Capture the Flag

Photo courtesy of eych-you-bee-ee-ahr-tee via CC BY-NC license.

When I was a kid, the high school thought it'd be a great idea to add Capture the Flag to part of P.E. While most of us hid and took our free hour in what was, at the time, a relatively dense and lush forest immediately behind the high school, some bit and decided to actually play the game in a hinterland of stinging nettles.While I usually hid in the bushes, I'm considerably more interested now in the strategy element of the game that was wildly neglected in high school.

Capture the Flag is currently finding a resurgence in urban areas among adults; there are currently organized games in many large cities including Toronto, Washington DC, and San Francisco. Vancouver's game is about to be merged with Vancouver Improv Everywhere to host a monthly event in the heart of the downtown core. Judging from their blog, they seem to be a fun group of people with nicknames like The Major, Statsman, Klopp, and a bevy of sexual innuendos unfit for publication.

The event is free and is to begin at Yaletown Skytrain Station between 3:30 - 4 PM on Saturday, June 4th. Please expect to arrive early, as I doubt they'll be waiting for you, soldier.