Settlers of Alethia
Our BIG game this year is Settlers of Alethia. That's right: you're not coming to Camp Evergreen this summer, you're coming to Alethia (which, ps, means "truth" in Greek). Originally, we were thinking about how we could play Settlers of Cataan as a wide game and then things just exploded.
The story behind Alethia is that the campers have entered into a Narnia-esque world where they must help the locals settle the land. They do this by earning tokens, which they can use to buy resources at the local market, which go toward cities and roads. The cabins are split up into tribes and they do things like playing games, cleaning their cabins, and memorizing verses to earn the most tokens as a tribe. The tribe with the most cities and roads by the end of the entire week is rewarded with a huge prize.
For the older kids (Ignite and Impact), Mike, who is both Assistant Program Director and Governor of Alethia, invented the craziest game. One of the campers, after playing The Lost Tribe of Alethia earlier this week, said Mike had a "broad imagination". Kind of a great compliment, right?
In "The Lost Tribe", the Governor explains he needs the campers' help: Alethia used to be settled by a small but proud tribe. One fateful day, a group of mercenaries came along and took over Alethia, throwing the tribe and other locals into the jungle and exploiting their resources. Since then, all communications with the tribe of Alethia have been lost and it is up to the campers to find the Lost Tribe and restore their dignity. They do this by talking with the locals, uncovering map pieces, digging up treasure, and completing obstacle courses, all the while avoiding the mercenaries.
The ARISE campers (our cabin leaders in training) were the Lost Tribe this week. They were amazing. (Also, I feel the pictures of them as the Lost Tribe could totally be from an America's Next Top Model shoot. Seriously.)
The story behind Alethia is that the campers have entered into a Narnia-esque world where they must help the locals settle the land. They do this by earning tokens, which they can use to buy resources at the local market, which go toward cities and roads. The cabins are split up into tribes and they do things like playing games, cleaning their cabins, and memorizing verses to earn the most tokens as a tribe. The tribe with the most cities and roads by the end of the entire week is rewarded with a huge prize.
For the older kids (Ignite and Impact), Mike, who is both Assistant Program Director and Governor of Alethia, invented the craziest game. One of the campers, after playing The Lost Tribe of Alethia earlier this week, said Mike had a "broad imagination". Kind of a great compliment, right?
In "The Lost Tribe", the Governor explains he needs the campers' help: Alethia used to be settled by a small but proud tribe. One fateful day, a group of mercenaries came along and took over Alethia, throwing the tribe and other locals into the jungle and exploiting their resources. Since then, all communications with the tribe of Alethia have been lost and it is up to the campers to find the Lost Tribe and restore their dignity. They do this by talking with the locals, uncovering map pieces, digging up treasure, and completing obstacle courses, all the while avoiding the mercenaries.
The ARISE campers (our cabin leaders in training) were the Lost Tribe this week. They were amazing. (Also, I feel the pictures of them as the Lost Tribe could totally be from an America's Next Top Model shoot. Seriously.)
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