Capture the flag is a game where teams try to capture each other's flags while avoiding being tagged in the opposing territory. Players are split into two teams, each with their own territory and flag. The objective is to sneak into the other team's territory, grab their flag, and bring it back to your territory without being tagged by the other team. Whichever team captures the opposing flag first wins the game.

1. Capture the flag
How to Play
Supplies: 2flags, at least 2 people, plenty of room to play
Scavenger Hunt Style (ideal for small groups or indoor play):
1. If more than two players, divide players into two teams. Each team
receives a different color flag.
2. Hide theflags somewhere in your house or playing space. Don’t let
the other team see where you hidyour flag! If playing onyour own
or with just one or two people, consider havinga grown-up or
neutral player hide yourflag(s) while you count to 100.
3. After the flags are hidden, meet back
at a designated startingand ending
space.
4. Once both flagsare hidden, both
teams start thehunt for the opposing
team’s flag.As soon as you find the flag,
pick it upand return to the starting
location.
5. The first team to returnto the starting
locationwith the other team’s
flag wins!
Capture the Flag is a Camp Half Blood tradition, allowing for friendly
competition between cabins while training demigods for
fighting monsters in the real world.
Capture the flag
How to Play
Supplies: 2flags, at least 2 people, plenty of room to play
Scavenger Hunt Style (ideal for small groups or indoor play):
1. If more than two players, divide players into two teams. Each team
receives a different color flag.
2. Hide theflags somewhere in your house or playing space. Don’t let
the other team see where you hidyour flag! If playing onyour own
or with just one or two people, consider havinga grown-up or
neutral player hide yourflag(s) while you count to 100.
3. After the flags are hidden, meet back
at a designated startingand ending
space.
4. Once both flagsare hidden, both
teams start thehunt for the opposing
team’s flag.As soon as you find the flag,
pick it upand return to the starting
location.
5. The first team to returnto the starting
locationwith the other team’s
flag wins!
Capture the Flag is a Camp Half Blood tradition, allowing for friendly
competition between cabins while training demigods for
fighting monsters in the real world.

2. Capture the flag
How to Play
Team Style (ideal for large groups and outdoor play):
1. Divide players into two teams. Each team receives a different color flag.
Wear something to designate who is on which team.
2. Divide playing space into two equally-sized territories, one for each team.
Consider using a natural landmark, chalk, or tape.
3. Each team can place their flag somewhere in their territory.
Consider setting rules for how much of a flag needs to be clearly visible.
Once a team has placed their flag, it cannot be moved by their home team.
4. All players start at a neutral location. When the game begins, players try
to cross into the opposing teams’ territory and grab the opposing team’s flag.
Consider creating a team strategy ahead of time, such as designating some
players as seekers to hunt for the other team’s flag and others as guards to
protect your team’s flag.
5. When a player is in the opposing team’s territory, they can be
captured, or tagged, by a member of their opposing team. When a player
gets tagged, they have to perform a decided-ahead-of-time task (like 12
jumping jacks) before returning to their home territory. Alternatively,
tagged players have to go to “jail” until they are tagged by a fellow team-
mate and “freed.” If a player gets tagged while holding the opposing team’s
flag, the flag must be returned to its original location. Players cannot be
captured or tagged when they are in their home territory.
6. The game ends when one team successfully captures the other team’s flag
and returns it to their own territory without being tagged.
Capture the flag
How to Play
Team Style (ideal for large groups and outdoor play):
1. Divide players into two teams. Each team receives a different color flag.
Wear something to designate who is on which team.
2. Divide playing space into two equally-sized territories, one for each team.
Consider using a natural landmark, chalk, or tape.
3. Each team can place their flag somewhere in their territory.
Consider setting rules for how much of a flag needs to be clearly visible.
Once a team has placed their flag, it cannot be moved by their home team.
4. All players start at a neutral location. When the game begins, players try
to cross into the opposing teams’ territory and grab the opposing team’s flag.
Consider creating a team strategy ahead of time, such as designating some
players as seekers to hunt for the other team’s flag and others as guards to
protect your team’s flag.
5. When a player is in the opposing team’s territory, they can be
captured, or tagged, by a member of their opposing team. When a player
gets tagged, they have to perform a decided-ahead-of-time task (like 12
jumping jacks) before returning to their home territory. Alternatively,
tagged players have to go to “jail” until they are tagged by a fellow team-
mate and “freed.” If a player gets tagged while holding the opposing team’s
flag, the flag must be returned to its original location. Players cannot be
captured or tagged when they are in their home territory.
6. The game ends when one team successfully captures the other team’s flag
and returns it to their own territory without being tagged.