Escape To The Camera:
The Game

Players: This game is suitable for 2 to 10 players. Because of the risk of injury, we do not recommend that children below the age of 8 or above the age of 99 play this game.

Rules
1. Set a camera up pointing at an object (the target) a short distance away and set with a 10 second timer, after which it will take 10 pictures, with a one second delay between shots.
2. One player (the runner) presses the button, and sprints to the target.
3. Once the runner has tagged the target, he or she tries to get back to the camera before the 10th picture is taken.
4. The other players attempt to prevent this. Lethal force is not recommended outside of designated player killing areas.

Advice:
-Put the camera on a bench so it's easy to see what's happening.
-Don't do this on concrete.

The Write-uppy Bit

Having invented this game, we looked about the near-deserted campus of Macalester College for suitable places to play it.

Course 1

This course involved running up a hill to a tree and back, crossing a concrete sidewalk along the way. Only one run was attempted on this course, during which help im a bear lost balance on the sidewalk and fell on his face. Unfortunately, the camera also seemed to malfunction, and we got no pictures of this one abortive run. Having learned a valuable lesson about safety and the true meaning of friendship, we kept looking for appropriate courses, quickly settling on

Course 2

This was much more successful, as it involved no concrete at all. As the esteemed Mr. im a bear was still in pain from the previous attempt, Doktor Harmon agreed to make the first run. The target was the tree directly to his right in the first picture.



He ducked, and he weaved,



but the staunch defensive efforts of JJason were enough to stymie his run. The argument was put forth after this run that the target was too far away. "Pish tosh!" said help im a bear, or perhaps "Tish tash!" It was hard to tell, because bears are not known for their enunciation. He pressed the button




and sprinted to victory!!! Not to be outdone, JJason insisted on attempting to duplicate this astounding feat.



He quickly ran into trouble when a Doktor latched onto his right arm and a bear onto his left.



He escaped, but it was TOO LATE! This is as far as he got before time ran out.

Course 2 was a good time, but the trio agreed that, indeed, it was time to move on to greener pastures and shorter courses. So, they said one last poignant farewell and headed to

Course 3

This course was a few meters shorter than the last. Unfortunately, people had a tendency to run out of the frame on this one. Doktor Harmon went first again.



help im a bear attempted to push him into some bushes right outside the frame



but Dok H was able to bull past for the win!!! help im a bear, sensing weakness, set off on his run,



but Doktor Harmon quickly proved that he was a Doktor of Irony when it turned out that the only medicine he was administering to hiab was BEAR HUGS.



Yeah, he didn't escape, so the pictures of this one were kind of monotonous. Oh well, I promise that is not the case with this next and last run, JJason's! He zigged,



he zagged (I mean seriously, what else was I going to say here),



and, if you'll notice in this picture, in a burst of dastardly genius, he threw his jacket at help im a bear.



This cunning plan brought him victoriously cameraward!!


THE END

JJason: For a good time, see if you can spot the exact moment where my hat fell off in each run.

Dok H: I wore a hat explicitly so it could fall off with comical results, but it never did. My favorite moment is when JJason took off his jacket and threw it in help's face.