Games

See the Games Library for a full list of Games.

Teams should self-direct games as much as possible. The three categories of Games are:

• Team Game Games that develop team connection, awareness, wisdom, and grit.
• Skill Game Games that inspire Trackers to study, develop, and train Skills.
• Story Game Games that immerse the Tracker in myth in the Game of Tracking.

Team Game

Games that develop team connection, awareness, wisdom, and grit.

Elements Team Games build:

• Connection Deepens bond amongst Team.
• Awareness Deepens capability to read fellows in the Team.
• Wisdom Deepens understanding of growth and skills in the Team.
• Grit Deepens resolve of the Team to maintain Purpose.

Types of Team Games can include:

• Improvisation
• Safe Controlled Sparring
• Stealth & Recon
• Exploratory Discussion

Skill Game

Games that inspire Trackers to study, develop, and train Skills.

Elements Skill Games build:

• Safety Train safety awareness and knowledge.
• Stealth Train skills of Stealth and Counter Tracking.
• Tracking Train skills of observation and deduction.
• Readiness Train skills of Core to Guild Elements.

Skills games include these features:

• Begin with presentations (stories, ideas, demos) that inspire, motivate and energize.
• Organize by Team roles: Pathfinder, Whiskers, Cloak.
• Convey knowledge in the mechanics and actions of the game, not lecture.
• Create real outcomes for the games.

Story Game

Games that immerse the Tracker in myth in the Game of Tracking.

Story Games play through these mechanics:

• Arc Connect smaller games with greater story.
• Hooks Connect Team Games, Skills Games and smaller Story Games to the Arc.
• Challenge Connect Teams to challenges and solutions (Littl’ Bads, Medi Bads, Big Bads).
• Wizard (Guide) Connects Teams to all parts of the Story Game.

Story Games take place in the Four Trackers Universes:

• Rise Before the Remembering.
• Fall Starting the Remembering.
• Tales Finishing the Remembering.
• Mems After the Remembering.