Cossack Maneuver in the Steppe
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Section titled “Translated text”This game is an excellent school for stalking and has the added advantage of requiring no equipment. It can be played by 2 groups, 2 pairs, or two individual players. The terrain can be city streets—just as suitable as undulating plains overgrown with bushes, roads with ditches and avenues, ravines, or forest paths. The principle of the game is to spot the opponent while remaining unseen yourself.
Both sides set out (at the same time, as enforced by the referees) from two opposing points, for example, 2 kilometers apart, and move toward each other, utilizing terrain unevenness, trees, and bushes to conceal themselves. In this way, they advance stealthily by crawling or moving furtively, striving not to expose themselves while straining their eyes to spot the opponent. They may also employ ruses, such as climbing trees, sneaking in a cart, and the like, but disguises are not allowed.
Opponents are taken prisoner according to the general rules stated above.
The side that is stronger (has lost fewer people) after a set period of time wins.
Transcription scope: Editorial notes or annotations outside the procedure have been omitted; exact exclusions are recorded in the extraction report.
Source scan: Śląska Biblioteka Cyfrowa, marked as “public domain”. View PDF — page 199.
Metadata
Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Stanisław Sedlaczek, Szkoła harcerza (1921)
- Printed pages: 198–199 / PDF 199–200
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 198
- Read the source text: shc-037