Here is another game with a spreadsheet to faciitate its delivery.
Spreadsheet
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Preparation
The sheets printed in this section should be in full colour
| 1 | Print the Game Flags sheet. It prints four flags to an A4 page and requires 12 sheets. |
| 2 | Cut the Game Flags sheets into individual flags. These should be trimmed to the same size – use the cell border lines as a guide – to facilitate shuffling the deck later. |
| 3 | Print a copy of the AnswerSheet. |
| 4 | Print several copies of the Flags and Names sheets. Suggest at least one per team. These sheets can be used as Study Guides before the Flag Bingo game is started. |
| 5 | If desired, laminate all the above items to increase their robustness. |
Game Flags sheet
Answer sheet
Flags and Names sheets to be used as study guides
New Game Sheets
| 1 | Click Make Game button (in each of the Instructions and Bingo sheets) for a new Game Sheet, with 3 games per sheet. |
| Each sheet will have 10 randomly selected country names in the same positions as the Flags and Names sheets. | |
| The new sheets will be named Bingo (#) where # is 2, 3, etc. | |
| 2 | Repeat click the Make Game button for as many Game Sheets as required |
| 3 | Print one copy of each of the Bingo (#) sheets. |
| 4 | Close the spreadsheet without saving changes. |
Playing Flag Bingo
| 1 | Distribute the Flags and Names sheets to teams for 2 minutes, allowing them to familiarise themselves with the country flags. |
| 2 | Withdraw both the Flags and Names sheets. |
| 3 | Distribute the Game Sheets to the players, plus a pencil for marking it. |
| 4 | Shuffle the set of Game Flags and place upside down on a table. The players should be positioned so they can all see the display area clearly. |
| 5 | Advise the players which Game they are playing (i.e. Game 1, 2 or 3 on their sheets.) |
| 6 | Lift up a flag from the top of the pile and display for a short period, about 5 seconds is ample. |
| 7 | Any player who recognises the flag and has it on their Game Sheet may cross it off. |
| 8 | The game ends when a player has crossed off all ten of their countries and shouts “Flag Bingo”. |
| 8 | Check their game sheet against the discard pile and then announce the winner. |
Change the Flag set
The countries and flags in Flag_Bingo.xls were chosen to have relevance to Australian Scouting. You may change any of these to countries of your choosing by substituting the Flag Image and Country Name in all of the relevant locations.
The row and column positions of the flags is identical in each of the Bingo, AnswerSheet, Flags and Names sheets. The Game Flags sheet can be in any order, as required to enable efficient printing.
A good reference for flag images is the World Flag Database at http://www.flags.net