Bwtcamps 2019

[Iestyn]

I’ve answered mcbrittany’s query on another thread, but if anyone sees it here and needs a similar answer themselves, here is what I said:

@Iestyn

Now that’s an interesting question. We do play a few games on Bwtcamp, and we’ve had a few people who don’t want to play. It’s never been a problem. The only thing that makes me pause is that I find that the people who get least out of bwtcamp are usually people who for some reason hold back rather than throwing themselves into things without too much thought. I always make a point at the start of bwtcamp that every single activity is optional, so there is no problem with someone sitting some things out. My only concern would be if you got less out of bwtcamp from missing those activities.

However, what the game-like activities do is get people interacting and talking and laughing. I think that you would join in the laughing and interaction even if you weren’t actually playing the game (I’m thinking games like charades and 20 questions here.) It’s all pretty informal, and people just being people, so I really don’t think it would be a problem.