Operation Desert Survivors

Strategic and mathematical cooperation exercise

Operation Desert Survivors is a strategic and mathematical team building exercise in which the teams fight for their survival

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Operation Desert Survivors

Operation Desert Survivors is a strategic and mathematical cooperation exercise in which the teams fight for their survival. But this will prove to be very difficult, as you are not able to communicate with the other teams. It is going to be necessary to think outside of the box and work together in a bigger perspective. A good solution for one team can prove to have the opposite effect on the mission as a whole. By the help of strategy, math and cooperation the mission might be a success.

Introduction

In our online meeting room you will be greeted by our facilitator who is also a desert guide, survival specialist and your personal help to complete the mission. The reason you need help is because you and your colleagues are stranded deep in the desert, and help will not arrive any time soon. Therefore, you need to survive until help arrives.

The participants are divided in camps with a joint well between them. It is their task to survive by inquiring for water from the well owner. However, if the well runs dry of water, all of the camps will die from thirst. Using math and strategy the teams must inquire enough water to survive each round, but not so much water that the well runs dry. The teams have no clue about how much water is left in the well, as the camps are unaware of each other’s strategy and plan for survival.

No one wants to just barely survive. So the camp with the most water left at the end, is the camp that will be named ‘The Best Desert Survivalists’. Are you ready to take on the challenge with your colleagues?

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Content

We provide you with a story, setting, etc. during the course of the game. The game is led virtually and LIVE from our settings by our facilitator who is dressed as a desert guide. The facilitator introduces the participants to the mission and continuously guides them during the game. Everything takes place in our online meeting room and requires no preparation by the participants. The participants simply need access to a computer with Internet access and webcam.

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Possible uses

Operation Desert Survivors is an educational and entertaining game that is particularly suited to teams and businesses that work remotely and need a fun and entertaining break from their everyday life, strengthening their sense of community, whilst also teaching them about strategy and math. Operation Desert Survivors can be used as a different cooperation exercise, entertainment for the virtual get-together or as a weekday break for those unable to physically meet.

The game is designed for businesses, and the difficulty level is set accordingly.

In Operation Desert Survivors the teams work together, but at the same time they compete to be the best. Only one team can win, but no one can win if they do not work together. Along the way, there are both joint scenes where everyone is gathered at once, and parts during which smaller teams work separately.

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How it works

The course of action in Operation Desert Survivors:

‍1. We send a link

We send you a link to the virtual meeting room well before we meet. It is easy for everyone to access. We will be ready by the phone if there are any unexpected technical problems.

‍2. Strategic and mathematical exercise

Everyone meets virtually in our meeting room and our desert guide introduces you to the game. The participants compete by using strategy and math to ensure that everyone completes the game. However, you want to be both greedy and smart if you want to win.

3. Mission complete

Survival in the desert is a tough battle and even if everyone survives only one team can win! Who will have the most water left?

Benefits

Benefits in Operation Desert Survivors:

Together – apart.
Cooperate in a different and virtual way.
Strengthens collegial relationships.
Common frame of reference regardless of organisation level.
Illustrate the importance of teamwork and communication.
Trains and strengthens teamwork within groups.
Strengthens strategic and mathematical knowledge.
Demonstrates the frustration that can easily arise due to lack of communication.
Works as an entertaining element.

The purpose of the game:

To emphasize the importance of cooperation, strategy, and communication.
To exercise and strengthen cooperation in teams.
To show the frustration that can easily occur when lacking communication.
To illustrate solutions in a bigger perspective.
To function as an entertaining feature.

Operation Desert Survivors

Pricing

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LIGHT edition

Cheapest solution - for small teams

EUR

550

Basic package incl. 20 participants

Additional participants:

25 EUR per person

Book

Bookable Monday - Wednesday

Duration 45 - 75 min.

Virtual meeting room

Complete game / everything needed

Thrilling sets

Facilitated games from start to finish

Planning og coordination

Desert guide

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Just a quick note to say a very big thank you for the amazing team build event we had today for Experian. What a well organised event and so much fun! We will be keeping our eyes peeled for Andrea Miller joining our Finance team! :-) Once again, a big thank you - it was so much fun to break away from work tasks for a couple of hours.

Experian

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The event was super fun! We spent nearly two hours getting to the bottom of a criminal case – with live actors, clues, notifications and so on. The professionalism and attention to detail provided by the organiser were outstanding, and I highly recommend you look at their offers. I was surprised to find out how much information one can pull from a fun virtual game. Most importantly, it presented me with a unique opportunity to observe the team in a non-work related environment. When you work in remote settings, it’s easy to oversee how critical those situations are and how much you can learn from them.

Unusual Marketing, Poland

Kasia Pawlik, CEO & Founder

Thank you so much for an exciting and very professional event! The students thought it was very exciting and they spoke a lot in all of the groups. I was physically rotating between the groups. They made a lot of notes whilst underway. Even several pages in some places! It was really good to see how they worked together. It is in situations like these that you can tell if they have matured and can work together. The student være focused and it worked really well for them. Thank you for your exciting presentation!

Giersings Realskole, Denmark

Charlotte Pedersen, Teacher

Congratulations to the whole organization, it was very professional, went fluently and also well done to all the actors!

BCD Meetings & Events

Marjan, Project Leader

I want to thank you and your colleagues for organizing everything and all the hard work you did. I was really worried how everything will go, because it’s a new format for us. But turns out that there was nothing to worry about. Everybody had a lot of fun and I received only positive feedbacks. You are doing a great job connecting people together and helping them to learn how to cooperate with each other. It means a lot for us during these pandemic times. Thank you again! It was nice communicating and spending time with you.

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Aurelia Andre, Regional Marketing Head Beauty Care Retail – MEA

We wanted to shout out to you & your team and send you a BIG thank you for very entertaining 2 hours! I think our team liked it a lot, we were speaking after it a bit more and laughed a lot. The time building up to the event was fantastic, the communication perfect and you made our first online Christmas Party a success. We wish you and your team a joyous festive season, a healthy and good start into the New Year and all the Best with for your future!

Hubject GmbH, Germany

Peggy Eldred, Office Management

Just wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU for the perfect team building yesterday! Everyone was having fun, it was really well thought of and you guys are amazing! I already had people asking me for your contact for their team buildings and I’m definitely recommending you to everyone I know. Thank you for your hard work and dedication and hope to see you again sometimes!

Swiss Re Management Ltd.

Tina Boseska, Assistant GDS, Information Technology

The feedback from the team was excellent! The storyline is good and brings the players outside their day to day issues, which was very good. The feedback from the team was excellent.

Ørsted

Matthieu Jaunatre, Manager, Project Quality, Offshore

I would like to say big thanks to you and your team for giving us the full 2hrs of fun last week. Jonas and Michael were very professional, really fun and great to us. We are aware that it was very early for them too, so thanks everyone that needed to get up so early for us – both front and behind the camera. Because of this success, I would like to share our story to another team so, hopefully, we could use your service again. We did do over all feedback and the team gave 5 stars to this activity. Bravo!! 😊

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Wanida Quieti, OPE Upstream Asia DCTI Program Manager

Thanks so much, the event was a total success! Jake, Jonas and Chris were so enthusiastic and going all out in their roles, so fun! I also think that Jake did such a good job at responding to the comments in the live chat and keeping a really good energy level and interactive atmosphere throughout the game. Keep up the good work, you all added a bit of good fun to our lives in the midst of these slightly depressing and isolated times. Big thanks again to you and the team!

Latana

Christine Maree, Team Development Lead

It was really fun!! We all enjoyed it, the change between virtual rooms worked perfectly. Your staff did a great job in their rolls. The experience was amazing!! Thanks for the service from the beginning till the end.

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