Boy Scout Group Games

Action, competition, and rough play are what boys are about but there are times when a more quiet large group game may be needed. Whether you have an entire forest or a small room, find games here to use in your scouting program. We've included our favorite group games for you to try. Remember, Scouting is a Game with a Purpose.
Choose your scout group for a list of games just for them, or search for games of a specific type or name.

Games
4 Square	4 Way Tug-o-War	500
Ace-King-Queen	Aerobic Tag	Airplane Race
Alien Treasure	All Aboard	Alphabet Bag
Ankle Fights	Arm Knockout	Arm Wrestling
Arm-Sling Relay	Atomic Particle Collecting	Back Lift
Backpack Packing	Balance Relay	Ball of String Relay
Ball Scramble	Ball Toss Relay	Balloon Basket
Balloon Batting Buddies	Balloon Break	Balloon Hanging
Balloon Hot Potato	Balloon Monster	Balloon Relay
Balloon Stomp	Balloons Aloft	Bandage a Buddy
Bang the Can Relay	Banged Up Benny	Barnga
Base Attack	Bat Ball	Beachball Ballyhoo
Beanbag Toss	Benchball	Bicycle Races
Birds of a Feather	Bizz Buzz	Blind Balloon Volleyball
Blind Birds	Blind Corners	Blind Observations
Blind Referee	Blind Tazers	Blob Tag
Blowhard Relay	Bogus Baseball	Borg Tag
British Bulldog	Bubble Gum Relay	Bucket Ball
Buddy Tag	Build It	Calendar Toss
Can Stack	Candle Relay	Candy Dice
Canoes and Compasses	Capture the Flag	Capture the Fort
Career Charades	Catch 10	Catch the Cane
Catch the Thief	Catch Up	Caterpillar Race
Chain Gang Escape	Chicken Run	Circle Jump Rope
Circle Suck-ups	Clothespin Tag	Cloud Puff Relay
Clue	Code Relay	Collection of Silly Races
Compass & Map Relay	Compass Reading	Complicated Tag
Conquer Liechtenstein	Counting Coup	Counting Relay
Crab Fights	Crab Scuttle	Crabs, Crows, and Cranes
Crack the Cracker	Crocodile	Dead Ant
Defender	Dissolving Necklaces	Ditchem
DodgeBall in a Circle	Duck the Staff	Duck, Duck, Goose
Dungeon BreakOut	Execution Dodgeball	Exercise Relay
Falling Staffs	Famous Visitor	Feather Toss
Fight for Attention	Fighter Pilots	Find It
Find the Leader	Finger Jousting	Fire Brigade
First Aid Relays	First Class Relay	Fishing for Mousetraps
Fist Ball	Fitness Relay	Flip a Deck Relay
Flip the Penny	Flying Dutchman	Football Scramble
Four Kings	Fox and Hounds	Fox Hunt
Free For All Soccer	Frisbee Golf	Frisbee Golf with compasses
Frisbee Soccer	Frog or Kangaroo Relay	Frogs and Flies
Fumble Fingers Relay	Fuzz Stick Relay	Giants, Elfs, and Wizards
Gift Givers	Good Morning, Captain	Gooey Gobble
Grab Five	Greased Watermelon	Group Push
Guardian	Heave, Ho, Throw	High Adventure Race
Hit the Bucket	Hoop on a Loop	Hop the Staff
Hot and Cold	Human Chain Race	Human Compass
Human Foosball	Human Ladder Race	Hunker Down
I Am Mr. Smith	I'm Taking	Infinite Dodgeball
Jelly Bean Relay	John Henry Relay	Jump the Shot
Kangaroo Relay	Kangaroo Tails	Kangaroo Wrestling
Keys In a Can	Kim's Game	Kim's Group Game
King Bat	Kubb	La Palma
Lame Chicken Race	Last Match	Leg Pull
Line Up	Liquid Chain	Log Sawing Relay
Long, Short, Round Relay	Make It Up Relay	Making Change Relay
Manhunt	Marble Drop	Match Stacking
Math Masters	Memory Battleship	Monkey in the Middle
Monster Hunt	Mouse Trap War	Mousetrap Fishing
Mousetrap Minefield	Mud Wallow	Mule Relay
Natural Selection	Nature Boulles	Nature Sketch Hunt
Naval Combat	Newspaper Basketball	Night Infiltration
No Man's Land	No See Ems	Octopus Race
Oxygen Tank Fill	Pack n Go	Palm Push
Paper Tennis	Paul Revere Relay	Peglegged Gauntlet
Perpetual Motion Balls	Photo Memory	Pickin' Cotton
Ping Pong 500	Ping Pong Air Hockey	Ping Pong Air Race
Ping Pong Football	Ping Pong Knock Out	Pinguard
Pitch Your Tent	Pony Express	Pony Express Relay
Predator and Prey	Prison Dodgeball	Pruie
Pure Luck Relay	Pushme Pullya	Quarter Dodge Ball
Quick Architects	Race to the Gap	Race to the Whistle
Raiders Tag	Rainy Day Gold	Raise the Flag
Rattlesnake Hunter	Ready for Winter	Red or Black
Rescue Race	Rescue Race	Ringer
Rock Paper Scissors	Rooster Fights	Rope Golf
Row Your Boat	Run the Ring	Running the Blockade
Sardine Tag	Save London	Scout Law Relay
Scout Pace Race	Scramble	Scrambled Sayings
Seahorse Wars	Secret Message Delivery	Secret Message Relay
Sentry Post	Shark!	Shoot Out
Shooting Fish in a Barrel	Shopping Cart	Signal the Message
Silly Olympics	Sitting Ducks	Slap Clap Snap
Smile Toss	Smugglers	Snowman Toss
Soda Bowling	Spaghetti Stretch	Sponge Relay
Spud	Staff Run	Staff Stories
Stalking	Stalking Antelope	Steal the Bacon
Steal the Treasure	String Seek	Submarine Maneuvers
Swat to the Gap	Sweets Relay	T-Shirt Relay
Tail Grab	Team Challenge	Team Knot Tying
Thiefs	Three Step Relay	Three-Way Soccer
Three-way Tug-of-War	Through the Tunnel	Tin Can Relay
Toe Fencing	Train Race	Trash Ball
Treasure of the Blind	Tribble Hunt	Turtle Soccer
Twist Stick	Two-man Relay	Ultimate Frisbee
Ultra Tug of War	Vegetable Olympics	War Cards
Water Balloon Volleyball	Water Brigade	Water Transport
We Like ... But We Don't Like ...	Wheel Relay	Wheelbarrow Race
Which Patch Is It?	Who's Got The Ball?	Who's Missing?
Wink	Woods War	Work Up
Yanks and Rebels	Zip-Zap

Most of these ideas make great Christian youth group games also. These group games for kids are fun for a small group indoors or a large group outdoors. The games range from quiet to loud and are arranged by appropriate age groups.

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