Monkey Tsunami escape
Tsunami Monkeys is a team-building game designed to enhance communication, trust, and problem-solving skills. It simulates a survival scenario where groups with different abilities—speaking, blind, and mute—must collaborate to overcome a common challenge: crossing an "ocean" to reach safety.
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The goal of Tsunami Monkeys is for all participants to cross the ocean using cardboard planks as stepping stones and gather on a designated target island.
Materials
Instructions
1.Divide the participants into three equal groups:
Speaking Group: Can see and speak; responsible for interpreting signals from the Mute group and guiding the Blind group verbally.
Blind Group: Cannot see (blindfolded); handles and places the cardboard planks based on verbal instructions.
Mute Group: Cannot speak but can see; knows the correct strategy and communicates it non-verbally to the Speaking group.
2.Each group starts on their own island, marked by ropes or cones.
3.The Blind group is given the cardboard planks.
4.The Mute group uses non-verbal methods (e.g., gestures, pointing, or optional markers/sticky notes) to convey the strategy to the Speaking group.
5.The Speaking group interprets these signals and verbally instructs the Blind group on where to place the planks in the ocean. The Blind group places the planks accordingly.
6.Participants can step on the planks to cross to other islands but must ensure each plank is always touched by at least one person to prevent removal by the game master. If a plank in the ocean is not being touched, the game master removes it.
7.If a participant steps into the ocean without a plank, they must return to their starting island.
8. The game continues until all participants are on the target island or the time limit has ran out.
Background
A group of monkeys found themselves stranded on a remote island after their plane crashed into the ocean, scattering them across three separate islands. The wreckage left them disoriented, but they quickly discovered that each group possessed a magic stone—a mysterious artifact glowing faintly in their grasp. These stones, they soon realized, could help them locate one another across the vast, treacherous waters.
As the monkeys began to adapt to their new surroundings, a menacing rumble echoed from the horizon. A massive tsunami wave was surging across the ocean, its towering crest threatening to swallow everything in its path. Time was running out. The monkeys had just enough time to harness the power of the magic stones, find each other, and escape to the safe 4th island—the only place untouched by the impending disaster.
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