas and it starts to sound interesting enough.

I say that we combine the wheelbarrow racing and the rope climbing with the task-path. I think it would be easier if we have those all added into one game instead of having them sperate.

[Thinlómien]

Originally Posted by Groin

I say that we combine the wheelbarrow racing and the rope climbing with the task-path. I think it would be easier if we have those all added into one game instead of having them sperate.

Maybe we should lump even making a fire into it?

[Groin Redbeard]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

Maybe we should lump even making a fire into it?

Yes, I was thinking that once the race is done that all of the things that the people built would have a purpose. The wood could be waiting for the participants, they each build a tower or a teepee in a close circle, and when the the winner lights the fire we have the bonfire that we were thinking about having in the evening.

So we could start off with the players racing their wheelbarrows to the woodpile and loading them into the wheelbarrows to be raced to where the bonfire will be. Once they have enough wood they race over to a tree with a rope tied to it and climb to get a tinder box, and then run back (all this running is making me hungry) to light the fire.