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Operation Recovery © Find Items Scavenger Hunt Party Game

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• easy to edit and customize in Microsoft Word.

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It was a surprise to the group but they had a blast with Operation Recovery! I had some great ideas but your documentation saved me the time of creating documents and gave me help developing my list of items to hunt. I really appreciate the ease of your product and that it was DOWNLOADABLE! With all the documents in Word, it was so easy. Thank you for your help in making today so special. - Virginia Kalil, Lakeland FL

HOW IT WORKS: You'll need about 2 hours minimum for this hunt (unless you remove some challenges). You will need to hold this scavenger hunt in an area with shops and businesses (including malls*). Your group will be divided into teams of up to 10 people. Each team will receive a collection bag, a collections list consisting of about 80 items (each item is given a point value depending on the degree of difficulty in obtaining said item) and part one of the covert mission called Mission: Cloak and Dagger. The teams will then embark on the scavenger hunt.  During the scavenger hunt, they’ll need to meet with undercover operative(s) - usually your facilitator(s)- to receive additional Cloak and Dagger objectives. Their ultimate goal in Mission Cloak and Dagger is to collect pieces of a coded puzzle and decipher it for HUGE bonus points.

*This hunt will work in both large and small communities. You may need to do a small amount of editing for very small towns but it's easy to do because it's formatted in Microsoft Word. If you want to keep this hunt in your neighborhood – no shops and businesses involved, here’s how you might adapt the hunt: Select items from the list of items we provide with this hunt (or use it as inspiration as you look at items you can use in your house) and plant enough of each item for EACH team around your property and neighborhood. You could also give some willing neighbors items for the teams to collect. In addition you can enlist a neighbor be the secret agent they need to find to collect the puzzle pieces of the Mission Cloak and Dagger. More details are provided in the hunt package.

A note about doing this hunt in a mall: Some folks have told us that their local mall considered the scavenger hunt an "event" and it was therefore prohibited. To be on the safe side, check with the mall before showing up to do this hunt.

Item List – Collection examples from the 80 item list included with the hunt.

THE WINNING TEAM will have had the most fun as a team while collecting the most points

NUMBER OF TEAMS or PARTICIPANTS: Unlimited. We recommend a minimum of 3 to a maximum of 10 per team. You can do this hunt with as few as 2 teams to as many as you can handle.

AGE RANGE: Age 10* to adult (*based on testimonials and customer feedback. If you have any questions about this hunt being suitable for your children, please contact us.)

LENGTH OF THE HUNT: 1 1/2 to 4 hours, depending on the size of your group*: 5 minutes for opening instructions and team organization; 1 1/2 - 2 hours for the scavenger hunt and about 1/2 hour or more for the grading, (optional) team presentations and awards presentation. *The more teams you have, the more time it will take.

PRE-HUNT PREP TIME: For up to 6 teams, you can put our scavenger hunts together in about 3-4 hours (includes shopping for supplies, reading the scavenger hunt and prepping the materials); as you add teams, you'll need to add time to the pre-hunt prep. You mostly need to print (and perhaps edit) the documents included with the kit, pack the collection bags and you'll need to shop for team prizes as well as other inexpensive supplies like clipboards and pens. Our facilitator guide provides a supply checklist for you.

SCAVENGER HUNT INCLUDES:

We suggest choosing Operation: Recovery if you’re on a limited budget as it does not require the purchase of digital cameras.

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You'll download the scavenger hunt game immediately upon placing your order. There are no shipping or handling charges, no tax and no waiting. If you have questions, please don't hesitate to contact us before buying! Our privacy, guarantee and return policy. **You will need these software programs.**

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Nervous about downloading? Please know I'm here to help you; all you need to do is ask. Call or email me if you have any trouble along the way or if you have questions. There are NO dumb questions or if there are then I've already asked them. - Susan (game designer and owner)

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