Capture the Flag
CAPTURE THE FLAG and other street games…
Grandview Park, Sat. January 30th @ 2pm
Capture the Flag has been going pretty well. There has been from about six to ten people showing up when the weather has been good. The last couple times have been pretty wet so people haven’t been showing unfortunately. Hopefully, the weather will get nicer and it will continue to grow so we can expand the territory and variety of games as well as meet more good people!
Capture the Flag is a team-based game popularized by the Boy Scouts of America as a way to prepare boys for conscription during the World Wars. Urban Capture the Flag (UCTF) is a 21st Century detournement of this practice, primarily organized by anarchists in North America as a way to build community, reclaim the streets and public space, develop insurrectionary and protest tactics for affinity groups, produce a counter-spectacle for passers-by, and build group morale through risking together.
wow, this looks incredibly awesome. hopefully i can make it to the next one.
when is the next one??
the capture the flag died in the winter… I’d love to get it started again. We started a new Free Living group that is meeting saturdays. I’ll talk to them about CTF. and the 12th and clark’ers. if you wanna come meet us. email me at
vancouverfreeskool@gmail.com and I’ll give you more info. ;p