Team hunt

Teams race for the same spots. The first team there takes full points.

How it plays

On your phone, outdoors. Every spot is a sealed place on the map.

Join the game
Open the invitation link, type the eight-character code, or accept the invite in the app’s Games tab.
Find your team
Every spot is open at once. Players without a team are spread across the teams when the game starts.
Follow the sonar
Walk. The sonar shows the way; on a hidden trail the spot appears only once you are within range.
Stand within 30 metres: open the spot
It reveals the message left there, for your whole team.
Score for the team
The first team to a spot takes its full points; every later team gets half.

What the game itself enforces for a team hunt. Nobody has to referee.

How spots open: All at once, in any order. The moderator can switch the game to one clue at a time before it starts.
Teams: At least two to start, up to 12. Players without a team are spread across the teams at the start; anyone who joins later goes to the smallest team.
Points: The first team to find a spot gets all its points. Later teams get half, rounded down.
Who wins: The team with the most points. A tie goes to the team whose last find came earlier.
Time limit: Optional, from 1 minute to 7 days. At the limit the game ends by itself; without one, the moderator ends it.

Opening a spot: Only within 30 metres of it, exactly like a memory.
Open or hidden trail: On an open trail the next spot shows on the sonar at any distance, rough until you are close. On a hidden trail players have only the clue until they are within 100 m, 250 m, 1 km or 1 mile (the moderator picks; 250 m by default).
Clue 3 of 7: Optional: the moderator decides whether players see how many spots there are.
What is recorded: Joining a game means each find stores the time you reached the spot. Your position is never stored.
The moderator: Plans and runs the game, and cannot play it. Spots are fixed once it starts, and all game text must suit all ages.
The end: The moderator ends the game, or it ends by itself once everyone has finished. Medals go to the top three, a finisher trophy to everyone who completed the trail.

For the moderator: plan it on a computer with a big map, or on your phone. Players cannot see a draft.

Start a new game
On trackingmemories.com, or in the app’s Games tab, choose New game and pick Team hunt.
Plant the spots
On a computer, click the map. On the phone, long-press the map, or stand on the spot and add it there. Up to 100 spots.
Write the clues
The clue shows before a spot is found. The message, and up to six optional photos, open on arrival.
Invite the players
Share the link or the eight-character code, or invite people by @username.
Start, follow, end
Players are told when it starts. Follow the board as it fills, and end the game when you are ready.

Name the teams
At least two, each with a colour. Seat the players, or let the game spread them out.
Points per spot
10 unless you change it.
A time limit, if you want one
In minutes, up to 7 days. Leave it empty to end the game yourself.