Treasure and Scavenger Hunts

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Summary: Catalog description from the Red Rose Collection
Review: Host the party of the year! Memories of the crisp fall season bring to mind treasure and scavenger hunts, often a Hallowwen party theme. Gordon Burgett gives you hundreds of clever ideas for planning parties that will be talked about for years. Includes innovative themes and clues, checklists, safety and timing guides, everything for memorable events for kids, teen, and especially adults. What fun!

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Summary: Nothing like it
Review: I have looked everywhere for a book on how to put together scavenger hunts. Then I found Gordon Burgett's book - and it appears to be the only one out there like it.

It's a good thing it's well done. Burgett covers treasure and scavenger hunts - what they are, different types for different age groups, and potential problems one might run into when having one. He also discusses how to give a "super party," including scheduling, guest issues, prizes, food planning, and theme-oriented parties.

The best part of the book, in my opinion, is the section on creating clues for the hunt. The types of clues include poetry, riddles, puzzles, coded clues, and maps. Think that sounds like a no-brainer? How about this clue: Scheduled on tires of steel, there/ it stops, knowing its station./ Linked with a rhyme for "right on!"/ When does it leave that human fare?

(This is a clue for the time the train from Brighton arrives at the station.)

The nice thing about Burgett's book is that his advice can be applied to hunts designed for the very young to the cleverest adults.

The book includes a handy checklist to make sure you remembered everything for your super party, and odds and ends such as background music, gas money, and the most important part of the hunt: the prizes.

If putting together treasure or scavenger hunts is your thing, or you're looking for a new twist on the old family reunion or summer barbecue, this book is definitely worth a look.

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Summary: Planning and giving these hunts are great fun!
Review: I needed a job when I went to college in 1957. What I knew how to do was plan treasure and scavenger hunts, though the demand was zero. So I tried to convince 57 fraternities and 28 sororities (or most of them) to lay out a super hunt. One said a tepid yes, then all who took part talked to their social chairperson, and by the time it was over almost all of them hired me. It was great fun and even lucrative! Most important, over the years that followed, at home and abroad, I've continued laying them out--and perfecting the system. So in a book-writing lull a couple of years back, I put the process on paper, had a friend draw the cartoons, and this book has been the library's favorite ever since. In fact, a whole city in New Jersey used the format, as have hundreds of charitable groups, professional associations, and, of course, fraternities and sororites. Alas, any person can be a social hit by simply doing what it says!

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Summary: Treasures and Scavanger Hunt: How to plan, create, & give..
Review: I was completely disappointed in the book. I was so excited to get it in the mail. After I got it in the mail and read it I felt like I wasted my money!!! I really thought the book would focus mainly on the different types of treasure and scavanger hunts and give several examples and already planned hunts but there is very little. There was pointless information given throughout the entire book.

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Summary: A totally fun guidebook
Review: Now in an updated second edition, Gordon Burgett's Treasure And Scavenger Hunts: How To Plan, Create, And Give Them is a totally fun guidebook to the planning and hosting of entertaining treasure/scavenger hunts for parties. From writing cryptic yet solvable clues, to hiding interesting search items in interesting places, to keeping the guests comfortable and sufficiently fed while they look, Treasure And Scavenger Hunts is a unique, enjoyable, "user friendly", very nicely presented, step-by-step planner for anyone eager to host a different and thoroughly entertaining kind of party.

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Summary: Wedding adventures!
Review: This book really helped me plan my wedding preparty! I wanted to do something that would allow both of our families to meet and greet prior to the big day. The scavenger/treasure hunt that Gordon's book taught me to plan was a huge success!! And now I cant wait to plan my next party!