Games Without
Frontiers
HISTORY:
Jeux Sans Frontières (English: Games Without Frontiers or Games Without
Borders) was a Europe-wide television game show.
In its original conception, it was broadcast from 1965 to 1999 and consisted
of teams from different European countries in strange costumes (often large
latex suits) competing to complete bizarre tasks in funny games.
The idea of the show came from French President Charles de Gaulle, whose
wish was that French and German youth would meet in a series of funny
games to reinforce the friendship between France and Germany. In 1965,
three French men spread the idea of the games to other European countries.
Teams representing France, Germany, Belgium, and Italy took part in the first
edition of the show called Inter Nations Games.
Each participating country hosted one round of the games, presented by the
host broadcaster. Every game was umpired by one or two "international"
judges.
instructions
• All players are divided into 6 teams composed of a
mix of Dutch, Italian and German students (names
are in the booklet).
• Every team chooses a color and a name and tells
them to the organizers of the games.
• Every game will be played by 2 teams. When the
organizers stop the time, teams move to another
game.
• Every team has a jolly which will double its score.
Teams have to choose which one of the game they
want to use the jolly for.
• The winner will be announced at the comenius
party and will receive a prize.
Games
The human table soccer
Players: every team
chooses 11 players.
How to play:
• Players arrange in
rows, following the
traditional formation
of a table soccer and
holding their
teammates’ hands.
• Every team has to try to score a goal in the other team’s goal
WITHOUT LEAVING their teammates’ hands.
The clock
• Players form a around a
judge. The judge has a rope
with a tennis ball at its end.
• The judje starts to spin and
players have to jump to
avoid the ball.
• Players whose feet are hit
by the ball are eliminated.
The game goes on until
only one player is left.
The eggs race
• Every team forms a long row.
• An egg is given to every team and players have
to pass the egg to the teammate in front of
them as fast as possible. The aim is to take the
egg to the finish line before the other team
does, but it must be intact!
The military
Players have to go through an «assault» course
made of obstacles and difficulties, but all this
crawling on their belly.
The web
Players have to go through a web made of ropes
as quickly as possible.
Spinning top
• A stick is placed in a cone.
• Players have to lay their front on
the stick and start spinning until
they feel sick.
• Then they stop and they follow a
route trying to be faster than the
other team.
• Once one player has completed
the route, the next player starts.
Mr. «chair»- man
• Every team forms a row.
• Two players of every team cross their arms so
as to form a chair. Every team chooses 3 people
to be carried.
• The carriers have to carry their teammates one
by one to the end of the course. The first team
that brings all of them to the finish line is the
winner.
• Two other carriers and three other teammates
are chosen and anoher round begins.
The equilibrist
• A long bench is set on the ground.
• Team A lines up at one side of the bench while
team B is divided into two groups, one to the
right of the bench, the other one to the left.
• Players from team A have to walk on the
bench trying not to fall while players fom team
B throw balls at them.
Bag race
• Every team forms a row.
• A bag is given to each team.
• Players have to «wear» the bag and jump to
the end of the course trying to reach the finish
line before the other team does.