Round of introductions of the participants with names, university, degree programme & expectations of the workshop Definition Rasselbande: Group that plays games

Relevance of the topic for the student bodies

Icebreaker for first-year students and to lighten the mood

Rattle gang size

• Sizes vary greatly, ideally 10-20 people so that everyone can be involved
  • Problem if number is not known
  • Difficulties when groups become too large, 80-100 people

Origin of the games

• Internal ideas, trying out new things that have been picked up, Justus Festival, pre-made games from the student body, house parties, children's birthday parties, Instagram
  • Pay attention to awareness with older games

Realisation & application

Type of events

• Freshers' trip, O-week
• Organise games evening, internal student body
• Battle of the Schools

Group allocation

• Random allocation, e.g. drawing lots
  • Pay attention to quota, but still relatively random
  • No requests, otherwise chaos
• Let first-year students allocate themselves, directly on the first day

Core objectives of the Rasselbanden games

• Getting to know the first-year students, friendships
• Introduce the student body, new members

Games

Olly-Off Road game

Everyone introduces themselves with an alliterative adjective and name. Everyone following must repeat the last 3 names with alliteration. More difficult: Repeat all previous names

• • Get to know each other and icebreaker

Box game/ ice floe game

Group has to get from a starting point to the finish without touching the ground; 5 empty beer crates are provided to help. The faster group wins. Alternative: Only 2 crates of beer, one must be empty at the start

• • Team building, improve communication, mindfulness

Blanket game

Two groups play against each other. The members of one group must all stand on a blanket and then try to turn it over without touching the floor. The faster group wins

• • Team building, fun, mindfulness

Psychiatrist

One psychiatrist is selected and has to leave the room, the rest of the group thinks of a tick (e.g. you are the person sitting on the right). The psychiatrist has to guess this tick by answering yes/no questions Alternative questions are answered normally and the tick changes with a code word

• • Fun, pastime, concentration and keeping calm

Plöm

Everyone is "Plöm", walks around the room and has to say Plöm. Players have to play Schnick-Schnack-Schnuck and the winner progresses. Whoever loses has to go down a level.

• Plöm -> Fish -> Chicken -> Monkey -> Manager -> Wise man
  • Fish says "blub blub", chicken cackles, monkey makes monkey noises, manager says "phone, phone", wise man wins and can sit down

Edding race

Two teams play against each other. Everyone sits in a circle, every second place is in a team. Two Eddings are passed around. The team that gets round the other Edding first wins. The caps are taped shut.

• Opponents may try to prevent the others from passing on
• Edding may not be thrown!
  • Ice-breaker, fun, team building

At the end, the participants play the games Plöm, Psychiater and Schnick-Schnack-Schnuck in teams.