A Great Wind Blows

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Requirements

Age 4+

Players 2+

Energy Low, sharing

Materials None

Time 3-15 min rounds

Location Any

Leader Whisker

Guide(s) Required 1

Story

Teams need to know each other. It's how they learn to survive together through challenges. The more you know other Trackers, the more you know their strengths, and where they can be Truly Helpful on a Tracking mission. You also learn where your fellow Trackers might be challenged so you can offer support.

Action Call

Can you get to know your fellow Trackers well enough so you are always Ready to be a Caretaker? So you know your fellow Trackers well enough to support them in being Gritty? And through that Gritt, become the best Trackers Team you can be?

Game

Safety

Ensure there is enough space between Trackers for large arm gestures.

Mission

Trackers sit in a circle. The Guide or Whisker stands outside the circle and calls, “A great wind blows for everyone who…” and fills in the blank with a statement affecting at least one Tracker. Anyone who identifies with the statement stands up and finds a new place at least two spots away. Some possible statements:

• A great wind blows for everyone with a brother.
• A great wind blows for everyone with a rock collection.
• A great wind blows for everyone with a robin living in their backyard.
• A great wind blows for everyone who shared their Story Basket.

Modify

Trickster Wind This variant requires a circle of defined spots (chairs, leaves, etc.). If a large group stands up, the guide can quickly remove one of the chairs from the circle as soon as Trackers stand up and begin moving. The Tracker who doesn’t find a seat in time becomes the Pathfinder of the exercise, deciding which “a great wind blows…” statements to make.

Something in Common This variant uses the results of each round to sort Trackers into pairs or quartets. When “a great wind blows…” affects just two (or four) Trackers, have them sit out from the game until everyone has a pair or team.