Sharks & Minnows

Cross from one shore to the other without getting tagged by the sharks in the middle.

How to play

• A small number of players are sharks (red). They patrol the middle of the play area.
• Everyone else is a minnow (green). Minnows start in the start zone.
• On “Go!”, minnows try to cross the play area to reach the end zone without being tagged.
• A tagged minnow becomes a shark (or, in some variants, is out for the round).

Setup

• 6+ players is more fun (1–2 sharks vs 4+ minnows).
• Place the Play area as a long rectangle.
• The start zone and end zone are nested inside.

Winning

• Minnows win if any of them reach the end zone.
• Sharks win if every minnow is tagged before reaching the end.

For builders

• Demonstrates: nested zones (start and end zones inside a long play area) and a zone-arrival objective combined with proximity tagging.
• Source: apps/wage-engine/src/games/sharks_and_minnows/game.json