How to Play Capture the Flag

Capture the Flag is played outdoors with two teams. It's best with teams of three or more players and can be played almost anytime, anywhere.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Camoflage Clothing
• Running Or Tennis Shoes
• 2 old, brightly colored T-shirts

Setup

1. Divide into two teams of three or more people.

2. Divide territories for the teams. Streets, trails, creeks and fence lines all make good border markers.

3. Agree on two items to serve as "flags." They should be brightly colored and a foot or two across.

4. Decide what happens when captured. Either choose to make players "out" for the rest of the game, converted to the team that caught them, or put in a "jail" to be rescued by their teammates.

The Game

5. Retreat by team into your territory to hide the flag. The flag must be hung at head height and be visible from 20 yards away on at least one side.

6. Split into attacker and defender groups within your team. Attackers and defenders can switch jobs as needed.

7. Attempt to sneak across the border, find and capture the enemy flag, and then race back without being caught if you are an attacker.

8. Hide around your flag or along the border and try to intercept and catch any opposing players who sneak across if you are a defender.

9. Capture enemy players by tagging them while they are on your side of the border.

10. Win by capturing the enemy flag and carrying it back to your side of the border.

Jail

11. Put captured enemy players in "jail" by picking an area with a clearly defined border to serve as the jail.

12. Rescue teammates by sneaking across the border, finding the jail, tagging your teammate, then racing back across the border.

13. Recapture players by tagging them again before they reach the border.

Tips & Warnings

• Avoid hiding the flag in a great hiding spot. Instead, put it in a deceptively open spot, where no one will think twice about it.
• Captured players must obey your orders. They cannot yell information back to their side.
• Once hidden, the flag cannot be moved.
• Once you capture the flag, you have to carry it across the border. You can't throw the flag across.
• Guarding the flag is poor sportsmanship and also reveals the location of your flag. Agree not to post a guard within 10 feet of the flag.
• Wear dark or camouflage clothing and tennis shoes.
• You can play with three teams and three flags to make things more complicated.
• Avoid areas with dangerous objects, broken glass or cliffs, especially at night.

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[tthorn1]

on 7/29/2008 If you have possession of the opponent's flag and attempt to cross the border but are tagged, what happens to the flag? Does it go back to the original hiding spot or does it remain on the ground where you were tagged?

on 12/8/2008 Cross just over to the other side of the border and look to your original side. Stay there awhile, pretending you are actually on the team whose side you just crossed to. Slowly make your way back to the flag. The less concerned about the flag you look, the less suspicious you will be!

on 8/8/2006 When the other team is down to a few players, create a distraction by one person going one way and the other goes for the flag. But make sure that you have more players on your side.