2012: A Roland Emmerichy Capture The Flag

Description

SF Capture The Flag is a group that plays capture the flag games in San Francisco once to twice a month. Our upcoming event on Sunday Jan 8th is a series of games in the afternoon in beautiful Sutro Heights Park.



Here’s some information for those unfamiliar with the game.

Setup

Two teams. Two territories. Two flags. I typically play with a neutral zone that serves as a no man’s land right in between the two territories.

The Game

We will go into our own territories to hide our flags. Each flag must be hung at head height and be visible from 20 yards away on at least one side.

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

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

If you are a defender, hide around your flag or along the border and try to intercept and catch any opposing players who sneak across.

Capture enemy players by tagging them while they are on your side of the border. They then go to jail.

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

Jail

When captured you will be in jail anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes or until rescued. The jail time limit is decided at the beginning of each event based on weather, terrain, amount of players, etc.

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

Those freed from jail are permitted to walk back to their own territory without being tagged by the opposing team. The same is not true of those who free them.

Alternate Jail (freeze version)

Instead of a traditional jail location, players will be "frozen" where they are tagged for 5 minutes or until tagged back in. When tagged in, the unfrozen player does NOT need to return to their territory to reset. They may immediately go for the flag.