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family can only work on one new lawn game at a time. New Lawn Games
currently being worked on by a family will be marked with an asterik
( * ). These games are not available to be selected to play in lieu
of completing a location trial.
A
- Iqueque
This
is a new lawn game inspired by the tale of the ghost ship and also
the swimming pool game Marco Polo. Through call-and-response, blindfolded
players learn each other's general location. Callers try to tag and
responders try to avoid being tagged.
Players:
3 - 10, ages 6+
To play this game, you must dedicate SMARTS points, on a sliding scale
based on your family's standing in the extended family (1st place:
50, 2nd place: 40, 3rd place: 25, 4th place: 10). When you complete
playing, documenting, and evaluating the game, your family will earn
65 LOYALTY points.
B
- Kite Wars
This
is a new lawn game inspired by the legend trial about Penelope Ravelo
and also transformers toys and monster trucks. Players go head to
head trying to destroy each other's kites. Last kite flying wins.
Players: 2-5, ages 6+
To
play this game, you must dedicate TOUGH points, on a sliding scale
based on your family's standing in the extended family (1st place:
80, 2nd place: 60, 3rd place: 45, 4th place: 20). When you complete
playing, documenting, and evaluating the game, your family will earn
75 LOYALTY points.
C
- Corralling Family
This
is a new lawn game inspired by the legend trial about Oliver Souza
and also croquet. Two teams of three take turns rolling human "balls"
through human "wickets" to claim or prevent the opposing
team from claiming family crests which are scattered around a field.
The team with the most crests wins.
Players:
6, ages 6+
To
play this game, you must dedicate TOUGH points, on a sliding scale
based on your family's standing in the extended family (1st place:
80, 2nd place: 60, 3rd place: 45, 4th place: 20). When you complete
playing, documenting, and evaluating the game, your family will earn
75 LOYALTY points.
D
- Duel
This
is a new lawn game inspired by the lore trial about the OK Corral.
Players simultaneously fire silverware at cardboard boxes. The sharpest
shooter wins.
Players:
2, ages 12+
To
play this game, you must dedicate SMARTS points, on a sliding scale
based on your family's standing in the extended family (1st place:
50, 2nd place: 40, 3rd place: 25, 4th place: 10). When you complete
playing, documenting, and evaluating the game, your family will earn
65 LOYALTY points.
E
- Overland Route
This
is a new lawn game inspired by the lore trial about the Butterfield
Overland Route. Players race to transport goods across the finish
line by rolling them along overland with a wooden spoon. The spooncoach
driver who transports the most goods wins.
Players:
2 - 4, ages 6+
To
play this game, you must dedicate SMARTS points, on a sliding scale
based on your family's standing in the extended family (1st place:
50, 2nd place: 40, 3rd place: 25, 4th place: 10). When you complete
playing, documenting, and evaluating the game, your family will earn
65 LOYALTY points.
F
- My Dead Twin
This
is a new lawn game inspired by the legend trials about Jorge Ravelo
(which revealed the death of my mother's twin brother) and Doris Ravelo
and also three-legged races. In teams of two, players race towards
the finish line.
Players: 4-40, ages 6+
To
play this game, you must dedicate TOUGH points, on a sliding scale
based on your family's standing in the extended family (1st place:
80, 2nd place: 60, 3rd place: 45, 4th place: 20). When you complete
playing, documenting, and evaluating the game, your family will earn
75 LOYALTY points.
I
- You Once...
This
is a new lawn game inspired by the lore trial about fancy cowgirls
wanting to show off and also the drinking game "I never..."
Players sit in a circle and take turns outting fabulously amazing
things (or mundane things) that someone else in the circle has done.
Anyone in the circle who has not also done that has to take
a swig of their drink.
Players:
3 - 10, ages 21+
To
play this game, you must dedicate SMARTS points, on a sliding scale
based on your family's standing in the extended family (1st place:
50, 2nd place: 40, 3rd place: 25, 4th place: 10). When you complete
playing, documenting, and evaluating the game, your family will earn
65 LOYALTY points.
H
- Hopfamily
This
is a new lawn game inspired by the legend trial about Maurice Arroyo
and also hopscotch. Players take turns tossing a marker onto one of
the areas in a sectioned-off path, hopping down that path but OVER
the marked section, and then turning and hopping back up that path
and picking up the marker on the way back.
Players: 1-3, ages 6+
To
play this game, you must dedicate TOUGH points, on a sliding scale
based on your family's standing in the extended family (1st place:
80, 2nd place: 60, 3rd place: 45, 4th place: 20). When you complete
playing, documenting, and evaluating the game, your family will earn
75 LOYALTY points.
I
- Bast and Mouse
This
is a new lawn game inspired by the lore trial about the Bast Curse.
Through tag-like chasing, one bast converts mice into basts by snagging
mousetails. New basts then help out the original bast in the pursuit
of the mice. The bast with the most mousetails wins.
Players:
4 - 25, ages 6+
To
play this game, you must dedicate SMARTS points, on a sliding scale
based on your family's standing in the extended family (1st place:
50, 2nd place: 40, 3rd place: 25, 4th place: 10). When you complete
playing, documenting, and evaluating the game, your family will earn
65 LOYALTY points.
J
- Pin the Family on the
Cousin
This
is a new lawn game inspired by the lore trial about Billy the Kid
who was a sharp shooter but mighty far-sighted and also the classic
children's party game Pin the Tail on the Donkey. Players take turns
being blindfolded and then trying to tape a family crest to a cousin.
Players:
3 - 10, ages 5+
To
play this game, you must dedicate SMARTS points, on a sliding scale
based on your family's standing in the extended family (1st place:
50, 2nd place: 40, 3rd place: 25, 4th place: 10). When you complete
playing, documenting, and evaluating the game, your family will earn
65 LOYALTY points.
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