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March According to a Blind Sketch Received by Individual Groups (Game Applicable in a City)

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On the blind sketch, names and situational points are not marked. It contains only: direction, length (to scale), types of roads, and their intersections. Such a sketch can be presented in two ways (see fig. 7a and 7b).

Fig. 7 a.

Upon receiving the sketch, groups proceed to the final point indicated on it.

At this point, we may leave a letter with instructions: a) to return by the same or the shortest route, b) to perform a certain task there, e.g., collecting a number of plant specimens, doing a good deed, conducting an inquiry, etc.

Efforts should be made to ensure the terrain is unfamiliar. Sketches should be collected after reaching the indicated destination.

Fig. 7 b.

Returning by the shortest route will be the most challenging, and therefore, in the initial exercises, this type of return should be announced so that the boys strive to better recognize the terrain based on the sketch. The game without prior announcement will be used for older youth. We will make the exercise more difficult by increasing the length of the march and by marching based on a briefly viewed blind sketch. In the latter case, after completing the route, one may require the drawing of the path taken.

Games of types 14, 15, and 16 should be woven into a story (youth of 13—16 years). However, the plot should be modernized or linked to Polish history and values.


Source of scan: Polona / National Library, marked “Public Domain”. View scan — image 150.

  • Type: game
  • Traits: Not stated in the source
  • Source: Jan Jasiński, Gry i ćwiczenia terenowe (Harce terenowe) (1938)
  • Printed pages: 142–144
  • Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
  • Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 142
  • Read the source text: gct-082